Episode 6

Secret X Boy!?


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[Past]

[10 Years Ago, Summer]

Daichi Kaoru (6) is dressing in her boy's traditional summer kimono, playing ball outside of the family property in the countryside.

(Naruto (6) is taking a bathroom break from playing with his friend. He recently knows of her secret and he promised not to reveal it to everybody else about Daichi being a girl.)

She is outside by herself when she noticed a group of beautiful teenage women passing by on the road near her house. They were dressed in different kinds of summer clothes as they enjoyed each other's company.

*Suspense*


[Present]

[Hakureiryo Academy, Dining Hall]

Naruto asked about the upcoming ball as he served Selnia her hot cup of tea. He asked why is the academy doing the event that hasn't had one, in like, ever.

"It'll be held for the Upper-ed students next week," she explained as she gets up from her seat, being full of herself, "It's a small ball where only students attend, but with beautiful dresses will be worn and there will be the elegant waltz dances. Every girl stands out in a ball."

"Stand out at the ball, dattébayo..." Naruto wondered as he imagined Selnia in her ballgown, "I'm a little worried about your new "drill" hairstyle interfering with the other dancers."

"Stop calling my hair a drill!" Selnia angrily complained, "How many times do I have to say that to you‽"

"Well, seeing the "original style" in front of me," Naruto stated, but Selnia interrupted, "What do you mean the original‽"

(The Uzumaki knows that he was only spoofing.)

"I think he was referring to these," Tomomi said with impeccable timing, pointing out to Selnia's hairstyle, "It looks like they can spin around at any time, don't you think? How can I make this style of braid?"

"Like I said, they are NOT drills!" Selnia argued, "They don't drill tunnels nor dig into oil fields!"

"Well, of course it doesn't, silly," Tomomi said, "You actually thought we were being serious, weren't you?"

"Goldie, you really need to cool it," Naruto chided.

"Makiii~!" Selnia exclaimed in her ineptitude again. She can't win against those practical jokers; she just CAN'T win.

Meanwhile, Daichi overheard from the group about the upcoming ball. She thinks that it's none of her concern. Little did she know, that little indifference is going to turn into a big problem.

-LVSN-

[At the First Year classroom]

The headmistress and Mikan-sensei are briefing to the Servant-ed students of all Years about the ball.

The head teacher explained, "As the headmistress suggested, the ball will be held for the Upper-ed students. However, we have something for you, the Servant-ed students, to act as special support, so you wouldn't be left out. The girls from Servant-ed will cross-dress in men's clothing to act as dance escorts for the Upper-ed ladies."

The maids were glad to be invited into the party as they chatted.

But Mikan-sensei silenced them as Tenjoji added, "Eto...the boys will do the opposite. They will cross-dress as the maids, the way the girls cross-dress as the boys. It'll be dubbed, "The Big Cross-dressing Masquerade"! I happened to come up with an idea yesterday about role-reversing, and it's so ingenious!"

"I don't think anything good will come from this," Mikan complained with an upcoming migraine from the exasperation.

"We're cross-dressing...as girls?" Mitké questioned.

"I wouldn't complain much about it," Naruto said, for he has a ninja art to help facilitate the scenario, but in actuality, he wasn't so sure about Daichi taking the assignment.

Shingo complained about the men showing off their hairy, manly legs from under the costume.

Thankfully, Headmistress Tenjoji has the option for those who wished to opt out and give the boys an alternative costumes for Naruto and Shingo. So all they have to do is to just randomly put on makeup.

Naruto objected to the crazy idea and Shingo complains that of cruelty and that he would never lose to Mitké. Of course, the pretty boy wouldn't mind losing.

Daichi, however, is stuck in a mental and physical rut, she's a cross-dressing girl in disguise as a boy, but now she's supposed to cross-dress into a girl's clothing; in which she never wore that kind of feminine clothing (other than her undergarments) in all her life? The situation double-crossed her! She was thinking of asking Naruto for help, but her stubborn pride wouldn't let her do it.

-LVSN-

[Later that night]

Daichi is in her desk, as she writes down on her diary. She comes from a prestigious and prideful family as her overly strict father forced her to enter Senior High at Hakureiryo Academy as a man and it's tough to keep a stiff upper lip when she has a boyish appearance and that her breasts weren't developed the way she hoped and that she hasn't even had her monthlies yet, and was forced to wear cologne to hide her natural, feminine scent (of which she still hates that smell).

What worse is that her pharisaical father is threatening to use what's left of his family fortune (most of it wasted on booze) to put her into a gender reassignment surgery if she didn't graduate as a man, thusly dooming herself to a life of misery as a transgendered man.

Thankfully, the only person that knows her identity as a woman is Naruto, for his lips are sealed about her secret and that he's her best friend since they were infants. But then she started to check on a shirtless Naruto working and practicing his waltz dances through his MP3 player and headphones as he studied the steps by himself.

Daichi blushed as she sees her best friend's bare chest and shorts, thinking if she wants to look manly, she has to loosen her chest wraps.

Naruto noticed that Daichi is feeling depressed, so he asked her if she wanted to dance with him to get do away with the heartaches. She reluctantly consented as Naruto reattaches his MP3 to an Auxiliary cable and radio to play Brian Ferry's "Dance Away" - remixed into a waltz format, as they practiced their steps for upcoming ball. After they have a good session, they became closer, perhaps a little too close for Daichi whose feelings left her very uncertain from her looking at Naruto's face. She nervously wanted to back off, but her conscience wouldn't let her separate from him. Daichi wondered if she's falling in love with her best friend and confidant.

