Ino blinked a moment, then couldn't help but laugh, "Wow... he's prettier than you are forehead!"
"Shut up Ino-pig!" Sakura shot back even as she blushed a vibrant crimson in embarrassment.
"Huh," Naruto blinked slowly, canting his head to the side as he would hold Ino against his chest, "Hate to say it, but I think she's right Haruno," the boy paused a moment, before smiling innocently, "Though, after Neji, I can't say I'm surprised you'd go after a femmie boi, Spanky."
Haku blushed brightly where he stood, before looking back at Naruto was careful dark eyes, "You would be... Naruto...?"
"Was it my sparkling good looks, or the girls that gave it away?" Naruto winked with a laugh as he ran his fingers through Hinata's hair.
"More like I told him you're the only guy crazy enough to call me that," Sasuke said with a glare as he grumbled a bit, tightening his hand about Haku's waist, "Move over already, Kiba will go all homophobic whiny on us if I sit near him."
"Sure, just don't think you're getting out of telling this story," Naruto agreed as he shifted himself and his girls over with a smirk, noticing the uncomfortable look on Kiba's face.
"Hey, its not homophobic!" the boy protested, "I just don't wanna get stabbed again!"
"Wow, tried to put the moves on Sasuke's boyfriend dog face?" Ino asked curiously.
"Wha...? NO!" Kiba immediately protested, "He uses needles! Almost killed me with them!"
"Eh, you got better," Sasuke grinned at his teammate as he pulled the still blushing Haku onto his lap, "And it was the most peace and quiet we got the whole mission."
"Quite true," Shino agreed quietly with a nod.
"Traitors!" Kiba whined.
"I get the feeling this is a long, convoluted story..." Naruto said sagely, "Does it end with me not being able to hold the threat of you over Neji's head, Spanky?"
"Why..." Haku spoke up, adjusting his kimono lightly as he leaned back against Sasuke with a blush, "Do you call Sasuke-kun, Spanky?"
"Ooooooh, he didn't tell you?" Hinata suddenly spoke up right next to the pair, her pale eyes gleaming, "Damn, Hanabi-chan and Tenten-chan still have the photos."
Sasuke paled immediately as he began to make repeated coughing sounds, "No need to get those."
"Oh yes, your boyfriend is quite the sexual deviant," Ino said with a nod, "Taking advantage of helpless shinobi and abusing their pour asses to teach them the meaning of the term, Respect!"
"...Like you're one to talk about sexual deviance, Ino," Sasuke grumbled while Haku only blushed brighter.
"Of course I am," the blonde girl grinned back at the dark haired boy innocently, "Want me to see Hinata-chan go down on Naruto-kun right here while I go down on her?"
Immediately, the four boys her exploded into shocked, coughing fits, staring with bugged out eyes at the innocent expression on Ino's face, while Hinata blushed crimson and Naruto just rolled his eyes. At least, until Kiba spoke up, "I don't know about him, but I sure as hell do!"
"Why am I not surprised," Ino rolled her eyes before pulling the wickedest grin she could across her lips then slipped down underneath the table with an exaggerated wiggle to her eyebrows.
His eyes bugging out, Kiba quickly ducked his head underneath the table, only to find himself staring at a kunai pointed directly at his nose, "Urk!"
"Now, Kiba," Ino practically purred, "Don't you know that kitties like me, don't like dumb, drooling little dog faces like you?" she casually tapped the top of the blade against the boy's nose before continuing, "So, from now on, behave, and don't make me have to... cut something of, hmmm?"
"What about cute puppies like me Ino-chan?" Hinata spoke up, a pout audible in her words before she could feel Ino's face rubbing up against her leg.
"Oh, you're absolutely edible Hinata-chan," the girl responded easily, "I was talking about dirty, smelly little mutts like this one, instead of such cute, cuddly little puppies like you."
"Hey!" Kiba growled softly as he glared back at the smirking Ino, before his eyes widened as he watched her nuzzling up between both Naruto and Hinata's legs.
"Um," Haku blushed brightly as he watched the actions of the trio next to him, before flicking his dark eyes over to Sasuke, "Is that... Normal?"
