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The Orange Flash: Lost Chapters	By : Breath_of_the_Wiz Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 120666 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 16
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"Aw Forehead! You didn't tell me you had a puppy!" Ino had put on her best happy face to stall for Hanabi, who'd gone to a ninja supply store for some ammonia capsules in order to slow Pakkun's tracking abilities down.
"Ino, I'm busy. You're in the way."
Ino raised her eyebrow and peered behind Sakura, eyeing Kakashi and Yugao suspiciously. "Busy? Busy with what?"
Sakura stuck her tongue out at Ino. "None of your business."
Ino rolled her eyes. "Fine, I won't ask you about it anymore… but I will bother you with concerns to this."
Ino stopped and pulled a small coupon out of her cleavage, presenting it to Sakura. Sakura, completely unaware of Ino's intentions, stopped and read the coupon.
The pinkette perked up slightly. "Free ice-cream for the rest of the week?"
Ino smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I won it at a game-stand, sucker didn't know I was a ninja."
Sakura was jealous, but only slightly. "I'll get back to you on whether or not I wanna got get some tonight. I've gotta do this first."
Ino pouted. "Come on Forehead! I can't ask any guys 'cause I'm spoiled on Naruto, and well, there's only one other girl I know that likes ice-cream..."
Sakura brushed Ino off. "Why don't you ask her then?"
Ino made a strange expression. "That 'other girl' is Hanabi Hyuga… that'd get kinda weird."
Sakura, realizing that she'd stopped walking immediately looked at Pakkun, who was napping.
Sakura gave the pug a gentle shake. "Hey. Wake up."
Pakkun rolled his eyes and gave Sakura an exasperated look. "I was just waitin' for you to finish your little tea party with blondie over here… Keep walking this way."
Sakura frowned at Ino. "Piggy-chan, I've got something important to do, I'll get back to you if nothing pans out tonight."
Ino shrugged. "Alright Forehead, I'll go see if I can find someone else who wants to go." With that, Sakura turned and continued to follow Pakkun's directions.
Inwardly, Ino started formulating another plan to stall Sakura, but Hanabi's voice crackled in her earpiece before she could even start thinking.
"Ino, give me your location. I have the ammonia capsules."
"We're still in the plaza. Hurry though, I can't stall Sakura any more, she's really intent on finding Naruto."
"Affirmative."
After several minutes of walking, Pakkun suddenly went silent, ceasing all his assistance in giving Sakura directions.
Sakura looked at the pug in her hands. "Did you lose his scent?"
Pakkun sneezed. "Yeah, all I can smell is… Ammonia. Kakashi?"
Kakashi sped up and took Pakkun from Sakura. "What's up?"
"I think someone tossed an ammonia capsule around here somewhere. I'm starting to lose Naruto's scent."
Kakashi raised his eyebrow. "Looks like someone doesn't want you finding Naruto, Sakura-chan."
Kakashi gave Pakkun back to his student and sighed. "If that's the case this may take a while. Ammonia capsules are used specifically to counter ninken... Yugao-chan, how 'bout we cut our losses on Naruto?"
Yugao straightened her kimono and shrugged. "If you really think this'll be a waste of time, let's go do something else."
Kakashi turned back to Sakura. "Sakura-chan, you can keep searching if you feel like it. I'll see ya at home when you're done Pakkun."
Pakkun raised his paw waved Kakashi off. "Yeah, likewise… Alright pinky, we need to hurry up 'fore I get sick of this smell."
On a nearby roof, Hanabi raised her eyebrow and opened another case of ammonia capsules. "Challenge accepted."
Naruto and Hinata had agreed to go to Konoha Park when they realized how crowded the streets were that night. The Cherry Blossoms scattered throughout the area had paper lanterns hanging from them, and there were numerous couples peppered across the winding sidewalks and fountains.
They went to the lake and sat down on the edge of the water, right beneath a Cherry Blossom tree. Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand, locking his fingers with hers.
"Naruto-kun?"
Naruto absentmindedly stared at the dancing reflection of the moon on the water.
"Hm?"
Hinata kicked off her sandals and stuck her feet into the water. "H-How do you feel about your progress toward becoming Hokage?"