Naruto notices that the clock is running late, so he said that it's really time to call it a night and he kissed Daichi's hand and bid her good night before climbing into the top bunk of his bed, resuming his homework and give a message to his family.

The Kaoru's ears mentally blew out steam as she became lost in her feelings, as she thinks that Naruto is either positively obnoxious or it could be something else entirely...

-LVSN-

[The Following Morning]

Daichi and Naruto have gotten used to each other by entering the bathroom half-naked to clean themselves over the sink (mainly face-washing and getting their teeth brushed), but not while using the showers and the toilet.

(Cleaning and maintaining the appliances are a different story, however.)

Currently, Daichi's chest felt a little uncomfortable from what she thinks is putting her wraps on a little too tight. But then, she heard a knock as Naruto asked if she's done on her part. It was the same routine, because Daichi goes into the single bathroom first. However, the roommate shyly hides herself in the WC room, a room separated from the sink, as Naruto entered to brush his teeth.

Hiding her identity as a man is becoming harder on Daichi than she realizes.

-LVSN-

[Hakureiryo Academy, Kitchen Room]

Mikan-sensei instructed her students on a very important lesson as she says, "An outstanding servant must need to be able to cook, even when the chef is away." Then she told the students to get into groups and practice honing their skills at a time limit before presenting the completed dishes. The results will be determined as a group.

Daichi and Naruto are holding their kitchen knives and are not very happy; not because they are stuck with each other; they can live with it. But the real problem is...

*Crash!*

Sanae tumbled on her back from her clumsiness and inexplicably flaunted her frilly undergarments and complained, "Wh-why me? I thought for sure the others can whip up something delicious once they put on an apron. Where did I go wrong?"

"It's because you shouldn't believe in everything you hear, Sanae-san," Naruto deadpanned and Daichi agreed as they helped her up with their forearms and the former suggested, "Why don't you try being the poster girl for our group and watch us how we do it? Just don't forget to put on a smile."

Sanae's determination was renewed as she exclaimed her spirit to be doing her best as she expresses with her bouncing D-cup bust, making Daichi feel jealous of not having what she desired.

[A little later...]

Sanae pleaded, "Please spare me. I didn't want to meet you under those circumstances. So..."

It was a prepared fresh (and preferably dead) maguro (giant tuna) that the hapless younger Shikikagami was talking to.

"Don't stare at me like that!" And she sobbed hysterically.

Naruto decided to step in while Daichi prepares the vegetables. The Uzumaki slices the maguro with precision to set aside its severed head for a dish, filets the fish's belly and carefully removes the innards for another part of a dish. Daichi is doing her part of slicing the potatoes and daikon radish with paper-thin precision. And Sanae is curious as she watches how the two classmates professionally do their duties as they boiled some broccoli and tofu into different pots before they prepare them into different dishes.

When Daichi and Naruto taste-tested the prepared soup, it tastes slightly bland, like it's missing something. That was when Sanae is holding a bowl full of whipping cream, preparing for a dessert, as she thought that she have her confidence while wearing the apron. But then, her bowl slipped from her fingers and spilled some the cream onto her classmates and the soup. The group almost felt like Mikan-sensei is going to give them a failing grade, but when Naruto tasted the soup with the new ingredient, it actually makes it tasted better than it was, as he said, "Ya know, I could really kiss you two for that." Sanae started blushing madly, while Daichi was taken aback from the statement.

Of course, Naruto was only kidding on the kissing part, but he praised them nonetheless, as his group finally finished preparing the dishes and the dessert before time is up and the candidates stopped cooking and cleaned up their utensils before the paneling of judges.

Mikan and a few guest judges made their assessments on every group's dishes and they affirmed that none of the dishes are in the failure range, but nevertheless, the losers will have to do extra servant duties for a week, including Saturday. So Mikan-sensei started out from the lowest out of 7 teams.

In last place is...

Shingo and Mitké.

(Ohh, tough luck, guys...)

Their dishes are good, but time wasn't on their side with their set of 3 dishes. And their cooking techniques needs much improvement and refining, particularly on Shingo's side.

Then Mikan went on to the other 4 groups until it's down to Naruto's team versus Mayoi's team (the maids-in-training dubbed Mayoi (the team Captain), Ringo, and Sachiko). The first place winner is...

[[*suspenseful drumroll*]]

Naruto's team.

Sanae hugged her friends and partners from the excitement as their dishes made the grade with their prepared 5 dishes and the use of the fish head and the innards impressed the head teacher and the judges.

Team Mayoi's dishes were great, too. However, it all came down to quality, presentation, and how much of the ingredients were used. And they just came up a bit short.

Naruto, Daichi, and Sanae won the prestige in the school as the best of the working servants and the other students have learned a valuable lesson about cooking and teamwork. Sanae has some of the cream leftover from the bowl and licked it and said, "How sweet it is!"

She and the other students laughed at the levity as they decided to hit the showers after a hard day's work in the kitchen.

-LVSN-

[Men's Shower Room]

Daichi disrobed herself as she took a shower at the rightmost (and the farthest) stall. She still has some of the cream that she has to scrub off. As she showered, she begins to develop some unusual cramps from maybe working so much and wondered to herself, {What have I been doing? This is exactly like what a girl would do.}

Then she hears the sliding door and the voice of Naruto coming inside. He wanted to use the leftmost (the nearest) stall to give Daichi some space, but the cross-dressing girl asked him for some company. So he took the stall next to hers and showered in there.