"For them?" the dark haired boy shrugged softly as he would lightly rest his chin on his boyfriend's shoulder, "Nothing is normal. I'm fairly certain the blondes are exhibitionists, and they're slowly corrupting Hinata into their way of thinking."
"Hey!" Naruto protested, "We were completely innocent until after we met her!"
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata blushed brightly as she unconsciously spread her legs a bit for Ino and curled back against her male teammate's chest, "How can you say that!"
"Well, it is technically true!" the boy protested, before grinning lightly, "I met you before sensei started training me, so I was innocent until I met you!"
"Well, I suppose I did technically meet Hinata-chan while I was still innocent," Ino tapped lightly on her chin, before she slowly pushed her slender body up, sliding underneath the table as he body pushed up against Hinata, pressing the girl even more firmly into Naruto as she squirmed about, forcing the girl's legs spread out even more as she settled in front of her on the boy's lap, "So, I suppose..."
"No fair," Hinata pouted softly, her lips curling down into a frown even as she would wrap her arms around her female teammate, "What am I supposed to do when you two team up on me like that?"
"Sit there and enjoy it?" Ino responded with a sensual wink as she settled against the girl.
"I concur with my fellow blonde," Naruto agreed with a grin, "Hinata-chan sandwiches are fun."
"So, how'd spanky end up with such a cute boyfriend?" Ino continued, casually stroking her fingers against where Naruto's arm held them both.
"Oh, well..." Haku blushed brightly as he looked down, shifting just a bit in a way that managed to send a flush across the normally tightly controlled Uchiha's face, "Its kind of... complicated."
"Meh," Kiba spoke up with a shrug, "He was raised by the missing nin that was hired to kill the guy we were hired to protect."
"Huh?" Naruto blinked, pausing his ministrations as he looked over at the Shino's confirming nod, "You guys were only supposed to be on a C-Rank, what happened?"
"Our client couldn't afford a properly ranked mission, so lied about what we'd be facing," Shino observed simply, "The mission has since been declared an A-Rank mission. And we will eventually be paid accordingly."
"Yeah!" Kiba smirked before flashing a grin towards a shocked looking Sakura, "We're gonna be the only rookies with such a bad ass mission record!"
"You might not want to go around saying that Kiba," Sakura spoke up, "You'll end up attracting attention and making yourself a target."
"Tsk, let the mutt deal with his own mouth," Shikamaru shrugged as he lay his head down on the tabletop, "Its too troublesome to bother with."
"Yeah. Besides," Ino spoke up with a slow, growing smirk, "Its not like you've got the most impressive mission record out of all the genin teams," she paused a moment before her eyes glinted, "Hell, you don't even have the best record of the teams here!"
"What, think a buncha crappy D-rank missions match up to our A-rank?" Kiba almost sneared back at her with a smug expression on his face.
Ino paused in her response, before sending a look back at Naruto, "Performance Review?"
Naruto and Hinata grinned ferally in return and quickly nodded their heads in agreement as Naruto responded, "Performance Review."
Sakura and Chouji both immediately paled at the blondes' words as Shikamaru slowly raised a brow, glancing at the two before laying his head down once more, "Tsk, troublesome sense of impending doom."
"Sorry Spanky," Hinata said apologetically, "You should really keep a better muzzle on your mutt."
"Hmmm? Did you say something?" Sasuke blinked as he looked up from where he'd been nibbling on the nape of Haku's pale, but blushing neck.
"Performance Review," Chouji spoke up, his eyes alight with delight as he leaned back, happily munching on his food.
"On who?" the boy blinked again, lightly tightening his grip on Haku's waist.
"Your team, thanks to Kiba," Naruto spoke up with a grin.
Instantly, Sasuke paled as he turned his eyes onto Kiba and just glared at the blinking boy, "Couldn't you learn to keep your damned mouth shut?"
"Huh? What's the big deal?" the feral boy blinked a moment, "You guys are acting like I brought about the end of the world or something!"
"No, simply abject and public humiliation for our team," Shino spoke up simply, "Along with a detailed report of exactly what we did wrong."
"Wha?" Kiba blinked at Shino.
