Well here we are again! After a long period of time, Orangineer has returned from the ice box! Let's get started shall we?
The following two anime/ games do not belong to me in any way, shape or form. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, and all characters and items and mentions of TF2 belong to Valve.
Dialogue:
"Normal Speech"
'Thought Speech'
"Demon Speech"
'Demon Thought'
'Flashback Thought'
"Flashback Speech'
MEET THE ORANGINEER: Chapter 9
Naruto, along with his new teammates Kiba Inuzaka and Hinata Hyuuga, walked through the streets of Konoha, talking as they headed to Naruto's complex to discuss battle tactics for the True Genin Exam tomorrow. Walking for minutes, the finally reached Naruto's complex. Kiba and Hinata looked over the complex, before Kiba looked over at Naruto.
"Hey Naruto. So this is your place? Not to be rude, but it looks like crap. No offense." Kiba said, with Akamaru simply looking at Kiba with an 'Are-you-kidding-me' look. Naruto didn't seem to mind, laughing as he turned to Kiba.
"None taken Kiba. I will admit, and so will my family, that the outside looks like crap. You should see what's on the inside though. Makes the place look like a mansion." This got a look of surprise from the two.
"Really?" Hinata asked with curiosity. Naruto smiled at her again, making her blush.
"Oh yeah!" he said, pumping his fist up. "The whole place is practically a huge bachelor pad for us, and since nobody else lives here, we can make as many additions as we want. Plus, with all the excitement and craziness that happens around here, there's no telling what could happen!" He said with a chipper voice.
KABOOM!
That was the correct thing to say, for as the last few words came out of his mouth, a large section of the wall on the first floor exploded outwards yards from him, making a large wave of debris and dust. Naruto moved away quickly, while Kiba leaped backwards with a horrified expression and Hinata let out a small scream. They simply stood there as the dirt and dust cloud hung in the air, blocking their view of the now gaping hole in the first floor.
"Well," Naruto said, gaining a look from Hinata and Kiba. "Now THAT I didn't expect." Hinata seemed ready to fall over while Kiba completely face faulted. Their attentions were brought back however, when they heard talking coming from the hole. It was definitely loud, and they could see better with the cloud dissipating. They stepped closed to the wall slowly, the conversation now audible somewhat.
"-An' you coulda' collapsed the whole buildin'! I'm tellin' ya Demo, you used too many stickies." A Texan voice said, gaining Naruto's attention completely. Kiba and Hinata recognized the name, but couldn't remember where the voice had come from.
"Well Engie! I'm a tellin' ya that I used de perfect umount! An explosion like that would make any Scot' proud! An' if I were a bad Demoman, I wouldn' be sittin' here with ya' now would I?" Demo said, his Scottish accent slurred from the alcohol he had.
"Oh crap. They're at it again. C'mon guys." Naruto stated, doing a face palm as he walked into the hole of the wall, with Kiba and Hinata behind him. The first thing they noticed was the mess of the room altogether. Charred, musky carpet littered the room, with numerous destroyed couches, chairs, and other pieces of apartment furniture lying around the room. In the middle of the room stood the Engineer and Demoman, who were arguing loudly. The Demoman was holding a strange weapons with a brown holder underneath and a pulley on the side. Both we're covered head to toe in dirt, soot and black powder as they argued back and forth. Naruto coughed loudly to get their attention, sick of their bickering.
"Hey, we here at a bad time?" Naruto asked with an eyebrow raised at both of them. Both stopped bickering immediately, looking towards the group slowly. Their eyes widened as they looked over the group of shocked Genin.
"Umm…howdy there. Hey son." Engineer said with an embarrassed smile, putting his hand behind his head. "I don't think you are anyways, Demo an' I here were trying to make some room down here on the second floor." He then gave a look at Demoman. "That is until your uncle here used too many sticky bombs to make room." The Demoman gave an angry look before he pulled out his Scrumpy.
"Hey! I'll let ya know Engie, that I'm a professional explosives expert, an' know what to use!" Demoman said, bringing his bottle to his lips. He would have actually, if his bottle hadn't disappeared. He seemed normal for a second, until he realized it was gone. "What the-!" he said, looking around until he spotted the bottle in Naruto's right hand, the base in his grasp. "Laddie, give me back me Scrumpy!" Demo said. Naruto thought about it for a second, before he replied.
