Team Mask

Part 1

It was a quiet day in the Hidden Leaf Village, and Naruto used this as an opportunity to have some time for relaxation. He was still trying to forget about all the torment that was brought upon him by the Mask. Ever since the three mask incidents that occurred so many weeks ago, Naruto has been feeling troubled and paranoid, as during all three incidents he was almost always a victim. All he simply wanted was to act like it never happened, but deep down he knew that was impossible.

"Again with that. I thought I told you before that if you were gonna explain this story, you shouldn't focus on my mask problems so much." said Naruto.

"Calm down, you're getting worked up over nothing. I was only-"

"I'll show you how worked up I am if you keep this up."

"Whatever, let's just continue."

While walking through the village, Naruto was keeping a close eye out around the area, hoping that nothing screwy was gonna happen. So far, it seemed that everything was going okay at the moment.

At least up until now.

"Psst, hey Naruto." whispered an unknown voice.

"Who said that?" he asked while looking around.

"Close your eyes, and you'll get a big surprise.

"Why?"

"Don't ask, just do it."

"Uh, okay."

Doing as he was told, Naruto just stood there and closed his eyes.

"Now just stay that way for a short second and soon you will get results. I promise you that."

"Whatever this is, I'd really like to- EEEP"

"It's just a cozy and comfy ATOMIC WEDGIE."

Pretty soon, Naruto's underwear was pulled up over his head by none other than Sakura Haruno, whom was wearing the mask. However this time her appearance had changed drastically. Her hair was now much longer, she had a full figured body, and she was wearing a low cut yellow shirt, a pair of lavender shorts with a cherry blossom on both sides, a red bow in her hair and high heeled sandals.

"That's right folks. Let's just say that I gave myself a nice and pretty makeover, in order to make things more interesting, if you know what I mean." she said.

"Hmm, now let's see. What can I do next?" wondered Sakura as she put a hand to her chin. But no sooner did a mischievous grin appear on her green face the moment a thought entered her mind.

"Why must this always happen. Can't there be a day in my life where someone doesn't wear the Mask!" said a distraught Naruto.

"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got some matters to take care of. But first."

Without warning, she gave Naruto a big kiss on the lips, ending it with the sound of a 'pop' after their lips separated.

"Just a little something I learned from Bugs Bunny cartoons,also because I think you're cuter than Sasuke, WOO HOOHOOHOOHOO." she called out before dashing away.

"Yuck, mask kisses are disgusting." said Naruto as he wiped his mouth.

Meanwhile elsewhere...

"Ooh, I am getting so sick and tired of Sakura always causing trouble with that stupid mask. If only I still had it from when I first stole it, I'd be able to give her a taste of her own medicine. I just I wish I could have my own mask, then I could teach her a lesson she'd never forget." said Ino as she went walking along the path near the river in the forest.

Ino just couldn't stop thinking of it,she was still ticked off about Sakura and the mask. All of her relentless and cartoonish habits of wackiness and tomfoolery were starting to get on her last nerve. She also felt embarrassed about the many times Sakura had given her an atomic wedgie, even the one time when she had hung her from a tree branch by her underwear. All she wanted to do was beat Sakura at her own game.

During her walk, she ended up tripping over a rock in her path and fell face first into some mud. She almost felt like screaming in a rage because of all the stress she's endured from Sakura's pranks. She furiously wiped the mud off her face and was about to move on until she suddenly noticed something buried under the mud. Feeling curious, she dug into the mud and to her surprise she found what appeared to be another mask. Ino became puzzled about this as she knew Sakura already had the mask herself.

"This is just weird. How could the mask be here. Am I dreaming, or could this be a second mask?" she wondered.

However, when she turned it over to look at the inside, she quickly spotted the green glow that emitted from it. Various thoughts began racing through her mind, most of them telling her to put on the mask while the rest were warning her not to.

"Go ahead, put it on. No one's watching." said a voice inside her head.

"Don't do it, the mask is too dangerous. Don't you remember what happened last time?" said another voice.

"Come on, you want to get even with Sakura, right? Well this is the way to do it."

"If you use it again, there will be serious consequences."

"Just imagine what it would be like if you had that mask on. Boys would instantly throw themselves at you, they'd worship the ground you walk on. Sakura couldn't compete with that."

"Get rid of it, you know it's not right to keep it."

"Stop stalling, just put it on."

"Get rid of it!"

"Put it on!"

"Get rid of it!"

"Put it on!"

"STOP IT, I CAN'T TAKE THE PRESSURE." she yelled out loud.