"Look you troublesome mutt," Shikamaru grunted as he spoke up, "Their team," he gestured towards the three cuddling together, "Has THE best mission record out of ANY genin team. They regularly pull of B-Ranks, and even have several A-Ranks under their belt. One of the things they've also got, is a special commission from the Hokage to test any ninja or group of ninjas they want for Performance Reviews."
"Eh, what's the big deal?" Kiba shrugged, "Its just Naruto and a couple of girls!"
Sasuke paled even further as he looked quickly at Naruto, "Hey, the opinions of the idiot do not reflect those of the rest of our team, we in no way agree with or endorse his claims and/or any of the words coming out of his mouth!"
"Indeed," Shino agreed with a sage nod.
"True I suppose," Naruto agreed with a slow nod, before grinning wickedly, "But, you've got Kakashi as your instructor... And public reading Icha Icha heathens must pay!"
"Oh boy, here we go again..." Sasuke groaned softly, "Anyway, you wanted to know about Haku-kun right?"
"You have... interesting friends Sasuke," Haku said, delicately.
"Eh, Naruto and the girls aren't too bad," the Uchiha shrugged a bit as he nuzzled against the boy in his lap, "He just tends to be rather... enthusiastic."
"And devilishly clever," Naruto grinned, "I once dyed Sasuke's hair pink, and it took him a whole day to realize it."
"Ooooh I remember that!" Ino giggled as she looked over at a blushing Sakura, "It was the day Sakura followed you around mumbling about being destined to be together."
"Gah, don't remind me," Sasuke flinched, "Fangirls... ugh."
"You were... stalking my Sasuke?" Haku's eyes suddenly went hard as he glared across the table at Sakura, the room temperature dropping noticeably.
"Not anymore!" the pink haired girl quickly protested, "I'm done with that! Honestly!"
"Yo, Haku," Kiba said with a shiver, "Lay off the ice bitch act already, we don't wanna end up ninja-sicles!"
"Oh, sorry," Haku blushed again as suddenly the temperature rose again.
"Huh, that's an interesting technique," Naruto spoke up, looking curiously over at Sasuke's boyfriend.
"Its actually a bloodline limit," Sasuke spoke up proudly while Haku suddenly flinched at the term and lightly pulled away from his chest.
"Cool," the blonde boy spoke up before looking at Haku curiously, "Something wrong with having one Haku-san?"
"I.. I suppose not, but..." the feminine boy shrugged softly, "In Mist... people don't... bloodlines are considered a very bad thing..."
"Heh, you do realize that half the people at this table have something at least resembling a bloodline limit if not an actual one?" the grinning blonde countered, "Sasuke and Hinata-chan here being the most obvious of course."
"I'm just not used... to being so open about it," the boy shrugged lightly in his kimono as he leaned carefully back against Sasuke, "Its... caused problems for me in the past."
"So, how badly did you beat them up then?" Naruto grinned wickedly as he suddenly changed the subject, those brilliant blue eyes of his gleaming with a wicked delight.
"What?!" Kiba growled, "Who tol- I mean what the hell are you talking about, Naruto?!"
"Heh," Naruto grinned as he saw the blush on Sasuke's face, "I know, because I know the kind of guys that interest Spanky here... Since I'm the only one, other than Haku, here that he's been interested in."
"Oh?" the feminine boy blinked as he studied Naruto closely, "You are cute of course, but..."
"Eh, I beat him up," Naruto grinned as he would waggle his eyebrows back at Haku, "Spanky's got a few fucked up issues, completely understandable really, but, he's still fucked up in the head."
"Naruto..." instantly the Uchiha began to growl at the boy sitting next to him.
"Hey, I'm fucked up in the head too," the boy grinned back, "So are most of the people here, if we weren't, we couldn't be more than average ninja."
"Are you saying I'm fucked up in the head too Naruto-kun?" Ino casually asked, her eyes locking onto his with a glinting spark.
"Absolutely," Naruto grinned back, "If you weren't, you wouldn't have gotten so much enjoyment out of what we've been doing to Neji."
"Oh," the girl blinked a moment, before tilting her head lightly to the side with a grin on her face, "So that means you think I can be really powerful too huh?"
