Naruto Uzumaki was always an optimist. He was known for seeing the brighter side in most things, even if said thing was frankly upsetting to others. But he simply could not get over the bad luck he was having today.
Naruto was also known for having a lot of enemies. He was famous everywhere. People adored him for his heroic deed in saving the village and his major part in the ninja war. But where there were admirers, there were enemies. Enemies intent on causing him humiliation, in justice of their jealousy. And one genius knew the perfect way to do it.
A rogue ninja, by the name of Tamaki Hitachi was watching the village with hawk eyes. He was once renowned by his popularity with the girls, but upon the discovery of a newer, younger, handsome hero, girls began to turn their starry eyes towards a new role-model. By the name of Naruto Uzumaki.
Overtime, the vain and highly narcissistic man had formed an obsession with taking his 'rival' down and had formed a reputation of apparent insanity, abandoning his village for the sake of a boy he had never met. Taking his famous and highly sought after blood line jutsu with him.
Tamaki Hitachi's all famous jutsu's affect was causing a state of love that left the victim highly infatuated, obsessive and distressingly clingy to the first person they saw. This jutsu was meant to be used as a mid-distance attack - the wielder camouflaged in foliage while the victim is weakened or distracted. The jutsu is hard to deflect but fairly easy to sense coming if one is on high alert for the use of chakra nearby. Such jutsu was meant to be used if the wielder meant to make an escape during the confusion and only had one cure. Flattery.
Tamaki was a known ninjutsu genius in his village, and despite his twisted and attention seeking mind, he had brains and moves to match.
Having observed the entrance to Konoha's Hidden Leaf Village for days now, he was aware of whoever left, whoever entered and the time span they would be gone. He also knew when his chance came to enter the Leaf.
A team of three were making their way back to the gates. The group, moving fast, was made up of a tall man, clad in a green one piece suit and orange knee pads. He had a black, shiny, bowl cut and the thickest eye brows he had ever seen. He was well into his forties and obviously their Captain. The boy, walking eagerly next to him was almost his exact clone, except shorter with a rounder face, rounder eyes and a much thinner, less muscled figure. Finally, a small girl walked slightly behind them, wearing a light pink, button shirt, with long black pants that seemed to fit comfortably. She had tanned features, and brown hair, tied up in twin buns on top of her head. She had nothing with her but a scroll and she walked slightly slower than the other two. She had a light sheen of sweat around her features and she was panting lightly.
Suddenly she straightened. She put up her hand, catching her sensei's attention. "Guys, I'll be right with you. I just have to take care of something." Then she took off in the other direction. The two males shrugged as if this was a common practice and continued on their way. Tamaki smirked. Perfect. He only needed to be there for a couple of minutes and then his work was done.
He stepped out onto the road and made the signs for a transformation jutsu, concentrating on the features of the brunette. Then he began his walk, rounding the corner to the gates of the Hidden Leaf Village. He walked past the officers casually, muttering a hello. The officers nodded at him - or should I say - her, before allowing their attentions to drift back to the road.
The Tenten copy walked casually through the streets of Konoha, unsure of whether it would be suspicious to not meet up with the sensei and annoying sensei wannabe. But all thoughts were immediately cleared when he caught a flash of yellow hair and grinned evilly to himself. That is, until said blond turned around and revealed their status as a random shopper, curious to the prices of a local stall. Tamaki scowled, and kept walking. This body was not suiting him, and the silk shirt was annoyingly smooth, causing his levels of alertness to lower considerably due to the comfortable material. And then he spotted it.
Spiky yellow hair complete with a matching orange and black jumpsuit. The wearer of this said jumpsuit was sitting on a stool, with his back to him. Tamaki didn't even have to check. It was him alright. Naruto Uzumaki.
He scanned up and down the street, looking for his perfect opportunity. But there was none. Not until he saw the familiar, pink hair of one famous kunoichi, successor to the current Hokage, and best friend and love interest to his mortal enemy. Well, so he thought.
Her name was at the top of his brain. Samaka? Sarunee? No… A flower of some sort. Oh! A cherry blossom! Sakura Haruno!
He scanned the crowd around her and almost clapped his hands in glee. Not only was she there but she seemed to be having a girl's night out. Around her were a bunch of girls which he could only believe to be Sakura's company, and close friends.
A plan promptly popped into his head as soon as he saw them, but he was shuddered out of his zone by a voice talking directly to him.
"Tenten?" a blond haired girl said in annoyance. "We've been trying to talk to you for a while. What's up with the zoning out?"
"She's probably tired from her mission, Ino," said Sakura. "Leave her alone".
That's right, he had forgotten he was disguised as her. Her talking to him had given him a start. "Um, yeah… Sorry Ino, just tired from the mission, that's all."
"Gai worked you hard?" asked a small, black haired, white eyed girl quietly.
"Y-yeah, he did," he said, scratching the brown hair that layered his head heavily. The buns were pinching his head and he screwed up his nose in annoyance. He pulled the hair ties loose and allowed the brown hair to cascade free down his - no her - shoulders.
The girls looked stunned. "Wow, you've never done that before," Ino gaped.
"Try new things I guess," fake Tenten said. He was about to find an excuse to leave when two new girls entered their circle.
"Oh hey Temari!" Sakura said nicely to a tough but pretty looking blond haired girl.
"And Karui! Nice to see you!" Ino cried.
Sakura's face looked bluntly unfriendly at the sight of the girl. Tamaki shrugged from behind his disguise as Tenten. He was about to invent an excuse about how he would have to leave abruptly when a panting sound came from in front of him.
"G-guys," Tenten puffed, running frantically up. "I think there might be an imposter of me loose in the vill-" she yelled, stopping abruptly when her brown eyes landed on her identical. The other girls who had no idea what was happening, turned around and eyed the fake Tenten with a casual "EEEEHHHH?"
Tamaki swore before his hand motions set his action into plan ahead of time. He quickly set his eyes on the two girls in the middle, reversing the order of his love signs to create his infamous hate jutsu. This backfired multiple times, hence it's occasional use. But this time it hit true. The blond and pinkette were captured in his hate jutsu, and before he knew it, they were on each other. There were screeches from the surrounding girls of growing bewilderment as they watched the tackling best friends in stunned surprise. Tamaki quickly released his jutsu whilst they were distracted and blended into the crowd, using their surprise as his shield. Seconds later, when they turned, he was gone. Ino and Sakura's fight was beginning to get serious, and just in time, the hero of Konoha strolled out of Ichiraku's in oblivious bliss.
That was, until he saw a vicious cat fight between his two friends, in the middle of the busy street. Being the naturally kind and concerned friend he was, his immediate action was to step between them. The friends around them had not yet moved into action, being frustrated over the sudden exit of the imposter, and distracted over the uncalled for blood shed intent fight between the normally playful, bantering best friends.
Sakura and Ino growled at each other, a worried and slightly scared Naruto between them and a circle of concerned friends around them. Tamaki rubbed his hands, set a light chakra field around Naruto and set the jutsu in action.