"Nah." This caused a face fault from Demoman. "Anyway Demo-oji-san, I don't think you should be blowing up the house when there are guests. Especially my friends and new teammates." Naruto said. This got the attention of Demoman and Engineer, who actually forgot about his Scrumpy for a minute. They looked at Kiba and Hinata, before Demo lifted a finger at both of them.
"Hey, ain't those two the ones who were with ya yesterday?" he asked. Naruto nodded, seeing Demo think it over. He then laughed, startling the two behind Naruto. "AHAHA! Now I remember ya! You two are the nice ones with our laddie! I'm Demoman, an' this Engineer! Nice to meet ya!" He put out a hand, a gesture of a hand shake. Kiba stepped up, ready to shake his hand, but before he could, Demo fell backwards, unconscious.
This startled Kiba, who went wide-eyed, and Hinata, who eeped, "I-Is he going to be okay?" she asked, slightly worried. Naruto and Engineer looked at each other, before they both burst out laughing.
"HAHAHA! Don't worry, he'll be fine. He gets drunk so much every day, this is common." Naruto laughed out, wiping away a tear. "Anyway, why don't I introduce you guys to more of my family? They'll be upstairs. Is that okay tou-san?" Naruto asked Engineer, who shrugged and gave a small smile.
"Sure. Pretty sure we gotta explain this anyway. Follow me." Engineer said, walking past them and evading the debris all over the floor. Naruto and his friends did the same, following Engineer out the wall. As they headed to the stairs, Naruto talked to his dad.
"So, who is home right now?" Naruto asked Engineer, making Engineer think for a second.
"That'd be me, Demo, Pyro, Spy, Sniper, and Scout. Heavy and Soldier went out to get some stuff while Medic headed over to the hospital. Not suprised why he likes it over there so much." Engineer said to them, all of them marching of the stairs. They walked along for a few feet, until they came upon a blue door. Engineer turned the handle, before he stepped in with his son and friends following.
Kiba and Hinata simply went slack-jawed at the surroundings. Naruto had definitely been right about the decorations. Crappy exterior, with an excellent interior. As Kiba and Hinata continued to look in awe at the 'pad' as Naruto had put it, they heard a voice say 'Hey squirt! You home already?" They turned to the voice to see a young man in his 20s sitting on the couch in the living room. He had on blue athletic clothes, a black cap, and he was currently watching the TV.
"Yeah! Kakashi left after giving us the thing for tomorrow, so we're gonna prepare for it" Naruto said to the man, smiling as he turned his head to Kiba and Hinata. "Guys, this is my older brother Scout. Scout, these are my new teammates Kiba and Hinata" he pointed to each one respectively as he said their names. Scout got a grin on his face as he jumped up from the couch at an insane speed and landed in front of the two.
"Hey hey! Nice to meet ya' both. I remembah seein' ya yesterday at that ramen joint!" Scout said, extending a hand to each of them. The two took one, shaking it with a small smile. He then quickly let go, giving a large smile. "So, you gonna show 'em around squirt? I'd use da library. It's got room in dere for you ta' use." He said to Naruto, who nodded.
"Sounds like a good idea. Thanks Scout. I'll mark up a point for you for good ideas for once." Naruto said with a grin, quickly grabbing his teammates by the arms as he quickly pulled them out of the room. The Scout, who was about to say thanks, paused, thinking Naruto's last sentence through. He then got a pissed look on his face.
"HEY! THAT AIN"T COOL BRO!" Scout yelled, his shout going through the halls.
"That's what you get for calling me squirt!" Naruto yelled back, getting a chuckle from Engineer and a scowl from Scout.
Meanwhile, Naruto led both of his teammates through the hallways, until they came to a door. He opened it, stepping in with Kiba and Hinata behind him. They looked around for a millisecond before they were shocked for the third time in the last 10 minutes.