"Well, there was that thing you did during the ANBU's performance review..." he agreed with a smirk.
"Psh, that old thing?" the girl grinned wickedly before getting comfortable, "Hold me, would you Hinata-chan?"
"Sure Ino-chan," the girl smiled as she wrapped her arms firmly about the blonde's waist even as Ino made her hand signs then suddenly slumped back against the Hyuga's chest.
"All right, who're you hiding as Ino-chan?" Naruto smirked a bit as he would lightly let his blue eyes sparkle with amusement.
"What tha..." Kiba blinked before suddenly grabbing his dog, "Akamaru! NOOO!"
As the rest of the group stifled their laughter, they watched the golden stream splashing across Kiba's face, as well as the wetness that was quite obvious on the front of the boy's jacket. The dog barked happily, wagging his tail in response. Immediately, the rest of the table began to laugh at the boy, chuckling as the dog finished relieving itself before it licked Kiba's face.
"Ok, so we know that she's definitely not Akamaru," Naruto chuckled.
"What're you talking about?" Kiba growled, "She's gotta be in him!"
"No way Ino-chan would've licked your face," Hinata countered, "Akamaru's probably just taking the opportunity to get back at you for something..."
"Indeed," Shino nodded, while scooting away from his teammate, "However, I would appreciate if you would please go and clean yourself up Kiba. Not everyone appreciates the smell of wet dog."
"Why you..." Kiba growled but none the less allowed himself to be let out of the booth, "I'll catch up with the rest of you guys later..."
As the boy glared at his pet while walking away, Shino looked around the group, "Now the question still remains, who is Ino?"
"Heh, well, there's one way to tell..." Naruto said casually.
"And what's that?" Sasuke said curiously as he stroked his fingers against Haku's kimono.
"Chocolate Hinata-chan sundae with whipped cream and cherries on top," the boy said with a slow, sweet voice, the tones dripping with implication as they teased out into the collected ears.
"And sprinkles?" Sasuke spoke up, a trickle of blood trailing down his nose.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Ino-chan," Naruto snickered as he gestured towards Sasuke.
"Aw, no fair Naruto-kun," Sasuke grumbled a bit before sighing as he raised his hand, "Fine... Release!"
With that, Sasuke slumped slightly for a moment, while Ino slowly stretched out back into Hinata's body, "Oooh, spoil my fun before I even get started huh Naruto-kun?"
"I don't think Sasuke much appreciates you using his body to cop a feel on his boyfriend," Naruto countered with a smirk.
"I would never..." Ino began before the rest of the group all simply gave her a single Look, "Ok, so maybe I would... "
Laughing softly, Naruto pushed himself forward just a bit, slipping over Hinata's shoulder to catch a kiss against Ino's cheek before looking at the rest of the group, "So, what else is new?"
-Elsewhere, later on-
"Mmm... So..." Anko was practically purring as she curled herself against Kurenai, resting her chin on the woman's shoulder, "Chuunin exams are coming up soon..."
"Yes, I know," the woman agreed as she leaned back, lightly closing her eyes as she pursed her lips, "I take it you want to enter them?"
"The brats are good," Anko responded quietly, "And well..."
"You want to show them off."
"Yeah, I mean, they're OUR students," there was a small measure of pride in her voice as she spoke, "They're crazy, more trouble than the rest of the genin put together, worryingly perverted, but they're ours."
"Are we really ones to talk about being worryingly perverted?" Kurenai countered with a slight smirk to her lips, "I mean, we are technically in almost the exact same position as them."
"True..." she pause a moment, before leaning back a bit, her brown eyes shadowing lightly, "Speaking of exams... thought about trying to whip Iruka into jonin?"
"A bit," the admission was quiet as it slipped past Kurenai's lips, "It sometimes feels, like... I don't know, we're taking advantage of him. We are both his superiors after all..."
"Yeah, I know," Anko nodded giving a little nuzzle to her friend before laying against the couch as she looked about her friend's apartment, "Think he'd punish us for ordering him around in public?"
"Definitely," Kurenai nodded, a slight grin forming on her face, "Did you have something in mind?"