Naruto looked at her for a second and thought. "Well… I'm much closer than I was before I left, so that's something. I don't really know what else to say about it, it's not somethin' I can do quickly or overnight… What do you aspire to be Hinata?"
The wind picked up, and Hinata's serious expression jarred Naruto somewhat.
"I want to reform my clan's implementation of the main house and branch house system. It… disgusts me. I think it's wrong to steal someone's right to self-determination before they're even old enough to talk, I don't want any more of my people to grow up as Neji did. With everything that's happened, it makes me sad… to see the way my father looks at Neji, he's always had a guilty expression around my cousin."
Naruto smiled at Hinata and looked back out over the lake. "That's a noble goal, at least you got it all planned out, I think you'll make a great clan-head one day. Me on the other hand, heh, I have no idea what I'm gonna do when I finally get my hands on the robes and the hat…"
Hinata squeezed Naruto's hand and rested her head on his shoulder. "I think you'll be the greatest Hokage this village has ever seen, Naruto-kun."
Naruto squeezed her hand. "I hope so."
Meanwhile… several hundred feet beneath a destroyed bar, the majority of the Sasuke-Retreival team fumbled around in the darkness like idiots.
Chouji, who's voice was being drowned out by a yelling Lee, and a cursing Kiba, finally had enough of being ignored and made his valuable information known to the party.
The Akimichi heir took a deep breath and let loose a booming yell. "HEY, WOULD YOU CLODS STOP FOR ONE SECOND?!"
The group froze and turned to Chouji, who was fuming.
Lee jogged over to Chouji. "We need to find Tenten! Chouji, this should be of great importance!"
Chouji took a knee on the ground and reached into his hakama's pocket and pulled out a sheet of paper with a seal on it. He ran some chakra through the seal, and out popped an unexpected item.
Kiba started to laugh a bit. "Really Chouji?"
Lee frowned. "We don't have time for that!"
Shikamaru just shrugged and took a knee next to Chouji. "I think I know what you're getting at."
Chouji spoke up. "This is Kaya, my portable grill."
Kiba's eye twitched. "You're being serious right now, aren't you? CAN'T YOU WAIT UNTIL WE GET OUTTA HERE FATASS?!"
Chouji stood up and punched Kiba on the forehead, the Inuzuka dropped to the floor, clutching his face.. "WHO'RE YOU CALLIN' FATASS HUH?! … This isn't about food! We can use Kaya as a torch so we can move more quickly."
Lee grinned and gave Chouji a thumbs-up. "Brilliant Chouji! This will allow us to more easily locate Tenten in this darkness!"
Shikamaru dug in his ear. "Slow down Lee, we don't even know if-"
Lee was about to retort when his ears picked up the sound of approaching footsteps. One by one, the group began to notice the approaching noise and they immediately remembered that they were likely being pursued by ANBU.
Chouji lit Kaya and they all took off running, hoping to a higher power that they wouldn't have to spend the night in a jail cell.
Asuma Sarutobi kicked back and gave her his analysis of her situation. "Anko, you think too much."
The Snake Mistress blinked and stared down at her food. She too had gone to the festival in an attempt to clear her head, having sat down to dinner with Kurenai and Asuma.
Kurenai stuffed some rice into Asuma's mouth and chastised him. "You always say that. Why's all of your advice so vague?"
Asuma swallowed his food and gave Kurenai an impatient look. "I told Ino the same thing, and she took it to heart. She's head-over-heels for Naruto and she wastes her days plotting out contingency plans in case she runs into him. She's overthinking it."
The edge of Anko's mouth upturned slightly. "She's not the only one."
Asuma stared at Anko for a second, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head when he deduced what her tone of voice had implied.
Kurenai raised an eyebrow. "So it was Naruto you were talking about that day."
He scratched his beard and inquired. "Hey uh, Anko-san… Isn't Uzumaki a bit young for you?"
Anko pouted and rolled her eyes. "If I cared about that, we wouldn't be having this conversation... heheh, I wouldn't have snatched his virginity either."
Kurenai laughed and patted Asuma on the back while he choked on his rice. Finally managing to get the food down, he moved back to his previous point.
"So, you wanted to know if you like him, or the sex, right?"