The library was huge. Rows and rows of bookshelves lined the walls, filling with all kinds of readings. Books, scrolls, tomes, you name it. The walls themselves seemed to go on forever, as if they were bigger than the entire apartment itself. In the middle of the massive library were a couple of tables, and comfortable looking chairs and couches, where two people happened to be sitting. One had sunglasses on, while the other was wearing a blue ski mask.
"Hey guys!" Naruto said to them from the door, a smile on his face. Both turned to the voice, and smiled when they saw Naruto.
"Hello bud! I see you brought some friends with ya!" the glasses man yelled, motioning for Naruto, Kiba and Hinata to come over. They did so, and as they reached the two, Kiba raised his eyebrows at them.
"Hey, I remember you guys from yesterday at Ichiraku's. Your Sniper and Spy, right?" he asked, sure he was somewhat correct. Both of the men chuckled at Kiba. The glasses guy, now recognized as Sniper, nodded at Kiba.
"That's right mate. Now I'm guessin' Naruto's givin' ya a tour, or you need to do somethin' in here." The Sniper said, receiving a nod from Naruto.
"The first one. Hinata and Kiba are my new teammates, and we need to prepare for the true exam tomorrow. Could we plan in here?" Naruto explained to his uncles. They seemed to think about it for a moment, before they looked at each other and then looked at Naruto.
"Of courze Naruto. You can use here to dezide on your plans for temorrow*." Spy said to Naruto before he brought his attention back to the book in his hand.
"Cool! Thanks a…lot…oji-san…" Naruto said to Spy, but as he spoke, his speech slowed as he noticed the book in the Spy's hand. It was small, orange, and had a red cross sign on it. He narrowed his eyes at the book, and got a tic mark on his head as he looked back at his uncle. "Oji-san…what's that?" Naruto said, pointing at the book.
Spy seemed to wonder what he was talking about, before his eyes widened and looked back at the book in his hand. He quickly threw it over his shoulder, before he looked back at Naruto with a red, embarrassed face. "Oh…well…nozing…it was nozing at all. Now why don't you take *vos amis* and prepare for tomorrow." Spy suggested to Naruto with a lightly sweaty face. Naruto gave Spy a flat look, before he nodded.
"Alright. Thanks for letting us use in here oji-san." Naruto said. Spy sighed with relief before he looked at Naruto and nodded. He then walked to the door with Sniper, who was trying to stifle a laugh. Before he could make it to the door however, he was stopped by Naruto. "And oji-san!" Spy stiffened before turning his head back at Naruto with a worried look.
"Oui?" he asked Naruto, making him grin evilly.
"You owe me now. Be ready to call on it, or Pyro will hear." Naruto said in an evil voice, grinning the whole way. Spy paled considerably before he ran out the door, Sniper following him while laughing. Naruto chuckled before he turned back to his teammates, who had looks of confusion on their faces.
"Um…What exactly was that?" Kiba asked, clearly confused. Naruto gave an amused look as he looked at Kiba.
"Well, when I was on a huge training trip I mentioned yesterday during the exams, Kakashi-nii-san-sensei corrupted Spy-oji-san with his…books…" Naruto explained, saying the last word with contempt and hate. He quickly shook his head before regaining a small smile. "So, you guys want to sit down? We got a lot to talk about." They nodded, before they headed to three comfortable looking chairs surrounding a small coffee table. They sat down, taking a moment to relax in the extremely comfortable chairs. After a few moments of sitting, Naruto and his teammates began their study.
It was around six o' clock now, and Naruto and his teammates walked out of the huge library tired. They had gone over their techniques and plans for tomorrow, and it had taken a lot out of them. As they wondered around the hallways, they heard noise coming from a nearby room. Curious, they walked over to it, and pushed the door open. Kiba's and Hinata's jaws dropped, while Naruto grinned.
The door had led to a back entrance in the kitchen, and it was madness. Spy was currently sprawled on the table, try to gasp for air since Pyro was pretty much strangling him. Demo had somehow found a way up from downstairs, but was unconscious on the kitchen floor. Scout was clutching one of the kitchen countertops, trying to stay standing while he laughed. Engineer and Sniper were standing a few feet away from it all, with Engie shaking his head slowly and Sniper drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hey guys. What's going on?" Naruto asked, confused yet entertained. Spy looked awkwardly at Naruto from his position on the table and frantically tried to speak.