"That was exciting, that Sanae-san," Naruto said as he washes off the cream, "She has the determination, but we got to find a way to help her with her clumsiness and her constant butterfingers. She's not really a bad person, so we can't really blame her. Right, Dai-chan?"

"Uh...yeah," Daichi nervously agreed, seeing the silhouette of Naruto's physique, including his manhood. Her heart began to quiver her anxiousness and her cramps are reaching her peak until...

Naruto accidentally dropped his soap bottle when he saw something red flowing from Daichi's legs, so he asked, "Dai-chan, is that...?" But then the Kaoru sprayed hot water with the removable shower head at Naruto's eyes, blinding his face as she grabbed her towel and ran out of the showers in a tizzy.

Naruto wondered what in the world with Daichi being so afraid.

Daichi is panting from being panic-strickened from her women's woes as she just have her first monthly. Her road into graduating as a man is now becoming impossible for her to achieve.

Her overly-dominant father is going to kill her for that unwanted action that she just cannot choose not to be...

-LadyXNinja!-

[The next day, at the annexed building]

The Servant-ed students are practicing Martial Arts as part of Mikan-sensei's lessons. The students are wearing the Kempo Gi (Fighting Uniforms) as each person is pitting against the other.

"Protecting the gentry at all times is part of a servant's duty," the blackbelt-wearing Mikan-sensei instructed while putting her arms under her chest in a serious manner, "So you will have to know many kinds if martial arts.

Daichi (sporting a ranked blackbelt) is fighting against Naruto (also a blackbelt holder) as she made the pre-emptive attack by grabbing Naruto's arm and threw him to the ground. During the process, Naruto chose to be a sport to see if Daichi has improved during the absence as he took the fall, reducing the impact on himself. But, he still felt the hard landing, nevertheless.

"I see you haven't lost your touch Kaoru-san," Naruto grunted as he got back up, "No doubt that you've got the right to be a Dan-holder."

"Why, thank you, Uzumaki-san," Daichi said with a grin, "But you were simply holding back on me. Now come at me, because I won't go easy on you."

"I wouldn't have it any other way," Naruto replied, "I promise that I won't hurt you too much." And the combatants sparring at each other.

Elsewhere, Mitké struggles to do a body slam (a throwing technique) against Shingo, who is busy watching the girls (in their gi and white belts, of which it means that they lacked proper training) bout at each other, inadvertently flaunting their unmentionables and their curvatures in the process.

"Not enough! Exert more strength," Shingo said with his mind is elsewhere on the hot stuff, "Come on, come on, don't be a cowardly chicken. Focus and give it your best!" And when the idiot sees a money shot of a girl's breasts showing through the white undershirt, Mitké uses the opportunity to successfully throw Shingo to the floor like a dusted-out bear rug as the Todoroki uttered a word from the hard landing, "P-paradise..."

Back to Daichi, she knew that it served Shingo right for his foolishness. But Naruto shouted, "Eyes front!," as he charged at Daichi and took her down after he caught her off-guard. The crossdresser looked up at Naruto as her heart started to beat faster again as she is caught herself into a fix.

"What are you doing?" she nervously questioned her opponent.

"This is where you would lose if you can't fight back, Kaoru!" Naruto said as he grabbed his opponent's back and puts her into a [Reverse Neck and Leg Lock], while breathing down her ear. He was intentionally holding back from overextended Daichi's muscles to test her if she can escape his grasp.

Unfortunately, Daichi's feminine fears got the best of her as she broke free and attacked Naruto like a caged animal. Naruto had little choice but to defend himself from an emotionally out-of-control Daichi as he braces for impact until he took a body blow and decided to feint Daichi out of position, thinking he's down. And when the Kaoru thought she won from her match, she finds herself on the ground again by Naruto's Body Switch Art as he points out his knife-hand move on Daichi's neck and said, "You don't have to get so upset from a single loss, Kaoru-san." And he dropped his stance and extended his hand in sportsmanship to the gloomy and defeated Daichi. She accepted his offer and hugged him in friendship and then both combatants bowed at each other.

Mikan-sensei and the other students were glad for the two prized fighters to end their unusual battle in earnest. But the classmates have to resume their lessons with different opponents as Daichi, Naruto, and Mikan-sensei helped them study with the arts of fighting and self-defense, for they are the only ranked fighters in the academy.

-LVSN-

[Later, in the main hallway]

The butlers-in-training are carrying dresses and several boxes of shoes and accessories for the Upper-ed students.

"It's a shame that no matter how many dresses the girls try on, they get to only wear one to the ball," Naruto stated the facts.

"This smells great!" Shingo exclaimed, "As expected of a lady's pheromones. I can't stand the wait any longer!"

"Shingo-kun, those are just brand new clothes," Mitké explained, "Nobody has worn them yet."

"That and you're messing your cargo with your unwanted [manliness]," Naruto added.

Daichi is trying to keep her thoughts to herself as she carries the shoeboxes.

And as the butlers knocked at the door and telling the nearest girl at the other side that they brought the dresses over, they were given permission to enter. That was when Daichi see the Upper-ed students dressed and tailor fitted into their ballgowns, making her feel fascinated.

"Ah, good work," Selnia said after already being fitted into her gown.

"Sorry to have bothered you," Tomomi apologized with tailoring the Flameheart's gown.

"I-it's alright," Mitké said.

But then, Shingo is having another of his shameless ideas and declared, "I might as well help you with changing, with my hands, legs, and anything - - gyak!"