Anko nodded and gestured for Asuma to continue.
Asuma flipped his lighter in the air and caught it between his fingers. "Have you tried not boning him when you meet up? That's how Kurenai got me to- ow!"
Kurenai had punched Asuma in the shoulder to cut him off. She turned to Anko and smirked. "He's right you know… tactless, but right. Slow down for a second and get to know him. Your relationship with Naruto lacks context right now. That's why you're having this debate with yourself."
Anko looked out the window and chuckled nostalgically. "Easier said than done. He broke my bed in half… I think our conversations'll tend to drift into the gutter while we negotiate a replacement."
Kurenai twitched a bit, trying to picture Naruto socially aware and sexually clued-up enough to unbalance Anko of all people. She shook her head. "He's really that good? … I doubt that for some reason."
Anko shrugged. "Well, he's a natural. That's all there is to say about it… I'll take your advice though; I wanna know what he's about... Strange I've never asked him anything about himself yet."
Asuma laughed a bit and flicked some rice of Kurenai's face. "Kurenai you'd be surprised how knowledgeable teenage boys are with certain things. Hell, Chouji put me up to a bunch of loopholes in Konoha's banking system, so it's not impossible that Naruto would know a few things."
Kurenai twirled her chopsticks between her fingers. "Yeah, right. I've seen how he is with Hinata, what could've possibly changed in such a short amount of time?"
At this point, the smell of ammonia was starting to become painfully apparent to the humans on the street, be they ninja or civilian. Sakura was starting to get worried, as she'd soon be at the point where she'd have to cover her nose. Pakkun was already well past that point however.
"Gah! It's all I can smell now!"
The pug's eyes were watering and his paws were lidded over his nose.
Sakura, who was now aware that her canine companion would no longer be of any assistance to her, put the dog down.
She sighed. "You can go home if your nose is hurting."
Pakkun gave Sakura one last bit of advice before he dispelled himself. "If someone was this determined ta throw a wrench in your search, I suggest you call it a night and find him later on."
With that, the pug disappeared in a plume of white smoke, and Sakura was left alone on the street. She patted down her frizzing hair and started walking in the opposite direction. Funny enough, she was only a few minutes away from Naruto and Hinata, and would have likely found them if she'd kept walking the way she had been going.
Hanabi, who had been watching from the balcony of somebody's apartment, pulled out some hand sanitizer to get the smell of ammonia off her hands. Pleased with her work, she called up Ino.
"Now that the primary threat has been dealt with, I can take you to see Naruto."
Ino, who was sitting on a bench in the plaza, perked up and pulled out a hand mirror.
She gave a devious smirk as she spoke into her communicator. "Great. I'm in the plaza, but before you take me to see Naruto, there's something I wanna to discuss with you. Meet me at the ice cream stand."
"Alright then."
Chouji hadn't run this much since the Sasuke retrieval mission, and that was an understatement. Lee was of course, out in front, being the fastest, with Kiba close behind. Shikamaru, as lazy as ever, was just a foot in front of Chouji, as he didn't want to outrun the light of Kaya, their savior.
They'd long since lost the ANBU following them, but the ANBU were second to none in their ability to track people. This is what kept the boys from stopping for longer than a few minutes at a time. This current sprint was triggered by the echoing sounds of footsteps that bounced through the cavern they were resting in. Lee, between the stress of having lost Tenten, and the fact that he couldn't stop and look for her when they took breaks due to the ANBU, it was safe to say his mind was elsewhere at the moment.
This was evident to the others when Lee began to pull ahead of the group further and further as their running went on.
Kiba realized this and yelled. "OI LEE! Do you know where you're going?"
Not caring, Lee didn't even look back to reply. "Nope!"
They darted left and right through the caverns, one time even making four consecutive right turns.
Kiba growled. "Get'cher head outta your ass! We're following you!"
Lee's head snapped up and he looked back. "My apologies Kiba! I'm trying to find Tente-"
Lee was cut off by a low reaching stalactite, the impact to his head caused him to backflip through the air like a ragdoll. Lee's sudden drop in speed caught Kiba off guard and they crashed into each other, tumbling to a stop.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "And that's why you don't outrun our torch man."