At the last minute, she took one more look at the mask in her hands. Having finally made up her mind, she raised it up and placed it straight on her face. The mask began to wrap itself around her head, engulfing it entirely. Before long, she soon started spinning around in a mini tornado. Her spinning possessed enough strength to go burrowing underground and popping up on the other side of the river. She soon ended up in an open area.

When the spinning came to an immediate stop, there stood Ino in it's place with a completely altered appearance. Her face was lime green, and she was wearing a blue colored, buttoned up crop top which was opened slightly, some tight dark grey trouser shorts, diamond earrings and red pumps. Her ponytail was also longer and was curled at the tip.

"I'm baaaack." she said in a scheming tone.

"So what do you think readers, don't I look sexy?, I absolutely hope so, because this is where it's at. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a little score to settle with a certain someone."

Afterwards, she took off dashing for the village.

Back at the village...

"I just can't take this anymore. I don't think I'll be able to afford anymore underwear if Sakura keeps up with those atomic wedgies. Plus her pranks are getting way out of hand. There's no telling what she might do next." said Naruto while sitting at home on his bed. He hoped that Sakura would not try to find him. Of course he was about to be proved wrong.

"All this stress is making me hungry, maybe a nice bowl of ramen will calm me down"

Getting off the bed, Naruto made his way towards his refrigerator to get some ramen. His stomach was growling constantly as he hadn't eaten in days because of the mask. But he would be in for a big surprise the moment he opened it.

"HEY NARUTO." greeted Sakura loudly as she popped out of the refrigerator, thus startling Naruto.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?" he yelled.

"I just thought that I'd drop by to see my favorite shinobi. And besides, you're scheduled for a doctor's appointment." she said cartoonishly.

"Doctor's appointment?"

Before he knew it, she was already dressed like a doctor.

"That's right Mr. Uzumaki. Now, let's get started, first I want you to open your mouth and say "aaah."

Realizing he had no choice, Naruto reluctantly opened his mouth and said "aaah."

"That's not good enough. Stick out your tongue."

Naruto, once again reluctantly, stuck out his tongue as requested. But he was soon taken by surprise when Sakura shoved an oversized tongue depressor into his mouth.

"Hmm, tsk tsk tsk. This is more serious than I thought."

"What do you mean?"

"It's time for a shot." said Sakura as she pulled out a giant hypodermic needle from her pocket.

At the last second, Naruto went running out of his house.

"Some people just don't like needles, hehehe."

Naruto was rushing around the village, trying to get as far away from Sakura as he possibly could, not knowing that he would run into more trouble as he went along.

"When will this nightmare stop?"

"Not until you've had your shot." said Sakura who popped out of nowhere.

"That's just how cartoon physics work. It's no big deal."

"If there's anyone who can stop this, please do it now. The last thing I want is to get poked by a giant needle." thought Naruto.

"Don't worry, this won't hurt, too much."

"Hey you, big shot." said a new voice.

Sakura soon turned around to meet face to face with none other than a green faced Ino, whom was holding a giant hammer right above her.

"Say hello to my new friend, Mr Hammer." said Ino with a sinister voice.

"(gulp) Mother!" uttered Sakura before Ino slammed the hammer down on her.

"Oh, I have always wanted to do this. I should have tried it before."

"This isn't possible. How is Ino wearing the mask at the same time as Sakura. I must be seeing things. Or maybe I'm going crazy."

"Hello there Naruto, you remember me, don't you?" she greeted.

"How could I forget?"

"Don't I look irresistable?"

"You look more like a crazed maniac than irresistable."

"How can you think that, my looks are to die for."

"I don't see that as being possible."

"Even if I did this?" she asked while making a seductive pose in front of him.

"Not even close."

Sakura meanwhile took the time to crawl out from underneath the hammer. Her whole body was as flat as the ground itself. She then restored herself to normal shape.

"Well well well, what do we have here?, Another mask I see." mentioned Sakura.

"A much more improved mask for your information. This place isn't big enough for the two of us. And once you're out of the way, I'll be the top mask around here." retorted Ino.

"Oh, we'll just see about that. That is, if you've got what it takes."

"You bet I do."

"In that case, I've got a little gift for you." said Sakura before she suddenly snapped her fingers.

A whistling sound was heard from above as Ino looked up to see what it was. She screamed with her eyes popping out before she was smashed by a anvil which had fallen from the sky.

"In the words of Road Runner, "Meep, Meep."

Getting into running position, Sakura went speeding away, leaving a smoke trail behind her.