"…H-help…m-me…" he got out barely, before Pyro's grip on his throat tightened, making him cough violently. Without looking at him, Pyro gave a quick wave in his direction before going back to strangling him.
"Hey Naruto. You and your friends get everything done?" she asked, glaring a hole in Spy's head.
"Yeah. So, why are you choking Spy-oji-san?" Naruto asked casually, acting like nothing was happening. Kiba had a look that clearly read 'what-the-hell', while Hinata looked was trying not to look at Spy's now blue face. Pyro continued to glare and choke Spy, before she sighed and released her hold on his throat. Spy rolled off the table, holding his throat while coughing violently.
"Well, I was getting ready to make dinner," she said, now looking at the three of them. "But then I heard some giggling." Her attention was back on Spy. "It was coming from the supply cupboard. I open it, and what do I find? Him reading his books behind the rice and cracker jacks!"
"W-well what am I supposed to do?" Spy asked, rubbing his throat. "I can't read downstairs, in the library, in the living room, or even in my own room!"
"Oh I don't know. Maybe…STOP READING THEM!" she yelled at him. While this was going on, Kiba was looking around. It was when he looked at Hinata that he got slightly scared. Hinata's previous face of small horror was gone, replaced with a blank expression. Her head was down and he couldn't see her eyes because her hair made a shadow of it. He swore he saw one of her fists clench…and did he see a tick mark? Before he could voice a comment, she spoke.
"So…he was reading…those books?" she said in a low voice, but loud enough to hear. All eyes were on her now. Kiba and Naruto were slightly surprised since she hadn't stuttered once in that's sentence. After a moment, she looked up and gave a smile with her eyes closed*. While it seemed nice, the smile clearly said 'your-going-to-die'. All the guy BLUs flinched, and Spy paled. It was a Pyro smile, "If he was, then I tell you that he was reading it in the library earlier. In front of us three."
If Spy could have gone any paler, he'd have turned into a ghost. He then felt a feeling of horror fill him. Instinctively, he looked over his shoulder slowly, and started to shake when he saw Pyro with her flamethrower out. She had an evil grin on, and later Spy swore he saw a dark aura surrounding her.
"You were, huh?" she said in an evil way, pointing it at him. Spy then did the one thing his brain told him to do. He vanished into thin air, the kitchen door slamming open as footsteps were heard. Pryo gave a small chuckle before she ran out the door also. The remaining six stood there (the seventh being unconscious) and they listened as they heard the front door slam open, heavy footsteps lead away from the apartment, and then a loud scream of "AH! FIRE!" Scout turned his head to Hinata, whose smile was disappearing.
"Woah. Now dat…dat was pure evil." He said. Her smile was gone now, and she looked at him. She looked at him…and looked…and looked. Finally, after what seemed to be forever, she said, "W-what was?" her innocent, stutter voice was back. Everyone looked at her with a 'wtf' look.
"What was-the thing that just happened!" Kiba said, clearly confused. Hinata looked at him, an extremely confused look on her face. "W-what did happen? I d-don't know." She stuttered. The BLUs looked at her, before all their eyebrows rose.
"Oh it's nothin.' Just a' inside joke." Engineer said, patting her lightly on the shoulder. Kiba was about to ask what was going on, but he got a look from Naruto that said 'not-now-explain-later.' So he closed his mouth an sadly accepted the confusion. It was then they heard the kitchen door open. They turned, and saw it was Pyro with some small smudges of ash on her. She was smiling brightly, and had her flamethrower in her hand.
"There. Got that taken care of. Now, how about we get dinner started?" she said cheerfully, walking across the kitchen and putting her flamethrower in the closet. After closing it, she opened the cupboard next to it and pulled out a huge bag of rice. "Sniper, can you get those steaks and corn out of the fridge? Scout, put some pots on to boil and get spices out for curry. Engie, could you please get Demo out of here?" she asked all of them. Her answer was a quick barrage of 'yes m'am's before they all set to their jobs. She wiped the table off before dropping the bag of rice onto it.