Shikamaru and Chouji jogged up to the heap of limbs and dirt on the ground. Lee and Kiba had completely ruined their kimonos; covered in dust and dirt, they were now tinted brown.
Kiba was the first to spring up. He rubbed the knot on his head and realized that they'd stumbled upon another cavern. Chouji picked the currently unconcious Lee up and slung him over his shoulder.
Shikamaru took the grill from Chouji and placed it in the center of the cavernous area, illuminating the majority of the room.
Shikamaru groaned. "Man, we're gonna be down here forever at this rate." He groaned and started pacing in a figure eight pattern.
Kiba, who was hoping that Shikamaru had an idea instead of an obvious statement, was disappointed. He opted to look at a conspicuous secion of dirt on the otherwise stone walls of the cavern.
Kiba delivered a solid kick to the dirt patch and a deep thump echoed through the catacombs. Shikamaru and Chouji swiveled their heads to the origin of the sound. The dirt crackled and crumbled off of the wall, revealing a boarded up opening. Kiba raised his eyebrow and moved to swat one of the boards off of the opening.
Shikamaru tried to warn him in vain. "Hey Kiba, I don't think you should-"
The board clattered to the ground and Chouji froze. His gut was telling him something bad was about to happen, and he was right, right beyond comprehension. Kiba's heart sunk in disgust as an army of mice erupted from the gap in the wood, skittering around his feet. That was only the beginning, more and more wodden planks fell from the wall, until a literal wave of rodents swallowed Kiba.
There was a muffled scream, and a silence. Shikamaru and Chouji stared in surprise, or revulsion, or… really there was no word to describe their feelings at the moment. Suddenly there was a gust of wind in the tunnels, sending the vermin flying in all directions. The incessant squeaking of the mice was accompanied by Kiba's roaring voice.
"DISGUSTING! GOD DAMMIT! LITTLE BASTARDS!"
Kiba came spinning out of the pile, his form bouncing around the walls of the cavern.
Shikamaru's eyes widened. "Kiba! Knock it off! Your Gatsuga's causing a ca-"
Pebbles and other small chunks of rock began to fall from the ceiling, each impact making Shikamaru's eyes bulge even more. He groaned and finished his sentence.
"… cave-in."
Kiba, having finally gotten all the mice off of himself landed in front of Shikamaru, who was picking Kaya off the ground. Kiba was about to ask what was up until some rumbling cut him off. He looked up and rocks the size of horses were starting to smash into the ground, Kiba gave the group a sheepish shrug and they all sprinted for the nearest exit.
Chouji had a close call with a large boulder just as they were exiting the doomed cavern, and the shockwave from the impact was enough to toss him into the air. He landed on his feet, but Lee wasn't treated so kindly by gravity. Chouji, having switched to piggy-backing Lee, didn't account for the unlikely event in which he'd have to jump away from something.
Chouji's jump had caused Lee's upper body to drag on the ground and comically bounce about like dice on a hard floor. Chouji wanted to laugh, but he had more important things to worry about at the moment, especially the possibility that Tenten may now be trapped somewhere in the passageways due to the cave-in.
By the time they'd outran the collapsing cave, the boys reached another open area, however, this one was much smaller than the previous caverns they'd been in. They all collapsed in exhaustion, having been running near constantly for the past few hours.
Shikamaru, in a moment of clarity snapped up and looked at Kiba. "Oi Kiba, did you ever catch Tenten's scent when we came down here?"
Kiba paused and a look of disappointment washed over his canine features. "… No… in restrospect, I lost her scent as soon as we came down here."
Shikamaru scowled for a second, but then he sighed in defeat and laid back down. "So there's about an 80% chance that we're down here for no reason… I must be getting rusty if I didn't deduce that beforehand... mataku, I guess needed the exercise anyway."
Shikamaru took their pointless adventure in stride, but Chouji on the other hand was furious, furious enough to toss Lee at Kiba.
Steam was coming out of the Akamichi's ears. "You coulda told us that as soon as we got down here! It would've been easier to just hide from the ANBU until they left, but noooooo... MAN I COULD BE AT KITANO'S BARBECUE RIGHT NOW! ON TOP OF THAT, THIS DUMBASS ADVENTURE TRASHED KAYA!"