"Of course you realize, this means war." said Ino after she pushed the anvil off and reshaped herself back to normal.

"Just make sure that you leave me out of it." said Naruto.

"Believe me cubby, this is a lot bigger than you. Lucky for me, I've got plenty of well thought out and organized schemes that can't possibly fail."

With that, she took off after Sakura.

"At least she didn't kiss me like last time."

"Gee, thanks for reminding me."

Without hesitating, Ino zoomed straight back to Naruto and kissed him square on the lips before rushing off again.

"If these mask kisses keep up any further, I may have to use mouthwash for life."

Later on...

Hinata was sitting alone near the lake, thinking to herself about her crush on Naruto. She had been wondering about whatever she could possibly do to attract Naruto's attention. For the days that have gone by, Hinata has not thought about the three previous mask incidents that took place, even though she unknowingly and unintentionally was responsible for one of them. However, she didn't even remember when she wore the mask.

"I wish there was some way I could get Naruto to notice me. Maybe I don't know what it is, or I'm just not trying hard enough. But I won't give up, that's a promise." she said to herself.

But while gazing out at the lake, she caught glimpse of something floating in the middle of the water. Feeling curious, she waited until it got closer to the land and picked it up, only to see that it was a third mask. She was somewhat confused at this ordeal. Yet, she couldn't seem to put it down as she just merely looked at it. Her subconciousness was telling her to just put it on while her brain was ordering her to get rid of it.

Her mind was starting to become conflicted as she mentally struggled to make her decision. She was almost on the verge of fainting due to the pressure. But eventually, Hinata couldn't hold back any longer and instantly slapped the mask onto her face. Within seconds, the mask started to envelope her head, and she didn't even try to pull it off. No sooner did this happen that she began twirling around in a tornado.

Within a few minutes, she then reappeared as her full figured, long haired, green faced and sexy alter ego, wearing the exact same attire as last time.

"Oh it's so good to be back after so long. I was starting to believe that Hinata had forgot me. And plus, there's a really cute blonde shinobi who's waiting for me." she said anxiously.

She soon became prepared to head off for Konoha.

"GET READY MY SWEET SHINOBI, YOUR TRUE LOVE IS COMING FOR YOU!" called out Hinata before she ran off.

About two hours later...

"Hehehehehe, this plan will work for sure. I assure you readers that you'll be satisfied once she's out of the picture." said Ino.

Ino had constructed a large rocket which was designed solely for the purpose of pursuing and eliminating it's intended target. Ino snickered to herself as she quietly hid in an alley, waiting for Sakura to come by.

"Once she passes along, I'll light the rocket fuse with a match and let things go on from there."

She soon perked up as she heard Sakura coming along. Once she went rushing by, Ino quickly took out a match, ignited it and lit the rocket, only for it to immediately blow up, leaving her charred.

"Okay, that didn't go as well as I thought it would."

Later on, Sakura was happily through Konoha while eating some dango that she bought earlier, however Ino was keeping a close eye on her from above on a rooftop, targeting her with a specially made boomerang.

"This is fool proof, I know it is. There's no way she'll be able to avoid this highly advanced electric boomerang I've invented. It's guaranteed to give her a real *shock*, no pun intended."

Timing her aim, Ino threw it with great accuracy. But unfortunately, the boomerang flew right past Sakura and instead had ended up flying right back at Ino, electrocuting her instead. She was then reduced to a pile of smoking ashes.

"A little bit of a slight setback. But I'm not giving up, not yet."

Meanwhile as this went on, Naruto had returned home to his house to have a calm and safe day without any further interruptions. At least for now that is.

"That was close, but as long as nothing else happens to me, everything will be alright." said Naruto while eating some freshly heated ramen.

After he had finished eating, Naruto decided to take a nap in order to relieve some trauma. But as if on cue, he suddenly heard the sound of his door being forced open. He turned around and let out a gasp of horror as he saw Hinata standing in the doorway.

"Darling, I'm home." she greeted.

"Oh no, not you again. Stay back, don't come any closer."

"Come to mama my love."

She then stretched her arms out, grabbed his shoulders and yanked him into a tight hug, following up with a big luscious kiss on the lips.

"Oh I've missed you so much. Did you miss me?"

But Naruto didn't say a word.

"Your silence only makes me love you even more. How about some cuddling?"

With some effort, Naruto squeezed his way out of her hug and rushed out through the door. Hinata merely just giggled to herself.

"I love that shinobi." she said.

In the meantime, Sakura gracefully skipped down the pathway, humming a random song to herself. Everyone that saw her had chose to keep their distance. Because of all the mischief she had caused before, most of the local villagers became afraid of her while others just avoided her.

