-1For a long time it was eerily quiet. Ino couldn't help but feel that something was wrong with this situation, but didn't know what. Nobody had tried to talk to her, not even once. It was as if everybody knew she was different, and was trying to avoid her. Naturally, this would unsettle even the most hardened of spies.

Determined not to just give up and leave, Ino began to look for anyone who was separated from a group, alone in a more private area. Finding one, she switched minds with the guard, and decided to check his mind to see if he knew what was in the room he was guarding.

'No wonder nobody's going over here. This room contains the jutsu scrolls, and very few people are allowed to be let in.' Quickly memorizing the names and faces of each person, Ino then set out, switching back to the first body, to find one of these people.

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Naruto smiled. "She's as clever as I hoped. Most rookies would just go into the room as the guard. But that looks suspicious, so she went to find one of the people who would normally go in there. Let's see what happens when she doesn't find any, though."

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After looking around for a while, Ino realized that the people weren't in any easily accessible parts of the building, if at all. Heading down to the reception area, when no one would notice, she switched bodies with the woman there, and him the first body behind the desk.

'Okay, now to check her memory for whether or not those six came in…'

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Hanabi sighed, completely entranced by the images her mind supplied her of the boy who had rescued her. If Naruto had been around, he would have laughed at how well his jutsu worked. The Suikazura no Mai, the Dance of the Honeysuckle. Like what the flower represents, Naruto's ultimate genjutsu gave the feeling of loving devotion to those affected. And by embedding it within the curse seal, there was no way that it would be detected or dispelled.

When Orochimaru had told him how useful genjutsu would be, he clearly wasn't think something along these lines, but Naruto would disagree once he saw it's results. It would get progressively weaker as time went on, and eventually disappearing completely, but he only needed it to last for under two weeks. Then the girl would be in his clutches inside the sound village, putty in his hands.

However, Hyuuga Hanabi was blissfully unaware of this fact, of the schemes and plans of her 'hero'. There could be no flaws with him, in her eyes. As the veil of deception wound tighter around those same pale white eyes, the other Hyuuga Heiress could sense the overwhelming dark presence that was beginning to show it's hand.

It may have been an error in his weaving the two jutsu together, or a side effect of combing Juinjutsu and Genjutsu, but some of Naruto's chakra seeped out of the seal, easily detectable, but unnoticeable.

It was that mistake, or that coincidence, that saved the life of Hyuuga Hinata.

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Naruto was getting bored. Watching a (for all intents and purposes) dead body wasn't very interesting, as Ino had come to a stand-still. Creating a Mizu Bunshin to oversee the rest of the mission, Naruto left to go check on his newest devotee.

"Oneesan, you should have been there. He was great, taking out the ninja who attacked us easily. He beat three, at least chuunin strength ninja, who had taken out four of my guards. He was so amazing!" Hinata still felt wary of this mystery guy.

"Do you even know his name, Imotou?" She asked quietly, and Hanabi's face fell, a look of depression on it.

"I was out cold a lot so I didn't get a chance to ask… It's so embarrassing… he probably thinks I'm weak. I wouldn't be surprised if father did too." Hinata nodded silently.

"Y-You won't tell him, will you?! If he finds out that I couldn't even hit them…" Hanabi trialed off, shuddering at the thought of what would happen. Hiashi was more recently becoming nicer to her, on the grounds that she wasn't weak.

"Don't worry, Hyuuga-chan. I will keep your secret." Naruto said, both girls inside the room startling. Hinata froze up in fear, while Hanabi appeared to pass out with a strange look on her face.

From outside the window, Naruto smiled at Hinata. "I came to see if Hyuuga-chan was alright after yesterday. There is no need to worry about any fighting today, despite the fact that your teammate and a fellow rookie have already visited me threateningly."

Hanabi sat up, mumbling to herself. "That's strange… I thought I saw that guy outside my window…" Turning to it, the grey-haired boy on the other side waved, causing Hanabi to blush madly and start stammering random things that nobody could understand under her breath.