Naruto stomped on Shingo's foot to pacify the wolf as he growled, "Baka! You shouldn't treat a lady like she's a prize to be won." And he huffingly puts the wrapped dresses on the desk.

"Do you think it's a little too glamorous for a commoner like you?" Selnia asked while showing off, "But you can enjoy this as much as you want today."

"Really?" Naruto skeptically exclaimed, "Is this what you called "clothes that do make the person"?"

Selnia chuckled and bragged, "It's not that big of a deal."

{Uh-huh, big deal, indeed,} the Uzumaki grumblingly expresses his thoughts and then said, "I wasn't exactly praising you, dattébayo."

"Ah, the ball!" the Flameheart interjected, "I really look forward to the day when I can display my elegance as a lady." She turned to Tomomi with a wink and said, "But, the central part of the attention will no doubt be yours truly."

"That would be great, wouldn't it?" Tomomi pretended to agree, but then she noticed something sticking out of Selnia's shoulder. So she asked Naruto to help remove the loose thread and he did.

But when he removed the thread, Selnia's top came loose, but didn't fully reveal her E-cup breasts to the public, thanks to Naruto's quick reflexes, gripping the top, but then Naruto and Tomomi laughed at the Flameheart's position.

Selnia wondered why are some people snickering at her and Naruto said while having a fit of laughter, "Your...your top came off, dattébayo...Hahahaha!"

"NOOOO-HO!" the Flameheart embarrassingly exclaimed as she hides her nearly-exposed bosom as she yells at Naruto, "Wh-what the cuss do you think you are doing, you perverted man!?"

"Hey, it wasn't all my fault," Naruto explained, "I only did it because Tomomi noticed a loose thread, so..."

"Saikyo-san‽" the Flameheart questioned about her rival's motives, but was yanked by Naruto who told her to hold still so he can fix her dress before she'll end up in a bigger embarrassment.

"Oh? It's not easy having huge breasts that couldn't even fit into a dress, right?" Tomomi remarked and let out a fiendishly cruel chuckle. But then, when she asked Daichi for which set of shoes to wear, she noticed that the Kaoru had lost herself in thought about the other girls in their ballgowns.


[Past]

Young Daichi was holding her bouncing ball as she watched the other girls passing by her family's property. While lost in the fascination, Daichi accidentally dropped her ball in front a young woman with a white frilly dress and a women's straw hat. She kindly returned the ball to small child. The little Kaoru saw the kindness showing in the woman's pretty face and she thanked her. It was the ideal woman that Daichi wanted to be - a woman of true quality, curvaceous, and flirty. And then for some reason, the woman left with her friends.

Naruto had just returned from the washroom to find that Daichi was staring at the girls barely visible on the horizon. Rather than playing ball, he wondered if Daichi's secret will come to light just like a fish doing the "lazy eye"*.

(* - There's an old saying that whenever the fish does the lazy eye - or in layman's terms, when its eye pops out of its socket - the truth will follow in the by and by.)


-LVSN-

[Present]

[Later, same location, at sunset]

Daichi is stuck on which dress to wear, but she is still reluctant to wear them, because the bust portion is big, and Daichi's chest hasn't much to offer. That when a man's voice calling out, "Dai-chan?"

It was Naruto, who coincidentally was passing by to see if there's anybody still around. "Having trouble with which dress to put on as a maid?"

"It...it has nothing to do with - -?" Daichi tried to deny, but Naruto puts his index finger on her lips and said, "You know you want to, Dai-chan. Normally I would protest about the headmistress about not considering the feelings of the others, but I'm more concerned about helping you."

Daichi started to blush from her predicament and questioned, "What do you mean?"

"You DO want to go to the ball, right?"

"You... you mean?" Daichi begins to realize that she just can't hide her feelings with her best friend.

"Yes, Dai-chan. In fact, you're luckier than us," Naruto said, "Todoroki and I weren't told about what we'll be dressed up as, but I appealed to Mikan-sensei and Rijichou in their office earlier to left me do both my duty and dress up as a maid. I got the feeling that the headmistress wants us to cosplay, but she and Mikan-sensei allowed me to do so."

Daichi is grateful to Naruto for helping her.

Then Naruto suggested, "How about I bring Tomomi-chan along to help fit you into the right costume just your size?"

"Her‽" Daichi chirped, "Did you tell her of my secret?"

"I didn't," he answered, "For some reason, I think she must've known about you since you entered the academy. But I'm sure she's good at keeping secrets. Can you trust us?"

After giving some thought, Daichi consented. Then Naruto said, "I'll be right back in a few minutes to find her...THAT EVIL WOMAN. HEEHEEHEE!" Naruto makes a devilish grin before he shunshins out of the room, leaving poor Daichi wondering how did Naruto become so... (What was the word?) ...devilishly cool. But the wait is rather short, in about 5 minutes, as Naruto brought out Tomomi, wearing a unique magenta ballgown and mauve ribbons fashioned to look like flowers.

Earlier, Naruto asked Tomomi if she has an angel bra, some pads, and a shade of a lipstick that suits Daichi the best. The Saikyo told Naruto that she knows about Daichi's real identity from the beginning of the school year. She hasn't blabbed it to anybody else, not even Selnia.

So, Naruto said that he'll wait outside until they're done changing and told them, "Just don't be all night all about this, so that you'll miss the party." And he left the room to let the girls have their privacies.