"It feels nice to be recognized around here. Sakura was never this well known." she said to herself.

"But then again, just calling myself "The Mask" doesn't really work for me. I think from now on, I'll just refer to myself as *Saku*. Now that name really fits."

"Not for long buster." called Ino from far up ahead, who was aiming at Sakura with a large cannon.

"So long sucker."

The cannon shot out a cannonball straight towards Sakura (or Saku as she called herself), who just stood there tapping her foot patiently while whistling. She didn't even make a move the moment it reached her, exploding on contact.

"Ooh, poor girl, I knew her well." mocked Ino before she suddenly bursted out laughing hysterically.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA, OH THIS IS SO RICH, HAHAHAHAHAHA."

"Re-he-he-he-eally." said Saku from behind her.

"But how did-, where did you-, you shou-, how did you do that, huh?" she asked as she glared at her.

"Now now, let's not get too feisty."

"Since I can't blow you up or electrocute you, I'll just pump you full of lead." she said as she pulled out a double-barreled shotgun from behind her back, pointing straight at her.

"Say your prayers."

But in a cartoonish fashion, Saku pulled out a giant pencil from nowhere and rubbed out the shotgun with the eraser before tossing it away.

"Come on, you don't honestly think you can outwit me, do you?"

They suddenly spotted a group of four boys nearby, which gave Ino an idea.

"Maybe not, but I can do something you couldn't possibly imitate. Step aside and let an expert handle this."

She began making her way towards the guys who were talking about whatever was on their minds. Once she had reached them, she whistled to get their attention.

"Hey boys, do you like what you see?" she asked flirtatiously while making an extremely sexy pose, following it up with a quick wink. This caused the four guys to blush and immediately fall to the ground out cold with goofy smiles on their faces.

"Beat that, missy."

"Hmm, impressive. But I've got you beat."

She then set her sights on twelve more guys nearby.

"Oh boys." she called as she blew a kiss to them, thus making them stare with interest. After that, she clasped her hands together and made a flirtatious kissy face while flickering her eyelashes, which had the guys wolf whistling before they too went out cold as well.

"Grrr, you just got lucky that time."

"Face it, you can't upstage me."

However, their little confrontation was interrupted when they noticed Naruto running straight pass them, which gave the girls some ideas.

"Excuse me, but I have some business to deal with." said Ino before rushing off.

"OH NO YOU DON'T, I SAW HIM FIRST." yelled Saku as she followed after her.

A few seconds later, Naruto had stopped by the Ramen Ichiraku to just rest for a bit after managing to escape from Hinata. But he knew she would come after him again eventually. But he was unaware that he would expect a lot more than that.

"Is something bothering you Naruto?" asked Ayame who just came out of the kitchen.

"I'm freaked out, I don't know what to do. First Sakura is wearing the mask, then Ino is somehow wearing it also, and now that same girl from before has it too, and she's after me again. Not only that, but I've been kissed at least three times."

"How could it get any worse than this?"

Naruto was just about to reply until he was grabbed by Ino, who stared lovingly into his eyes.

"Oh Naruto, sweet sweet Naruto, how long it has been since I first laid eyes on you. We are but like two angels that were meant to be together." she said with seduction.

"What the heck are you talking about?"

"Shh, don't speak my love, let us share this moment with a kiss."

"No, please no." he said with fear.

Just before she could even pucker up, an arm came stretching up behind Naruto and grabbed him by his arm. He was yanked out of her embrace and into the arms of Saku.

"Hello there sweetie. Aren't you happy to see me?" she greeted with affection.

"Great, first I got wedgie, then I got kissed, I almost got a shot, I got kissed again twice, and now this happens. What am I getting myself into, a mask harem?"

"Why are you doing this, I thought you only wanted Sasuke."

"Sasuke isn't worth it. Why waste time with pursuing him when I can just go for you instead, you're much more nicer and sweeter than him."

"Sakura, please-"

"Call me Saku, cutie."

"This is never gonna end for me."

"GIVE HIM BACK, HE WAS MINE." yelled an angry Ino as she yanked on Naruto's arm.

"NO HE BELONGS WITH ME."

The two began engaging in a tug-o-war as they started yanking Naruto back and forth. Naruto was unable to handle the pressure as the two girls continued to pull on his arms. His face turned red from embarrassment.

"If this keeps on going, they're gonna break my arms off."

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DARLING NARUTO!"shouted Hinata who came dashing towards them and snatched Naruto from in between them.