"It's kinda hard to talk through a window. Hyuuga-chan? May I come in?"

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'Why does it have to be this hard? I can't wait here, until one of the people allowed in the room comes in, not if I want to finish within three hours. What to do, what to do. I can get in if I pose as one of them with a transformation… no, that'll never work. They'll be on the lookout for that. I have to - What the heck is he doing here?!'

Kaugya Naruto walked in the front door, and smiled at the receptionist. "Ino-sempai… I've forseen your complication. This won't work at all. Allow me." Then the boy walked out the door, made a hand-seal, and walked back in as Yakushi Himura, one of the six people allowed to go inside the scroll room.

"Come… In the first body, of course." He said, in a voice that didn't sound like Naruto at all. Ino assumed that it was the voice of the real Himura, and quickly switched bodies before following him out of the room.

In the hallway on the eighth floor, Naruto turned to Ino, and ordered her to switch bodies with him. Upon the transfer, Ino delved into what should have been Naruto's memories, trying to find which scroll it was in there, but found them to be those of Himura.

A second Naruto appeared beside her, holding her old body. "I'll go put this guy somewhere safe. Remember, you may be able to get in, but you still need to figure out who knows which scroll it is."

"Wait." Ino whispered. "How did you -" But Naruto was gone.

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Hanabi was in heaven. Or, at least, she thought she was. It wouldn't be quite so great for her if she knew that the feelings were an illusion, but it didn't matter at the moment anyway, as the object of her affections, no matter how false they may be, was near her. This, of course, made her very light-headed, and had she been a bit less confident of herself, probably would have fainted.

"I'm Kaguya Naruto. May I ask your name, Hyuuga-chan?" He already knew it, of course. But if he hadn't set up the encounter, he wouldn't have, and so Naruto had decided it was best to pretend that he didn't.

"I-I'm H-H-Hanabi…" She stammered, and Naruto smiled. He had never tried to use the jutsu at full power before, only weaker forms to test whether or not it worked. 'Amazing… such a powerful technique… no wonder it takes so much chakra - my whole capacity without using the seal. This is without a doubt one of the most powerful genjutsu I've seen.' Naruto smirked at his actions. 'If I hadn't embedded it into the curse seal, it's raw power would have drawn the Byakugan eye straight to it. If the only Uchiha wasn't on my side, there's no way the Sharingan wouldn't know it. Hmm… while the jutsu is still in effect, I need Sasuke to tell me how it looks to him. It would be a nice experiment. Seeing just what happens when you imbed genjutsu in ninjutsu.' There was a pause in his thoughts.

'I think I've heard of a bloodline that does something similar to that. I'll investigate it later.'

"Well, it' very nice to meet under non-lethal circumstances, Hyuuga Hanabi-chan." Naruto said, bowing slightly to the girl, who's face instantly became a shade of crimson that didn't look like it belonged on a person, and more like a color suited for a strawberry.

Hinata frowned. That feeling still hadn't left her. Despite the fact that he had saved her little sister, the weird aura that seemed to surround him only became more clear to her. "Isn't it interesting that you just so happened to be there at the time of the kidnapping?" She said, then covered her mouth, blushing in embracement. That was awfully forward of her, and she had no idea what would have caused her to say something like that.

Later, once she knew the truth, she would attribute it to instinct, a sense that told her to protect her little sister. In the year to come, she would wish that she had listened to that sense more often.

"I saw them in town, and something didn't feel right. Once I first figured out that they were enemy ninja, I assumed they were after a council member. I checked all of their houses, but they weren't there. I then thought of the most powerful clans in Konoha, and there I was. If only I hadn't stopped by the Uchiha's hospital room first… I would have made it in time to save the others in the room."