Kiba tossed the unconscious Lee back at Chouji. "It's just a stupid mini-grill! They're dirt cheap anyway!"
Chouji tossed Lee back at Kiba, his ragdolling limbs clocked the young Inuzuka in the head. Chouji spat back.
"Kaya was custom built! Chakra powered burners, stainless steel finish, THE AKIMICHI CREST ENGRAVED ABOVE MY NAME! Kaya was a work of art!"
Shikamaru, currently lounging on the ground took a look at the dented and battered mini-grill. It still worked of course, these grills were made for ninja to use during extended missions, but the damages this thing had suffered seriously depreciated the grill's value.
He turned the burner to a lower setting so they didn't asphyxiate and started thinking about how they'd get out.
Kiba sighed and poked Shikamaru's shouleder with his foot. "Hey, Shikamaru. Got any bright ideas?"
The Nara picked up an albino cave beetle and observed it while he spoke. "I'm calculating our current location in Konoha by taking into consideration the distance we've run, along with the turns and inclined passages that we've gone through."
Chouji and Kiba just stared blankly at Shikamaru, who appeared to be observing the beetle and doing a complex logical problem in his head at the same time. They were used to his level of intelligence, but anyone else would be amazed at how quickly he was making progress on such a complex problem.
Doodling in the dirt, Shikamaru began deducing their location. 'We've made ten rights and twelve lefts, we've run a total of approximately sixteen kilometers, and eight of the sloped tunnels we went through were inclined at thirty or so degrees…'
After about a minute, Shikamaru had an answer for the group.
"I've got a total of three possible locations we could pop out of if we go straight up from here. One of them will probably get us into serious trouble, another will probably kill us, and well, let's just hope it's the last one."
Kiba sat up and inquired to their resident genius. "It's either that or wander around until we die down here. Whaddaya have in mind Nara?"
Ino was sitting at a table with Hanabi inside the ice cream bar. The glee with which the little girl was eating made it quite obvious that ice cream was her favorite food.
She raised her eyebrow at the little girl. "Really, I never would have pegged you for an ice cream person when we first met."
Hanabi wiped the chocolate from her mouth nodded. "Yes, it happens to be my favorite confection. Thank you for treating me... what was it you wanted to talk about?"
Ino smirked. "So, what has you running defense for Naruto tonight? Knowing you, you'd have to benefit from this in some way."
Hanabi stared back blankly. "I agreed to help Naruto in exchange for... ice cream on demand."
The blonde narrowed her eyes. "There's something you're not telling me."
Hanabi nodded. "Yes there is, and it is not information that I plan to divulge to you." The younger of the girls rested her elbows on the table, as if expecting something.
Ino shook her head. "I'm not giving you this bag of stuff you wanted unless you tell me what you get from Naruto over this. It's hard enough not knowing what you want with these rings and bricks and stuff."
Hanabi dug in to her sixth bowl of ice cream and answered Ino. "If you really must know, he has agreed to take me out at my beck and call in exchange for my protection tonight and a favor only I can grant him."
Ino was about to ask why, but Sakura happened to enter the restaurant, she gave Hanabi a strange look as she sat down next to Ino.
The blonde motioned for Hanabi to stop talking about Naruto with a conspicuous flip of her hair, paired with a narrowed eye. The Hyuga subtly nodded and stared at Sakura.
"So Forehead... didja have any luck finding Naruto?"
The pinkette, looking down on herself, shook her head. "No, I didn't. I just feel so nervous, we had an awkward moment a couple of days ago and I wanna set the record straight."
Ino slid Sakura one of Hanabi's bowls of ice cream, much to the little girl's annoyance.
In jest, the blonde girl took a jab at Sakura's inability to recognize her own feelings. "Set the record straight? It's really pretty simple Forehead, you want him to break you in and wear you out. No shame in that… Or is he still your 'friend'?"
The sarcastic spin on "friend" made Sakura roll her eyes. She silently dug into her ice cream, while Hanabi continued to stare at her. After a few seconds, Sakura turned to the little girl and eyed her suspiciously.
"What is it?"
Hanabi deadpanned. "You too desire to have sexual intercourse with Uzumaki-san. I welcome your competition as it will keep me in top form, however, I shall be victorious in the end."