"Oh great, another one. Honestly, is everyone here trying to upstage me?" asked Saku.

"Anyone who messes with my sweetie pie has to deal with me." said Hinata as she cuddled Naruto tightly against her chest.

"I AM NOT YOUR SWEETIE PIE!" yelled Naruto in protest. Though of course he was ignored.

"I'm not about to let some other big shot steal the spotlight from me." said Ino.

"I'll show you who's a big shot, both of you." she retorted before tossing Naruto aside.

"It seems to me that someone needs to be taught a valuable lesson." Saku added in.

Before anyone even realized it, the three masked females soon got into an 3-way fight which was engulfed in a fight cloud, all the while Naruto witnessed it from the side.

"This gives me the perfect chance to get out of here without them noticing." said Naruto before he went running off again.

Currently...

In another part of the village, Tenten was sitting alone in her house reading what looked like a magazine of some kind. For what was known, she hadn't heard much about all the tomfoolery that erupted due to the actions of "The Mask". And quite frankly, she didn't really care about it either. All that was on her mind was just having some time to herself.

More recently, Tenten had bought an unusual item from one of the shops in the village. She never bothered to even look in the bag to see what it was. Until now.

Reaching into the bag right next to her, Tenten pulled out a fourth mask.

"You know, I can't quite remember why I bought this. But there's something about it that interests me. I don't know what it is, but I think it may come in handy, somehow." said Tenten as she looked at it from the front before turning it over to look at the inside, only to be caught off guard by an eerie green glow that emitted from it. But she wasn't concerned with it at this point.

"Maybe I should try it on to see how it feels."

Taking caution, Tenten slowly lifted the mask up to her face. Since she didn't know all about the mask, she was completely unaware of it's capabilities.

The very second it touched her face, the mask suddenly came to life and started to envelope her whole head. Coming to her senses, she tried to pull it off, but to no avail. She refused to give up and continued yanking on it, but was still unable to remove it.

"WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?" yelled Tenten at the top of her lungs.

Before even having a chance to act, she started spinning in a tornado which went rushing across the room, knocking over furniture in the process before busting out the front door. She went spinning through the village, passing by various people along the way.

No sooner did she arrive at a certain spot that the tornado stopped spinning. There she witnessed the current fight going on between Saku, Ino and Hinata.

"Excuse me girls!" she called to them.

The fight cloud cleared away to show the three girls staring at her with curious looks on their faces. Tenten now had a completely different appearance. Aside from having a bright green face, the rest of her body was changed into that of a full figured woman. She had on a sleeveless red tube top with the picture of a chinese dragon on the the front, a pair of orange colored, thigh hugging shorts, and like Saku and Hinata, high heeled sandals. Another notabe change was that her hair buns had changed into long and thin pigtails.

"And who are you suppose to be?" demanded Ino.

"You can just call me, *Ten*." she said in a soft, sly tone.

"Are you trying to upstage me like these two?" asked Saku.

"No, you mistunderstand. I'm not here to upstage either of you, rather to make a suggestion."

"We're listening."

"I was thinking that instead of competing with each other, it could be a lot more effective if all of us, myself included, worked together as a team."

"A team?" asked Hinata.

"Just imagine it, with all of us as a group we'd be unstoppable. And plus, guys wouldn't be able to eyes off of us. Bad guys would be useless against the four of us."

"Hmm, I like the way you think." said Saku.

"So, what do you say girls?"

After doing some quick thinking, all three girls soon formed large, suggestive smiles on their face.

"We're in." they said in unison.

"From this day forth, I'll be known as *Hina*." said Hinata.

"As much as I enjoy being called "The Mask" ,I think I'd be better off known as *Yama*." said Ino.

"And together we'll be known as, *Team Mask*." mentioned Saku.

"Alright. Now then, what's on the agenda for today?" asked Ten.

"Hmm, let me think. Now that we're all together, what could we possibly do?"

But it didn't take long for her to think up an idea as a mischievous and cunning smirk formed on her lips.

"Girls, I do believe that it's time for us to have a whole lot of *real* fun, if you get my drift."

"Lead the way Saku." said Hina.

With that, they all got prepared to take off running.

"Make way for some mayhem, WOOHOOHOOHOO."

She then dashed off, followed shortly by her fellow comrades.

To Be Continued

Well, here's my fourth one. Just like I promised.

The rest of the chaos and mayhem will continue in Part 2.

I apologize if some of the material is a little weird. I was just trying to make as funny as possible.

One masked kunoichi was bad enough, now there's four.

Later folks.