A few minutes later, Tomomi gives Naruto permission to enter the room. And when Naruto stepped in, he sees Daichi in a completely different light. She looks like a real girl in a cute maid costume, with all the trimmings. Then he said, "Dai-chan, you look beautiful."

The Kaoru blushed from the flattery, proving to the witnesses that she is woman through and through. Tomomi curiously asked Naruto why does he call Daichi as "Dai-chan", and he explained that they're childhood friends long before he met the Saikyo. He also explained about the Kaorus' family's crazy and awful life living like a tomboy and that she hasn't had a mother for a long time since the missus passed away.

Then Tomomi asked Naruto about his costumes and doing double-duty.

"Girls, what I'm about to do is strictly for professionals of the Ninja Arts, so don't try this without proper training," Naruto forewarned, "I already sent out one of my double dress up in a surprise costume, so I'll demonstrate my favorite and most frequent technique." And he uses 2 half-ram katas to form what looked like a cross formation and said, "Ninja Art: Shadow Double!" And *poof!* and exact double of Naruto appeared next to the original. "He helped take over the mental stuff while I spend a few hours in the morning to build up my muscles. And when they expelled, their memories send the information with my head, but only in moderation. Otherwise, it'll lead me into having a splitting headache."

Tomomi and Daichi can relate what a splitting headache feels like, either from heavy mental distress, the side effects from caffeine, or from allergies from the pollen.

And then Naruto uses the full Ram kata (Hitsuji) and said, "Transform!", and he changed into his "Naruko" persona - long blond hair fixed in twin pigtails, a more defined vixen expression, a woman's physique with a not too big or small of a bust, not too thin of a waist, and well-defined hips and legs, and is already dressed in a maid uniform and said in a feminine tone, "So how do I look? No manly, hairy legs, not being overly muscular like Hedjeh-chan, and still have the unique traits like a woman, I could be passed off as a twin sister."

"You said it, boss," the double agreed with a click of his tongue.

Tomomi curiously touched Naruto's transformation and the chest area and it felt so real. He must've known first-hand about what a woman is like.

Daichi couldn't believe her eyes, either.

But then, the students realized that time is running short, so Naruto and his double escorted Tomomi and the dolled-up Daichi to the Dance Hall.

-LVSN-

[At the annexed building, Dance Hall]

The party is now commencing as the Upper-ed students dressed in formal fashion are danced with the Servant-ed dressed in male butler attire. To Headmistress Tenjoji, it's a big hit for her students. "Ah! Not bad! Not bad at all," Tenjoji squealed with stars in her eyes, "All of them are girls and the fact they're new to this and being shy makes it even better!"

"Rijichou, that's about the smartest dumb thing you ever did," Mikan-sensei exasperatingly chided, "We're going to have a proper talk about this later."

Tenjoji looked like she got her hand got caught in a cookie jar.

Elsewhere, Selnia is having a conversation with the two other Upper-ed girls about a dress how they looked. However, they suddenly realized that they ran out of things to say, so they awkwardly changed the subject, with a sheepishly arrogant laugh in the process.

-LVSN-

In another part of the hall, Mimina trips on her dress, nearly stumbling herself. Of those present with the little lady are Suiran, Hedjeh, and Ayse (inside a tall mini-tent).

"Oh! Mimina's not really used to things like this," she complained, "It's embarrassing."

"Mimina-san, you look ravishing," Suiran complemented.

Mimina regained her balance, she remarked, "You're beautiful as well, Fou-san."

"Xiè-xie," Suiran thanked in Chinese.

"It may sound rude, but nothing can compare to Ayse-ojosama," Hedjeh bragged about her princess before putting her face in Ayse's private tent, unintentionally showing off her butt end as she excitedly said, "Ah, that's Ojo-sama for you! No matter what you wear, it suits you! Naruto-dono (Lord Naruto) gave his consent to let you show everyone your presence and your beautiful costume!"

And Ayse walked out of the the tent and she wore her royal purple gown with yellow trimmings and accessories to compliment her curvaceous appearance. The other students and even Selnia were stunned to see Ayse in her unique attire that is as radiant as the sun. Hedjeh is tearfully glad for her princess, as did Mimina and Suiran.

-LVSN-

Near the sentinel entryway, Shingo is watching the young women dance, with their busts partially revealing through their gowns as he exclaimed, "This is terrific! The highest grade of "flowers" are blooming everywhere. They're all for my enjoyment!" However, the idiotic pervert is stuck in a costume of a lion statue while Naruto (Double) dressed up like an Greek-style angel (resembling Pit from Kid Icarus) as the former complained, "The differences between how we're treated is too frikkin' big."

"Stop complaining," Naruto shushed, "It's the duty of the servant-ed... think of it as that, dattébayo."

"Instead, I should complain that there's also quite a huge difference between you and I... And it's so hot underneath...

D. Naruto isn't complaining much, since he is rather comfortable in his costume and he wears some elastic shorts under his toga.

That was when he noticed the double doors on the other end of the hall opened as Tomomi, Daichi, and "Naruko" entered. Daichi stepped forward with her feminine movements as the girls find the crossdresser very mysterious as she said to the crowd, "P-pardon the intrusion." And she was given the applause from the audience.

Selnia was surprised at the Kaoru's gender-bending appearance. She and the other students still assumed that Daichi is a boy wearing the maid costume.

Tomomi is standing at the entryway, feeling happy for her Servant-ed classmate.

As Daichi shyly moved away from the spotlight, she bumped into Naruto in his angel costume, who gave of a smile and said, "You wear it well, Daichi-san." Daichi lost herself looking into Naruto's honest eyes for a few moments.