Sakura turned the same color as her hair and increased the pace at which she stuffed ice cream into her mouth; perhaps the brain freeze would cool her head down. On the other side of the restaurant, the owner stared in disbelief as the girls inhaled his stock of ice cream.
Really, it was Hanabi who was eating everything, Ino and Sakura had only wanted one bowl each, but even then. it was still amazing. Never had anyone seen teenage girls eat so much food in one sitting. The table was littered with empty bowls, and full bowls just waiting to be consumed.
It was here that Ino signaled Hanabi that she was ready to leave, so they made some sort of lame excuse about having to take Hanabi home, even though it was pretty obvious that she could handle herself.
Sakura was a bit too depressed to make logical deductions at the moment, so she ordered another bowl of ice cream. It took about thirty seconds for her to consider the possibility that Ino was working with Hanabi that night to sabotage any attempt to find Naruto. It made perfect sense, especially since Piggy-chan had never mentioned anything concerning a close relationship with one of the Hyuga Heiresses... She immedieately left the ice cream bar, and tailed Hanabi and Ino to the park.
Tenten was not having a good night. During the incident in the bar, she was knocked out when she tried to restrain Lee, a bad idea overall. Lee had grown quite a bit in the past 2 years, and he was nearly twice her size at this point. Tenten mentally reminded herself to stab whoever fed her that "girl power" bullshit when she was little, attempting to grapple with Lee of all people is already ill advised, but on top of that, Tenten was at best a buck twenty soaking wet, and there she was thinking she could take the beast on in a contest of brute strength. Lee had unintentionally elbowed her in the side of the head, and then he fell backwards on top of her.
She was knocked out first, and so, she woke up first, of course with a splitting headache. Opting to avoid 'hanging with the boys' for the night, she left the destroyed establishment the minute she woke up. Tenten made a beeline for the nearest pharmacy, in search of aspirin and an ice pack. Having gotten what she was looking for, she decided to take a relaxing walk through the park to wait for the pills to kick in, hoping to herself that she didn't have a concussion.
This was a decision that she wouldn't regret that night, in more ways than one.
Ino and Hanabi walked through the gate of Konoha park, the older of the two girls became slightly confused, so she started asking some important questions.
"Hanabi, you said that you had some special terms for talking to Naruto tonight, what are they?"
Hanabi used henge to transform her ninja clothes into her daydreamed black and silver kimono.
The young Hyuga smirked as her plan began to come to fruition. "I refrained from telling you all the details because I knew you would hesitate to go through with my requests otherwise."
Ino looked around the park and wondered why Naruto would come here tonight, but then it dawned on her, Hanabi only vocalized what Ino was thinking.
The little girl had just masterminded Ino's entire night without her knowing, the blonde face-palmed while Hanabi revealed her hand for the night.
"Uzumaki-san is courting my sister at this moment in time. If you wish to speak with him, you cannot make any disruptive comments or take any disruptive actions."
Hanabi took Ino by the fingers and put on a childish expression, the innocent look on her face created dissonance with the words coming out of her mouth..
"If you attempt to ruin Uzumaki-san's night, I shall break your fingers... Follow me." Hanabi validated her threat by giving Ino's hand a firm squeeze.
Ino, who was completely distraught at how she'd been railroaded all night, was further beaten down when she realized that she couldn't speak freely even if she was able to talk to Naruto. On top of that, he was on a date with Hinata, a girl who Ino could accept losing to as far as Naruto was concerned.
Ino stopped walking with Hanabi and sat down on a bench, the little girl mirrored her and sat down too.
Ino Yamanaka was disgusted with herself. "How could I fall for such an obvious trap? You knew how I'd react, as soon as you saw me. You even knew I wouldn't crash Naruto's date just to talk with him!"
She smiled a bit in defeat. "You little girl, are an evil genius."
Hanabi turned up her nose. "Evil? Perhaps, however that is subject to perspective. Genius? Yes, that can be measured, and I fulfill the criteria… Thank you for your assistance Yamanaka-san, it was greatly appreciated. My apologies for the deception, but this is a high-stakes competition."