"Hey, do you three mind helping with dinner?" she asked them, heading over to the sink and washing the ash off.
"Sure. Do you guys mind?" Naruto asked his friends. Akamaru gave an agreeing bark with Kiba nodding slowly, still confused. Hinata gave a nervous nod.
"Great! Wash your hands and we'll get started." She said to them, getting a large knife and making a hole in the rice bag. All three nodded before heading over to the sink. The next hour and a half was described as tiring, and tiring only. All three had had numerous jobs with the food, including cutting steak bits, de-skinning and de-boning fish, continually checking the curry and stirring it, and much more. By the time they were done, Kiba and Hinata swore their arms were dead, while Naruto had some more mobility than them. All three of them were laying on the couches in the living room, rubbing their arms. Akamaru was sitting on a couch beside them all; giving what appeared to be dog snickers.
"Man. I think every muscle in my arms are dead." Kiba whined. Hinata simply nodded, letting out a small groan.
"That's what I thought too when I first help with dinner." Naruto said, popping his shoulder. "But I got used to it. Especially since breakfast, lunch and dinner have been like that for the past seven years. So this is normal for me." Hinata looked at him in shock, while Kiba felt his jaw hit the couch.
"S-seven years? You mean you and your family make food like this every day?" Naruto simply raised an eyebrow as he leaned up, now sitting upright on the couch.
"Pretty much." He simply said. Before Kiba could say anything else, they heard the door open. Naruto turned his head, and smiled when he saw Soldier and Heavy come through the door. "Hey Soldier-ji-san. Heavy-ji-san. What's up?" Both looked his way, and Heavy groaned.
"Hello little Naruto. We had boring day. We went to store and got heavy boxes. Took all day to get them from store, and last two hours to bring them here. Very tired." He said, lugging himself over to an available couch and plopped down on hit, making the couch groan. Soldier gave a nod to Naruto before he turned to the hallway.
"Engie! Get in here on the double. I've got news!" Soldier barked out. A moment later, Engineer appeared at the kitchen doorway, his sleeves rolled up and his arms covered in bubbles, a towel in hand.
"What's the news Soldier?" Engie said, wiping the bubbles off.
"It has taken all day, but Heavy and I have accomplished the task of getting your scrap metal crates from that weapon store you described. They are currently outside the apartment, sealed and ready to move." He reported. Engineer gave an approving nod before rolling his sleeves back down.
"That's good tah hear. We get 'em sorted and opened, we can start on resupplyin' and makin' ammo." Engie went to go back into the kitchen, but stopped suddenly. He turned his head back to Soldier, an inquisitive look on his face seen on his face. "Hey Soldier, did ya find anythin' big smokin' out there? Kinda' big?"
Soldier looked as if he was thinking about it, then snapped in rememberance. "Yes actually. As me and Heavy were done with the boxes and heading up, we saw some charred bundle in the middle of the street. About the size of a large barrel. You know anything about it Engie?"
Engineer simply gave a smile as he went back into the kitchen. "Yeah. Let's say that if it was cooked less, it'd really be seen as a French Fry." He yelled back before hiding in the kitchen. Soldier seemed ready to reply, but stopped when he heard French Fry.
"French Fry? What the…" he muttered to himself. After a moment of silence, his eyes went wide enough to a bit of them under his helmet. He then proceeded to drop his head in his hand, and shake his head. "That damn Frenchie…when's he gonna learn." He muttered, before giving a small salute to the quad and heading down one of the hallways.
"French Fry? What's he mean?" Kiba asked, struggling to look up. Naruto looked ready to answer, but change his mind since he shook his head.
"Meh…I'll tell ya later. So…" he said, standing up from the couch. "…you guys want to stay for dinner? It'd be pretty good. Kaa-san knows how to make a great meal. Just look at Heavy-oji-san." The last part of his sentence was implied with a pointing at Heavy. Heavy simply a mock glare at Naruto.
"Ha ha ha. Little Naruto is so funny. It be funnier when he sleep with one eye open." Heavy said, raising his fist. Naruto simply snorted.