Hanabi felt somewhat insulted that he considered the Uchiha clan above the Hyuuga, but realized that everyone did. At the last chuunin exam, hundreds of people from different villages had come to watch him fight. Nowhere near that many had showed up to watch her cousin Neji, and those were mainly members of the clan and other residents of Konoha.

Although it was entertaining to watch Neji beat Sasuke. He and some other boy had become chuunin, while the Uchiha had stayed a genin. Hmph. More powerful indeed.

"T-Thank you for saving me." She said shyly, diverting her eyes from the recipient of the comment. Hinata stared onward, still not completely convinced. She had good reason not to be, but instead, the quiet girl just felt bad about herself, not being able to trust someone who had saved her sister. (Even if he had nearly killed her teammate.)

"It's nothing, Hanabi-chan." Hinata's eyes shot open. "I-I don't think you should call her that… father might not like it." Naruto raised an eyebrow questioningly, pretending that he didn't know what she was talking about.

"And why would that be?" He said, as Hanabi realized the truth in her sister's words. "Because she's the daughter of Hyuuga Hiashi, the clan head." Hinata answered, and Naruto bowed to the both of them.

"I guess I've been using an inappropriate suffix, Hanabi-sama." He said, then turned to Hinata. "I must apologize for attacking your teammate, then. I'm afraid I need to get better control over my temper."

Hinata really felt a bad vibe coming from him, and that only increased her guilt. Sure, he was only being nice because of their social status, but it was still him trying to be nice, and that's what mattered.

"P-Please… d-drop the honorific…" Hanabi asked, and Naruto bowed. "As you wish, Hanabi-chan. But I won't have to explain to your father why there's a boy calling you 'chan'." Then he paused. "Okay, hopefully I won't be. I don't want to get on Lord Hiashi's bad side." He said with a smile.

Hanabi looked crestfallen, apologizing for being an inconvenience to him, and Naruto startled. "No, no! Not like that! I'm fine with calling you Hanabi-chan." He said, trying to console her. Dang… his plans were ruined if she accidentally broke the genjutsu!

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Ino wandered around the building aimlessly. She was now in the body of the chief medic of Konoha, allowing her access into the room, but as Naruto had said, it wouldn't do her any good if she couldn't identify who would know which scroll Naruto had modified.

Who would… wait - if Naruto came and modified a scroll, he would have been caught and thrown in jail. Meaning he would have had to use the body of someone else, making them be the one who came and did it.

His recent control over the body of Himura proved it. Naruto knew the Shintenshin. All she had to do was check the memories of the guard, find out who had entered the room within the past few days, and check those people's memories. They would be sealed away because of the Shintenshin, but she could access them.

Heading back to the eighth floor, Ino used the mind transfer to get back inside the guards body. She had to search quickly, as Himura would regain consciousness fairly quickly. By putting more chakra into the jutsu, it could keep them out longer, but not indefinitely. She was certainly glad that Naruto was feeding her soldier pills, as her own chakra would have run out a long time ago.

The people who entered the room. Sandaime Hokage - there's no way she'd be able to hit him with the Shintenshin, so she doubted Naruto had done it either. Yakushi Himura - Naruto wouldn't have made it that obvious. There's no way that he would have handed her he person she needed. That left one man. Hatake Kakashi. Damn.

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A.N. Well, it looks like Ino's hit a tough spot here. She has to, somehow, hit Kakashi with a Mind Transfer Jutsu. But will it be as hard as it seems? After all, Naruto would have had to have done it sometime…

A.N. The genjutsu he placed on Hanabi, while strong, is easily broken by contradicting emotions. If he makes her feel sad, or angry at him, it's gone. Now, how will he proceed?

A.N. The conclusion to Ino's challenge comes next chapter, along with the event you've all been waiting for - Sasuke wakes up. What will Naruto do to gain the loyalty of his next target? And how exactly will he get Ino in on his traitorous plans without making her leave? See it all in the double chapters, Destati! - Sasuke Awakes! and, Conclusion of Plans - Traitors Come Together!