"Putting in a personal assistant request with the Hokage?" Anko grinned deviously as she rubbed her hands together, "Secretary Iruka!"
"I think that's what the Hokage's been using him for," Kurenai countered with a smirk.
"Damn, I wanted to see him in a dress too," Anko grumbled playfully, before snickering softly, "Could we use him for an undercover mission at a drag queen review?"
"... You really want to get punished, don't you Anko-chan?" red eyes watched the giggling woman warily, uncertain about how to proceed, "I'm not sure he'd be very... pleased with those ideas."
"Yeah, I know," the woman shrugged a bit, "I'm a masochist, remember?"
For a moment, Kurenai simply looked at her friend, watching her as she looked away just slightly, not quite able to meet her crimson gaze. Pursing her lips just a bit, she reached out, lightly cupping Anko's cheek before pulling her friend's eyes towards her own, "What's wrong Anko-chan?"
"Nothing's wrong," the woman responded, but her eyes kept darting to the side, unable to stay on her friend's face.
"Things are going good for you, you've been happy," Kurenai frowned slightly as she would carefully stroke her thumb against her friend's cheek, "So why're you doing this?"
"I told you," Anko flashed her friend a plastic smile as she didn't quite look her in the eyes, "I'm a masochist, I want to be punished."
"Stop lying to me Anko-chan," the woman growled softly, "I'm enough of a masochist to know the difference between wanting some pain and wanting to be hurt."
"Same thing," Anko grunted back at her.
"No, its not," Kurenai responded before she firmly forced her friend's face up against her own, refusing to let her look away again, "Why do you keep doing this to yourself Anko? Why do you keep trying to punish yourself? Why do you think you have to be hurt?"
"Why not?" the woman shrugged slightly as she forced her cheek to turn, refusing to even look at the woman as she curled herself back somewhat, almost beginning to say something else before cutting off as she lightly wrapped her arms about her legs and held herself close.
"You know, it is okay to be happy and enjoy yourself Anko-chan," she spoke softly as her hand reached out, lightly running through the dark hair of the other woman, stroking it softly, "Its okay when things go right."
"Heh," Anko chuckled bitterly as she fought against the tears threatening to well within her eyes, "Things don't go 'right' for me Nai-chan, ever."
"So, what do you call things with Iruka and I?" she demanded in return.
"Waiting for the other shoe to drop," the blunt, deadened tone sent a flinch through Kurenai as she stared at her friend, "Something'll happen, it always does."
"Anko-chan..." the woman gently reached around, pulling the unresisting, but unresponsive body back over to her own.
"Ever since then," she spoke quietly, "Ever since... he did this to me... then threw me away. Its always like that. Nothing lasts, it all just turns to ash."
"Fuck him," Kurenai growled bluntly as she pulled Anko's eyes to her own, "Fuck that stupid bastard. If he couldn't see how wonderful you are, that's his loss. We want you."
"For now," the woman said with a soft grumble in her words.
"Oh, hell no," Kurenai's eyes flashed as she growled back at her, "You are not pulling that with me Anko Mitarashi!"
"I'm tired Nai-chan," she spoke softly, quietly back to her friend, and more, "I'm tired of waiting for everything to go to hell, waiting to be thrown away again. I don't want to be tossed aside anymore."
"You know, I thought I made it perfectly clear I wasn't in this for some fling to toss you aside Anko-chan," a new voice suddenly broke in as Iruka quietly walked up to the pair and slid down onto the couch next to her and gently wrapped an arm about her waist, "You think Naruto would have tried to hook us up if I was?"
"Yeah, says a lot that a 13 year old has to hook me up," the woman tried to tug away from Iruka, only to find herself gently pulled back, held against his chest as she gave only weak protests.
"Depends on the 13 year old," Iruka responded as he would lightly reach up, beginning to stroke his fingers against her hair for a moment, before pulling Kurenai over, gently capturing Anko between their bodies, "When its Naruto? It says a lot about you."
Gently he would kiss against her shoulder before letting his arms slip about her waist, just holding her close, "That you don't deserve all the pain that's being thrown at you, that you deserve to be happy, to have fun, to be free," he paused a moment, before grinning softly, "Besides, I'm the one who should be waiting for the other shoe to drop... I'm the guy with two beautiful women, its far more likely you two will dump me for each other, didn't you know that?"