"Uh huh. Try getting up and saying that to my face." He said smiling, going into a 'bring-it-on' stance. Kiba and Hinata were looking at Heavy now, waiting to see what would happen. Heavy stared at Naruto for a minute, before sighing heavily and waving his hand.
"Nyet. After dinner, then I teach you lesson." Heavy said, giving Naruto a small grin. Then he turned his attention to Kiba and Hinata. "Two little ones should stay for dinner. It be fun time, and you get to eat. Good, da?" he asked. Kiba shrugged, giving up on getting off the couch.
"I'm good with it. My mom says I can stay out just as long as I don't come home in a body bag. Our clan's pretty tough and good trackers, so they'll find me in a second if something happens." Kiba said. Akamaru barked in agreement, jumping from his seat and landing on Kiba's lap, resulting in a groan.
"Nice!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly. "What about you Hinata? Wanna stay for a bit?" Hinata looked nervously at Naruto, before replying.
"W-well I would, b-but my f-father has to give me permission." She said meekly. Naruto looked at her for a few seconds, before smiling.
"Well that's okay! I got an idea." He turned his head to the kitchen. "Yo nii-san! I'm calling in that favor!" a loud groan was heard from the kitchen before Scout poked his head out the kitchen door.
"What is it? If your callin' it in it better be good." Scout asked. Naruto gave him a blank look.
"Look, this one is needed now. Hinata needs permission from her dad to stay for dinner. Can you run to her place and ask him?" he asked. Scout blinked. Then blinked again.
"That's it? Dude, I'd do that for ya. You just wasted a favor." Scout said, letting a small laugh out. Naruto went wide-eyed before he muttered quietly under his breath. Scout rolled his eyes and looked at Hinata. "So, where do you live?" She gave the instructions to him, and after finishing, Scout nodded. "Got it. I'll be back in a flash!" and with that, he practically flew out the door, a very small dust outline standing where he was previously standing.
Kiba practically flew up from the couch, Akamaru flying off his lap and landing the coffee table top. "Woah! What was that!" he yelled, pointing at the dust cloud figure that finally disappeared. After a second of standing up, he retracted his arm and held his tightly. "Oooowww…" he whimpered, clutching his arm. Hinata was simply speechless.
"Hahaha. You don't need to wonder about that. He's just fast." He said. "He should be back in a couple minutes, so guess we'll find out." True to his word, Scout came racing through the front door ten minutes later. Only problem was that when he tried to stop, he tripped on the carpet, and went flying across the room before hitting the wall and falling behind the couch. Heavy and Naruto flinched slightly and let out a "oooohh…" because of the impact. Kiba and Hinata simply stared wide-eyed at the spot. There was a minute of silence, before an arm slowly came up from behind the couch, pulling Scout up.
"…*cough*…Okay…the dude said…yes…but be back…by nine…now...I gotta…nap…" And he did, flipping over the couch and landing on the cushions, unconscious as seen with his eyes being replaced with the swirly eyes**.
"Wow…just…wow…is it THIS crazy around here?" Kiba said, able to speak now. Naruto and Heavy simply nodded before Naruto looked at Hinata.
"Well…at least you can be here now. That's good." He said laughing lightly and nervously. Before he could say anything else though, Engineer's head peeked out from the kitchen.
"Hey y'all. Pyro says grub's ready in ten minutes. So be ready to eat like no tomorrow." He said before pulling his head back into the kitchen. That seemed to be the key somehow, since when Engineer said grub, Scout began to stir. At ten minutes, his eyes popped open, and he sat up incredibly fast saying, "Pancakes!" A moment after he said that, he blinked, then blinked again before holding his head in his hands.
"Ugh…my freakin' head." He said, clearly confused. He looked over at the others, and saw they had 'wtf' looks. "What?" he asked.
"Uh…you don't remember flying through the room and smacking into the wall?" Kiba asked, clearly flabbergasted. Scout gave him a questioning look.
"Nope. But I do remembah tellin' girly that her dad said yeah to bein' ovah here." He said. Heavy laughed loudly, and Scout gave him a questioning look.
"Hahahaohohoho…it no surprise you forget tiny baby man. Your brain so small not even little ant can see it." Heavy said, chortling at his own joke. This of course, made Scout get on his feet.