Then, Mimina and Suiran came by, appreciating Daichi's feminine costume, as did Hedjeh and Ayse. Then Tomomi and Selnia walked by.

"It's true, Daichi makes such a cute maid," the Flameheart complemented.

"It would've been such a waste for you to be a boy," Tomomi commented.

"No, Naruto is much prettier compared to me," Daichi tried to keep herself modest.

"Well, now... I wouldn't say that," D. Naruto sheepishly said.

"Is that a complement, Dai-chan?" "Naruko" asked with impeccable timing.

Selnia asked the vixen-girl if she's part of the invited list and the disguised maid resumed his normal voice and said, "Recognize me now, Goldie?"

The group recognized the blond pigtailed maid's voice belongs to Naruto as he cleared his throat and said in his girly voice, "As you see, I'm the original Naruto using the art of ninjutsu to do many things, including the changing of my appearance."

"And I'm his double. More like an extension of himself," the angel-costumed Naruto explained.

"Hey! What about me? Don't I look good?" Shingo whined while trying to get attention.

"Don't think that they'll be giving you kudos on that costume, you," both Narutos chided.

Suddenly, the group overhears the voices of the girls swooning over Mitké in his maid costume.

And what's worse is that he unwittingly attracted the wrong kind of attention, namely Daikiji in his barechested, garish costume, thinking that Mitké is a girl and the only male Upper-ed student chases the poor pretty boy.

(Even though Mitké has a girlish, pretty boy appearance, he's still a guy through and through.)

Thankfully, there's still time for the dance.

-LVSN-

[Later, at the servants' quarters]

[Naruto and Daichi's Room]

Daichi writes out her feelings through her diary about how the ball went through and she and Naruto's company took a picture together. Normally, it would be a disastrous day for her to be in the ballroom, whether it's not being pretty enough like the other boisterous girls or abandoning her father's dream to make her graduate as a man. And that's when she started developing a strange ache inside her heart like she an unusual yearning for something or someone.

So she decided to take a shower to ease the pain of uncertainty. But when she entered the shower room, she sees a naked Naruto about to turn on the knobs to use the showers. Daichi sees Naruto's manly chest and then looked at her relatively flat chest and then she whimpers in her misery.

Naruto asked what's wrong and Daichi just couldn't contain her inhibitions anymore than she can take and she cried, "I can't stand it, Nacchan! I'm weak! *sob!* My father always wanted to have a boy and now I'll be doomed to live the life that he wanted! But I don't care! I can't help it! After all, I'm only just a girl!" And she sobbed on his shoulder, not caring about their shame as she told him the naked truth.

And Naruto felt sorry for his best friend, so he gave a quick peck on the lips and said to her, "Dai-chan, we've been best friends for a long time. I promised long ago that I will help you in any way that you needed. And If your deranged father does something that is unforgivable, then my family and I will help you. Believe it."

Daichi calms herself, with some lingering sniffling and hiccuping, and explains her plight that she's got a recent letter from her pharisaical father that he's threatening to pull her out of the academy and put her into a gender reassignment surgery and change her into a man. And from the way he writes, he's not only drunk out of his mind, but he's determined to get what he wanted in the most sinful ways possible.

After giving some thought, Naruto said, "I'll contact my family to see if we can let you stay until we can hear your father has to say. And he'd better come in sober. But our problem right now, is that we're about one point away from doing something regretful." And he pointed his index finger down to show that Daichi's womanhood almost too close to his member.

(Again, that was a close call for Naruto.)

Daichi backed away as she, too, almost lost her virginity. So Naruto decided to change the subject and and asked if she can take a bath with him like they used to. The Kaoru blushingly consent and insisted she that she washes him first, for one of her old family laws of the land is that "men come first, women second". And as a woman, she skillfully scrubs Naruto, carefully not to overdo it.

Then it was Naruto's turn as he washes Daichi. A little later, Daichi asked if there's a way to make her chest and other areas profound. He forewarned to her that someday the truth about herself will have to come out. She doesn't care about the consequences as she wanted to prove that a girl can still graduate in a butler's suit. So he carefully puts his fingers around Daichi's A-cupped breasts and carefully rubbing and squeezing them, including her barely visible nipples to search for anything out of the ordinary. And Daichi started to feel like she wants to drown in a feeling that she never had before. He told his best friend about the time before Selnia and Tomomi are always at each other's throats, whether it's from academics, sports, looks, and the battle of the bulge. But he said that looks are nothing compares to the matters of the heart and he still liked Daichi the way she is, flat-chested or not.

Daichi felt like she wanted to release a different kind of inhibition as she turned around and kissed Naruto on the lips and they nearly lost themselves in romance. In the middle of their kissing, Naruto masterfully turned off the showers before resuming his skills of seduction from what he knows.

After they broke off the kiss, they decided to dry off before going to bed. They promised not to have sex until they have come to terms with each other and with the CRA proviso, for they knew that tonight is a night for lovers, but tomorrow, they'll have to keep the secret to themselves on simple terms as classmates.

And Daichi is never happier than being with her best friend, Naruto, as they turned in for the night.

§

To be continued...==»


Extended Story

Parent X Teachers!

[The day after the ballroom event]

The Hakureiryou Academy is preparing for their assessments with the students' parents and guardians for the quarterly conferences in the ballroom. The students of both castes have cleaned and maintained the classrooms and the ballroom for their honored guests to arrive. Everyone's family members arrived promptly... except Daichi's father, and it's breaking Daichi's heart in more ways than one.