Ino smirked at Hanabi and pinched her on the cheek. "Touché little girl. You got me this time, but next time, I'll be holding all the cards. You've earned this little victory of yours."
Hanabi squirmed out of Ino's pinch. "I can still take you to see Uzumaki-san if you so desire."
Ino paused a second. "Yeah, you do that, but I don't think I should talk to him. I just wanna spy on his date now."
Hanabi looked at Ino and nodded. She reached into her Kimono, and whipped out a pair of handcuffs. Before Ino could react, Hanabi had locked her wrist and Ino's together.
"This is only a security precaution, please bear with it, if only for the sake of Uzumaki-san. He's this way."
Ino, was less surprised at the action, and more at the fact that she owned this specific brand of cuffs. They weren't ninja cuffs, no, they were leather ones, of the BDSM variety.
Ino's eye twitched and she nervously inquired to the preteen. "So… Hanabi-chan. Where'd you get those?"
Hanabi, as deadpan as ever answered Ino. "I purchased them from an interesting store in Konoha's old quarter. There were a large quantity of strange leather-masks and other restraints. Wholly impractical for ninja use, but these cuffs are easily concealable, being made primarily of leather."
Ino laughed a bit. "...That wasn't a ninja supply store you went into."
Hanabi gave Ino a strange look. "In retrospect, it likely was not, the store owner was extremely confused by my presence. Even so, I purchased several other items from the establishment... Primarily for Uzumaki-san to use them with me."
Ino's eye twitched in raw… whatever the emotion was, it doesn't have a name at this point in time. Hanabi took Ino's silence as a sign to continue her explanation.
"The Idea dawned on me following my observations of Uzumaki-san and Mitarashi-san."
Ino snapped out of her stupor, immediately angry. "Who now?"
"Anko Mitarashi. She had sexual intercourse with Uzumaki-san recently and she used some similar bindings on him that night. From what I have observed, he is sufficiently experienced, which lessens my concerns. When I convince him to deflower me, the chances of me being injured in some capacity will be much lower than I originally anticipated."
Ino's eyes widened and she stood up from the bench. "Take me to see him."
Ino had some difficulty comprehending Naruto of all people being sexually active, but it was Anko Mitarashi that was interested in him, so that itself spoke volumes. However, if Naruto tried anything sleazy with Hinata, Ino would have to rip him a new one.
Hanabi took Ino to a large hedge overlooking the lake and the tree Naruto and Hinata were sitting beneath. They were currently having a heartfelt conversation concerning their dreams for the future. Ino felt jealous of Hinata, who's love for Naruto was so incorruptibly pure, that there was no way that he couldn't fall for her.
It was here that Sakura appeared behind the hedge with Hanabi and Ino.
The venom in her voice was palpable. "Ino… You knew where Naruto was this whole time, didn't you?"
Ino and Hanabi, who were wholly unconcerned with Sakura at the moment shushed her.
Sakura was red with anger instead of embarrassment. "What was that? DON'T SHUSH M-!"
Sakura was cut off when Hanabi whipped out a leather ball-gag and stuffed it into Sakura's mouth, deftly locking the straps in place in a single movment.
Sakura's eyes nearly popped out of her head when she realized what was in her mouth, Ino just stared, unsurprised at this point.
Hanabi, cool as a cucumber, spoke to Sakura in a soft voice. "They are likely to hear you if you speak at that volume. I'll take the pacifier out of your mouth if you agree to be quiet."
Ino face-faulted and popped back up immediately, she gave Hanabi an energetic whisper. "That's not a pacifier!"
Hanabi removed the ball-gag from Sakura's mouth, who had fainted (again).
Hanabi's big innocent eyes made Ino want to pinch her cheeks again. "What else could this device be used for other than to impede the ability to talk? It must be a pacifier."
Ino chuckled and shrugged. "Know what? You have the right idea, forget I said anything."
It was here that Hanabi nodded and looked at Sakura, who was still passed out, she took some of the ninja wire Ino bought her and tied Sakura's ankle to a large oak tree behind the hedge.
Sakura woke up again after a few seconds. "I really need to stop doing that." She crawled forward and plopped down next to Hanabi and Ino, who were also prone behind the hedge. As Sakura watched Naruto and Hinata have such genuine and heartfelt exchanges of words, Sakura began to wish that she could talk to Naruto that way. There always seemed to be some kind of barrier between them, which only became more obvious since they'd returned.