"Not happening," Anko responded softly, shifting a bit so she lay against his chest, her arms wrapping about his chest, "Mine."
"Then, I suggest you get used to the idea that I feel the same way about you," he responded kissing softly atop her head, before looking up at Kurenai with a half speculative look, "Now, Kurenai, I'm not too sure about, think we should keep her?"
A slight grin curled on Anko's face as she shifted again, looking over her shoulder at her friend who was practically laying atop her, "I don't know... she's an awful lot of trouble..."
"And she does encourage your Kakashi cosplaying," he added with a chuckle.
"Hey, that's a joke," Kurenai protested.
"Right, what're you say Kurenai, whatever you say," the pair chimed back at her, grinning quietly in amusement.
"Brats," she grumbled softly before shifting and snuggling into them, "So, we're gonna put our team in for the Chuunin exams."
"Already?" Iruka blinked a bit, but offered no real protests as he would gently kiss against the top of Kurenai's head.
"Yeah, they're ready," Anko filled in, "They've already got the most impressive mission record out of any of the genin teams, even with 7's C-Rank bumped to A-Rank."
"Heh, did you see the Uchiha's boyfriend he picked up on that mission?" Kurenai giggled just a bit as she grinned at the two, "I swear, he looks prettier than any of the genin girls..."
"For now yeah," Anko chuckled, "Give Hinata and Ino a few years and we'll see. But, man, talk about a crazy mission... To go from trying to kill one another to... that... Heh."
"What happened?" Iruka inquired quietly, "I don't get much jounin level gossip anymore... Seems they're a bit jealous that a chuunin got the two hottest kunoichi in the Leaf."
"Oh, their client lied about their mission," Anko said casually, "Turned out, that Gato of the Gato Corporation had paid some missing nin to kill the guy to keep his choke hold on Wave... Ended up being the Demon Brothers and Momichi Zabuza from Mist."
"The Demon of the Mist himself huh?" Iruka whistled slowly, "Good thing they had Kakashi then..."
"Indeed," Kurenai nodded as she lightly trailed her fingers through Anko's hair, "So, they ended up clashing, but, Zabuza turned out to have a very skilled apprentice. One of the last of the hyouten line... Kid's stronger than even the Uchiha one on one. If they hadn't had the Aburame to drain off his chakra, who knows how it would've ended. As it was, they managed to disable the kid, stop Zabuza, then take out Gato himself and a small army of hired bandits to insure the village was safe."
"Turned out Haku, the ice user, and Sasuke had already met before their show down at the bridge, without Sasuke knowing who the other was, and they'd hit it off. Since Haku found out Gato was planning on betraying them anyway, and his Master was dead, the kid had no idea what to do."
"Enter the Uchiha?" Iruka asked speculatively.
"Well, I don't know if they've gotten that far Iruka-kun," Anko giggled softly, "I'm not going to intrude onto their private time."
"... Funny," the man sighed before chuckling a bit, "Sasuke could use someone like that in his life. Hopefully it'll help balance him out more."
"Yeah, hopefully," Kurenai agreed before grinning softly, "You know, Kakashi is planning on entering his team into the Chuunin exams too."
"So's Asuma from what I hear," Anko added with a wicked grin.
"WHAT?!" Iruka's eyes widened, "Are they crazy!? Its too early for them!"
"But its not for Naruto?" Anko smirked back, "Or Hinata,or Ino?"
"Naruto?" Iruka rolled his eyes, "I've seen Naruto pushing Kakashi if he's worked up enough. Since he graduated the Academy, he's been pulling off B-Rank and A-Rank missions. With and without his team. He'll look after them," He paused a moment, before grinning, "Plus, I'm really curious what you three have done with the girls."
"Three?" Kurenai spoke up with a slight trace of amusement in her eyes.
"Yeah, you don't think Naruto hasn't been helping them as well?" Iruka grinned wickedly, "So what's this I hear about two jounin planning on trying to make a chuunin their secretary?"
Immediately the two women stiffened then stared at the man beneath them as Kurenai spoke up, "How'd you..."