Naruto knows about Daichi's father (dubbed "Hibachi") for a long time for being the most ornery man that is a complete has-been at Martial Arts due to his drinking problems, his wife Hounoki (also a prized Martial Artist and a housewife) passed away, and that he thinks that his only daughter is rebelling her father's wishes.

While the honored guests sit at their table, Daichi went to the table where Minato and Kushina sits near and she knew them well.

Daichi is the Uzumakis' "goddaughter" (per se) that Hounoki requested to help raise because of the loveless marriage with Hibachi and the fear that she would likely to end up drop-dead from her husband's actions. Daichi, however, didn't know that she was living in a lie that her mother ran away (which in fact, she was killed over 10 years ago, and Naruto and his family knew about it and they couldn't risk telling Daichi that because of Hibachi's temper and his loyal flunkies at the dojo are willing to kill the girl and those trying to protect her).

Naruto's parents ordered the meal of the day and their choice drinks and Daichi gave them refreshing cups of water before leaving to give the chefs and cooks their notes.

"Dear, I'm sure Naruto-chan is doing fine with him being a butler," Kushina said to her husband of over 20 years, "But with him bunking with Dai-chan, we know how that will turn out."

"On one hand, our son is staying with a roommate that is a butler, Hun," Minato agreed, "But when we got a message from Naruto the other night, this looked serious. We got to keep watch for anything out of the ordinary."

A few minutes of waiting later, the Dish of the Day (Beef Ragout) is served out in ramekins and Naruto helped bring the Senju SparklIng Juice, served with a wine glasses.

As the butlers wait on standby, Minato asked his son, "How's life treating you?"

"Oh, it's the life of a servant for you, Dad," Naruto answered, "Living with Dai-chan is anything but a drag. Got to meet a lot of friends in the academy. It's not my fault that most of them are girls. Mikan-sensei is a great teacher, if you can get used to her no-nonsense teaching. Tenjoji-rijichou is a funny woman, if she doesn't put her mind on the job." He whispered the part about the headmistress to his dad's ear, trying not to offend her.

Then Kushina remembered the underclasswomen that she occasionally met from Junior High during her final year in her tenure in Senior High. She sees the Tomomi in her usual rounds with Selnia and Suiran, Mimina in her table talking to Ayse and Hedjeh about the studying and research project in foreign affairs, and Sanae is learning to take things easier so she can't trip herself.

But then she asked where did Pina go and Naruto explained that Pina-chan is in Junior High. They have a different lunch schedule than the one here. He hasn't quite seen her since the incident near Arrendale.

It's a shame, indeed.

And after the honored finished with their meals and drinks, the Servant-ed students procured the dishes and left the room before they go the cafeteria as the parents and guardians have a meeting with the teachers.

They were discussing things like some troubled students with personal issues (such as Shingo's idiotic and perverted acts), some subjects that needed to be stated (i.e. - the girls still can't get along with the boys because of many reasons), and how the students are doing with their academics - some have good grades, some of them have a poor progress.

But then, the routine was interrupted when an unruly, slurred voice ringed out, "Daichi! You bet-tUr comeout n meet yur Oto-shama! Whennai get my handson you, I'll -"

It was Hibachi, Kaoru's jackass for a father - absolutely and completely zonked out of his mind, and he brought some company along 20 of his students and alumni from his dojo, itching to do more than serious harm to the academy.

Elsewhere, Daichi, Naruto, and the girl-friends overheard the loud racket and it could mean trouble. He told that this a family matter with his friend. He told them to take cover and be on guard until he gives the signal.

Selnia stubbornly objected that she can handle by herself, but Naruto said, "Don't be a fool, baka! I know those punks from Kaoru's family dojo and they are no pushovers." And he asked Suiran and Hedjeh to help protect the other students and they complied and take shelter in a nearby empty classroom.

And Naruto and Daichi readied themselves for a confrontation that they hoped they wouldn't want to face. And the crossdressing girl has to swallow her pride and her fears to face off with her father.

"Daichi! Yur in a wulrdof trubble! Comeout if yur not chikken!" Hibachi cursed as he slurred. He threatened to remove his daughter from the academy after his paranoia made him think that Daichi is breaking his foolish vow and that for the last 3 years, his daughter moved to the Uzumakis for sanctuary, he tore what's left of Daichi's bedroom and parts of his house in his tirade. He is furious that his daughter had left him to be with her friend, Naruto, as he stubbornly stated that the friendship between him and the Uzumakis is dissolved; through; finished.

But when he hears one of his men spotted Daichi and Naruto, some of the 20 men charged at them..

In the brief moment of clarity, Naruto said to Daichi before they prepare to fight, "Let them strike first. Remember what we learned in Aikido class. Such is art of self-defense."

"Un," she agreed, "I got to face "him" sooner or later. Iza, jinjou ni (Let's make it fair).

And they avoid the blow countered one of the rascals with a double palm thrust to the chops, busting off a few of his teeth.

Then two more attacked - one with a pool stick and the other with a cue ball wrapped in a towel. But both flunkies were casually cast aside by the students' dexterity and wits, followed with Daichi's Arm Throw and Naruto's Izuna Drop. The other mugs tried to use other means to take anybody in the academy hostage, but they were soon taken down, by the assisting Kushina, Minato, and Mikan-sensei, along with Naruto and Daichi.

And Hibachi's men are just down to 3 abled members, plus himself, as he is furious at the rebelliousness of his daughter and her friends.