She thought that she would be able to just walk over and speak her mind to Naruto, but looking at how happy he was with Hinata made her body refuse to move past the hedge.
'Aw I can't mess this up for him! He's having such a nice night!'
'Well what the hell did you think would happen? You're too soft for that sorta thing!'
Sakura was jarred from her thoughts when another person plopped down next to the group of voyeurs, it was Tenten. Hanabi undid her handcuffs, sighed, and discreetly tied Tenten's and Ino's ankles to the oak tree.
"Who're you guys spying on?"
Ino answered. "Naruto."
Tenten looked surprised. "I didn't know Naruto was back."
Sakura enlightened her. "He's been pretty busy lately."
Tenten looked through the leaves and spotted Naruto, in all his half-nakedness and whatnot. She oogled his muscles and was thrown for a loop and how hard Naruto had been hit with the puberty stick.
Tenten grinned. "Wow… he's… gorgeous... Sakura you lucky b-"
"Don't finish that sentence Tenten."
Tenten's risqué fantasies concerning Naruto ended when her favorite person landed next to the group.
"Hanabi-sama, why are? … Nevermind." Neji crouched down next to Tenten, who was giddy at the thought of seeing him that night.
"Hi, Neji-kun."
Neji stared at Tenten and examined the bruise on her head. With a protective air to his voice, he questioned her. "Tenten, did someone attack you?"
Her eyes snapped open a bit and shook her head. "Well… not intentionally, it's okay really. No need to worry about me… heheh." She blushed and tried to slide closer to Neji. "Can I rest my head on your back? It hurts."
Neji paused for a second went down on his stomach. "I suppose. If you're in pain I should make an effort to accommodate you."
She smirked and continued eavesdropping on Naruto's date with everyone else.
Naruto was having an incredible time with Hinata that night, hell, when he kissed her, she only fainted for a few minutes. That was a personal best for Hinata as far as Naruto could remember; she used to go out for hours at a time.
Naruto was about to pull Hinata into his lap when Hanabi appeared in front of them.
Hinata was the first to notice. "Hanabi-chan? Is something wrong?"
Hanabi nodded. "It has become much to arduous to maintain the secrecy of your courtship with Uzumaki-san. It is likely that your night will be interfered with within the next few minutes."
Hinata sighed and looked up at Naruto. "I've had an incredible night Naruto-kun. If it were to end now, I could consider it a priceless memory of you… I'd rather it not be ruined by any sort of sabotage."
Naruto put some thought into it and agreed with his date. "Yeah, I guess it was bound to happen anyways…" Naruto gave Hanabi a genuine smile for the first time since he'd returned. "Thanks for all your help Hanabi-chan. Without you, this would've been the worst night of our lives." Naruto patted the young girl on the top of her head.
Hanabi's mouth curled into a tiny smile and she got a rosy tint in her cheeks, in the vein of her older sister.
"Uzumaki-san..."
Naruto scratched his head and laughed a bit, but the moment was interrupted by a vibrating fealing around his crotch.
'…Well that's new... What the hell cou-'
His train of thought was cut off when a disembodied head popped out of the ground right between Naruto's thighs.
Naruto was used to gore, so this part didn't bother him much surprisingly. However, when he realized that it was Kiba's head sticking out of the ground, Naruto and Hinata did what any sensible person would do.
Naruto and Hinata screamed. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
It was here that Kiba realized that his face was jammed into naruto's crotch.
Kiba screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Hanabi stared. "… Perhaps I should decrease my daily caloric intake of ice cream."
Sakura, snapped back to reality by the sound of Naruto's scream had a PTSD flashback of their battle with Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. She immedieatly sprinted through the hedge to help him… completely uprooting the oak tree, dragging it and the rest of the group behind her, all except Neji, who stared awkwardly as he was completely exposed in his now absent hiding spot.
The rest of the boys popped out of Kiba's hole in the ground, and for the first time in two and a half years, the Rookie 11 were all gathered in the same place… Well, minus Shino of course, but no one noticed until after the fact.
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