"Well, admittedly I've let my combat skills slip," the man grinned quietly in response, "But, I'm stealth, tracking and infiltration skills are still nothing to be ashamed of," He chuckled a bit, "You have to remember, Naruto isn't the first ninja from Konoha that used his pranks to sharpen his skills."
"Nai-chan?" Anko spoke up softly, "I think we underestimated him."
"I think you're right Anko-chan," Kurenai nodded, "You know what this means then, yes?"
"Of course, Nai-chan," the woman nodded sagely, before her lips turned into a sadistic smirk, "It means that now, we're definitely going to have to get him up to jounin level."
"Indeed Anko-chan," the woman nodded with a satisfied grin of her own.
"I suppose I don't have a say in the matter?" Iruka responded with a slight twitch of his brow.
"You're in charge in the bedroom," Kurenai smirked back at the man, "If you want to take charge somewhere else, you've gotta earn it."
"So Iruka-kun," Anko leaned back, whispering against his ear, "You up to the challenge, or not?"
The man in question sighed softly before looking up at the ceiling, "The things I do for the women in my life..."
Said women, merely giggled in response, as the growing shiver of impending doom made its way coiling along his spine.
-Days later-
"So, we signed you brats up for the Chuunin exams," Anko grinned her wicked grin as she looked down at the three in front of her, "Better not disappoint us."
"Eh, is it that time already?" Naruto blinked a moment, before cocking his head to the side, "I thought we had a few more months to go."
"Nope," Kurenai responded with a smile, "Despite Iruka's protests, all the rookies are being given the chance to enter."
"... You're kidding right?" Ino said with a flat stare, "Team 8 is going to enter? Is Asuma crazy?"
"Hey, don't look at us," Anko shrugged slightly, "You three are ready, the rest of them, its up to their jounin instructors."
"You mean, lazy pervert and lazy bum?" Naruto asked, "Ugh, we're gonna end up pulling their asses out of the fire, I just know it."
"Think of it as extra training!" Anko just grinned at the three, "Kakashi's been bragging about his team, and how they pulled it together during their C-Rank turned A-Rank, along with getting a new bloodline for the village."
"Um," Hinata blinked a moment, "Kakashi pervert does realize that the person said bloodline belongs to is gay, along with his sharingan student, right?"
"He's probably choosing to ignore that little fact..." Naruto reached up, stroking his chin, "I suppose they could start fucking right in front of him and he'd finally get it through his skull."
"... I did NOT need that image Naruto-kun," Ino shivered slightly, "Sakura's the yaoi freak, I like my guys to like MY body, not another guy's."
"Eh," the blonde boy shrugged a bit before grinning, "So, what all the exam gonna be like?"
"We can't tell you that Naruto," Kurenai tsked lightly, "You know that."
"Aw, not even a hint?" the boy pouted softly before he would pause, suddenly grinning at the girls next to him before looking back at his teachers, "Is there gonna be a chance for us to practice our conversion techniques?"
"Hmm, there might be," Anko paused, stroking her chin lightly, "I take it you three have been waiting to have an actual subject to play with?"
"Well, not that it isn't fun 'converting' Ino-chan," Naruto responded with a shrug, "But, she honestly gives in, waaaaaaay too quickly."
"Hey!" Ino grumbled a bit at the statement while Hinata giggled,"I last longer than Hinata-chan does!"
"Yeah, but I also have an unfair advantage there," Naruto grinned, "I've had years to learn Hinata-chan's weak spots."
"And he exploits them every time," Hinata pouted softly as she looked at her male teammate, "Once he gets me tied up, I'm as good as gone."
"How about if I get you tied up Hinata-chan?" Ino grinned wickedly as she leaned in, casually whispering against the Hyuga's ear.
"Oh, that's easy," Hinata smiled in return, before suddenly she pulled the girl close, her fingers casually curling up, brushing against her teammate's neck before gripping it as she pulled her lips to the girl's ear, "I'd just get free... and make sure I got to hear that oh so sweet sound you make just as you break..."
As Ino flushed crimson and gave off a soft little whimper, Anko turned to Kurenai and grinned broadly, "So, Nai-chan, how'd we end up so lucky? An amazing team and floor show all in one."