"Otou-sama (Dear father)," Daichi tries to calm the situation down, "It's bad enough for you to show up late for the conference, but you have come in here drunk? Okaa-sama (Dear Mother) would be ashamed of you for this."

"Shaddup!" Hibachi slurred, "Yewer comin withss me, cuz yew dun't belong in this rundun school. I'ma sending yas too the specialist to make a reeel man outta yew! Hic!"

"Uncle," Naruto said, "Do you really mean it? You would go so far as to take one of Hakureiryou's prized student from her friends and the family? You're forgetting that Dai-chan has waived the Clan Sanctuary Act to keep away from the likes of you that dare to harm my childhood friend."

"Yur demon fox! When I git thru withs yas, I'll take every last one of the students and my men and I are going to rape every last one of them, including that teacher who took them down! Their children will be mine!" Hibachi sobered up, but is still insisted on getting what he wanted.

Naruto pulled out his universal phone and said, "Okay, officers, you heard what he said. Do your duty." The policemen assigned to patrol the sanctity of the campus had overheard the hidden microphone and recorded the conversation as they came in and busted the riot and took them into custody. Hibachi still rants and raves that he's been set up, claiming innocence. He even called Naruto and his family a flock of stool pigeons as he wanted to tear them apart, but was dragged to the police cars outside the academy.

Daichi had never seen her own father doing so far as to ruin the academy and would have left her with unfortunate half-siblings from her friends if it left up to him. And that makes her very sad and also very mad. Then Naruto stepped in and said, "You're very brave, Dai-chan." And Daichi never felt such joy in her life.

After the lockdown phase has desisted, Mikan-sensei and the other teachers call for an emergency meeting at the gym/auditorium with the parents, guardians, students and the other faculty members for the news. For their students to enjoy themselves in the academy better, it's time to plan to put in better classes by the time the Autumnal Quarter comes around, including the most dreadful subject of all: Sex Education; a controversial subject that even the Upper-Ed students still dread, for they still lived in a Fairy-tale land in their minds. And Mikan-sensei and other teachers have had enough of this nonsense. And they also addressed the situation in which the affair with a rowdy roisterers and that they were soundly (to coin a phrase) captured without further incident. This leaves the question if anybody else would likely to do the same things, if possibly worse, to any unfortunate victims - men and women. And since summer vacation is not officially set until over a week from now, the meeting is now adjourned.

Naruto and Daichi decided to bring their friends to his parents to introduced themselves, although, Ayse and Hedjeh explained that they are also lived with the Uzumakis due to an international crisis. Tomomi now learned why her nemesis Naruto is popular with the other girls, as she brought her parents to meet with the Uzumakis. The Fou family also came by to meet Naruto's family after a long while, after their daughter's birthday bash.

Selnia's family and some of their maids were busy worrying about Selnia's safety, they were too busy joining in the conversation, so they seemed to just forget all about the meeting with the Uzumakis. Everybody, that is, except Anna, the Flamehearts' head maid. She sees potential in making her mistress Selnia to fall in love with the butler-in-training, Naruto.

Then, when it's close to sunset, the parents and guardians decided to check out their children's rooms to see what's life in their residences. Minato and Kushina checked Naruto and Daichi's room and it looked more like an average young men's shared space. They were expecting Daichi to come out of her tomboyish habits, but they're not telling that to the other students. Naruto and Daichi said that they respected each other's privacies as they used the showers, but they shared the same sink for hygienical reasons and they got along rather well. Of course, when it comes to maintaining the bath-room, they have to use a certain day to clean up the area before they have their free time.

And later, they stopped by Ayse and Hedjeh's dorm in the Master's/Mistress's quarters. And Naruto remembered the time he had to join them for a night in their form of a sleepover. (He's not getting too much into detail about their insistence on having babies right and left.)

Then the Uzumakis said farewell to Naruto, Daichi, Ayse, and Hedjeh for now until summer vacation begins.

As for Hibachi Kaoru and his gang, they were stripped from their titles from their Alma Mater and were subsequently sentenced to jail, with Hibachi getting a harsher penalty. His house and clan property were sold off and was redeemed by the Uzumaki and Senju clans to use it as a proper dojo and to give Daichi a better home.

All's well that ends well.


A/N: Well, Homecoming week isn't too far off by the time I'm typing this. I'm going to work some other stories that want to add more chapters into. Not to mention that Columbus/Indigenous People's day isn't far, either.

If you noticed that Daichi's father's speech looked like my English is bad, it's because I intentionally do that to similate what happens when person gets drunk because he/she likes to get drunk and when something has gone too far to just take back what they said. Believe me, it happened to me when some of my relatives just couldn't get their habits under control and one of which left himself so crippled like he needed a scooter apparatus to get moving and that he looked worse than my oldest great-grandparents (who passed away some time ago) when they lived a long life.

So remember that if you want to drink liquor, better treat it like medicine - use moderately in small doses. Or better off, just leave it to the cooks who use it for their meals like beer bread, banana fritters, etc.

Also, you probably noticed I introduced the characters families sooner, I'm trying to keep it as canon as possible, so it wouldn't divert so much.

And one more I forgot to mention. Daichi Kaoru (or Kaoru Daichi) reminds me of Makoto from IDOLMaster series because of the similarities with each other, their boyish appearances with their not-so-developed busts, their alto voices to sound like young teenage boys, their manner of speech that's more masculine (boku) than feminine (anata), and for them trying be (and I do mean BEE) themselves.


The autumn leaves may fall, but the heat of passion will be on!

- blukmage19