"You forgot learning all kinds of nifty little tricks for yourselves," Naruto added casually as he half watched Hinata run her hands down Ino's body, causing the blonde girl to weakly fall to her knees with a soft moan, "Oh, by the way... Heard you two are plotting to get Iruka-sensei up to jounin."
"Oh, it made its way through the grapevine already?" Kurenai arched a brow at that.
"Nope, I just heard it directly from him," Naruto smirked in response while Ino rested her panting head against Hinata's stomach, the dark haired girl running her fingers through her hair, "We still get ramen together pretty regularly."
"That's a good girl, Ino-chan," Hinata was casually speaking down to the panting blonde girl, "Yes, little Ino-kitty remembers her place, doesn't she?"
"Bah, so much for keeping it a secret," Anko grumbled, as she forced herself not to smirk as she watched Hinata toy with her teammate so easily, "What do you think, Naruto?"
"Kitty's a goood girl for Puppy!" Ino whimpered softly, nuzzling back into Hinata, "Kitty misses her collar though!"
"I think... That those two are really, really trying to distract me," Naruto grunted as he jerked his thumb towards his teammates, "And doing a damned good job of it."
"Well, in regards to Iruka," Kurenai responded with a soft smile was she chuckled a bit at the girls' game.
"Well if Kitty wants her collar, she's going to have to help Puppy convince Cuddles to get it," Hinata almost purred as she ran her fingers through Ino's hair.
"In regards to Iruka," Naruto paused before looking at the women, "I think I'm going to definitely give him lessons on how to keep teasing you two for days without letting you get off, for giving me that damned codename."
"Aww, but Cuddles!" Anko grinned wickedly, "You know you love it!"
"... you do realize I know an orgasm denial seal, right?" Naruto said casually as he merely LOOKED at the woman present.
Instantly all four women froze, and Naruto found himself faced with four teary puppy dog eyed looks directed onto him. Steeling himself against their grand assault, he spoke through gritted teeth, standing proud in defiance, "And that's more likely to make me use it than not."
"Bah," Anko turned off the quivering gaze and shrugged slightly, "You'll never get a seal like that on me!"
Kurenai suddenly froze then, and turned her attention onto her friend, "Anko-chan..."
"Yes?"
"Think about what you just said, VERY carefully," the woman cautioned.
"What about what I just said?" Anko blinked a moment.
"You just challenged NARUTO, to put a seal on you that will drive you up the wall in frustration," Kurenai responded slowly.
"Its true, its true," Naruto nodded as he would stretch out, popping his back in a slow motion, "Want a head start Anko-chan?"
"... Um, can we talk this over?" Anko paused, noticing the feral looks the girls were giving her, the absolutely murderous gazes didn't sit expecially well with her.
"Nope!" the boy chimed happily.
"... Great," the woman sighed before looking at the two girls, "And why're you two glaring at me?"
"Its relatively easy to figure out," Ino started.
"If he uses it successfully on you," Hinata continued, "How long do you think it'll be before he punishes US with it?"
"... I'm screwed, aren't I Nai-chan?" Anko almost whimpered as she looked at her friend.
"... I'd start running if I was you," Kurenai agreed.
"Right," Anko immediately vanished in a swirl of leaves, followed swiftly by the genin of Team 10.
"Its going to be one of those weeks," Kurenai chuckled just a bit as she shook her head, leisurely making her way towards the Hokage's Tower.
-That Night, Kakashi's Apartment-
The silver haired jounin lazily pushed his way into his home, his eye half closed tiredly. He made little notice of his apartment, slipping past the various traps and seals he'd lain in place with practiced ease before pushing his way into his bedroom. As he flipped on the light, he froze in shock, his single eye widening comically as he took in the sight before him.
Plastered all over the walls, on the ceiling, on the bed, on the floor, were a multitude of pictures. Their subject? A rather heavy make out session between Sasuke and Haku, with less than full clothing.
The broken scream that rippled through the air was filled with outrage and displeasure, followed by a more sedately muffled, "Wow, didn't realize they were that flexible," before the scream continued.