"Woah! Who you callin' brain dead fatty? Least I ain't got a tub' dah size ah Joisey!" Scout said. Heavy's laughing stopped, his expression now of a glare. Taking an attempt, Heavy stood up, making the floor and couch groan.
"It would seem that baby man no want to live any longer." Heavy said, cracking his knuckles. Scout scoffed.
"Ha! You think you can catch me fatso? You actually chasin' me? You couldn't even make a step without crashin' and burnin'!" Scout taunted back. It was after he said this that Pyro stepped out of the kitchen, a smile on her face.
"Hey guys! I finished up the dessert early, so dinner's ready!" she said, happy. Her speech was ignored however, as Scout and Heavy continued to taunt each other.
"You such baby man little Scout! You are so tiny!" he taunted, pushing Scout's chest with his huge fingers.
"Uh…boys?" Pyro said, her smile disappearing.
"Well…fat, fat, fatty fat, fat fat!" Scout say, now poking Heavy numerous times in the stomach with his index fingers. Pyro was now quiet, her hands clenched. Naruto noticed this, and went wide-eyed. He quickly pulled Hinata and Kiba by the arms into the kitchen, trying to avoid the storm that was to come. Akamaru was also smart enough to run into the kitchen as well.
"You are stupid little baby man! I will keel you and keel you and keel you!" Heavy yelled, bringing his fists up into a boxer's stance. Before he or Scout could react however…
"SHUT UP!" both eeped slightly, putting their hands on their ears. They turned to the noise, and paled at the sight of Pyro right next to them giving them the death glare. With what the BLUs knew, if Pyro gave you a death glare, you were dead. The only ones to escape it were Naruto with his puppy face.
So in laymen's terms, they were screwed.
Her ray of death stood for a moment, before it reverted back into her smile that read death. Both were now shivering.
"Now, I said dinner was ready." She said sweetly. Too sweetly. "Get into the kitchen and sit down or I will burn both of your balls into ash. Got it?" Both nodded quickly enough that if it were faster, their necks would have snapped. "Good. Dismissed." The words were barely out of her mouth when they zoomed into the kitchen. Satisfied, she reverted to a normal smile and walked into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Naruto, Hinata and Kiba were seated at the large table, eyeing the buffet before them. Numerous dishes sat on the table such as sushi, rice, fried rice, chicken, stewed steak, takoyaki, yakitori, fish, dango, ramen and more. It was enough to make their mouth's water. Not only did it look delicious, it smelt like heaven. They heard the kitchen door open, and turned to see Pyro walking in with a smile before heading towards the table and sitting down. She looked around the table for a moment, then turned her head to Naruto.
"Naruto, where are the others?" she asked, pointing to the three empty seats at the table. Quick to see where this was going, Naruto thought as fast as he could.
"Well Soldier-oji-san is home, so he'll be here in a minute, and I think Medic-oji-san is at the hospital still." Pyro clenched a fist at the Soldier part, but relaxed when she heard Medic was at the hospital. She smiled lightly.
"Good. So your uncles will be here soon. Go ahead and dig in." Kiba cheered, grabbing his plate and digging in as she put it. The BLUs simply shrugged before getting food on their plates as well. Hinata was more polite, grabbing a few things before starting. It literally about ten minutes later that Soldier walked through the kitchen door, dressed in his usual outfit without the grenade belt.
"You're late for dinner." Pyro simply said, reaching for some dango next to her.
"That you can't blame me for." Soldier said, sitting in one of the empty chairs next to Demoman, who was trying to slip Scrumpy into his food. He grabbed it before Demo could pour it in, and threw it across the room, it landing in the trashcan. "Still trying to find my way around this place. And can you not drink with everything you eat, you damn Scot?" His response was a glare from Demo. "Anyway, anyone seen Germany? Haven't seen him all day."
"Not surprised. He's been over at the hospital fer days now." Engineer said, pushing his plate forward. As if on cue, all heard the front door open, and a sound of heavy footsteps and something being dragged. The footsteps grew louder as they approached the kitchen, until the door opened and revealed…
"Allo." ...Medic. "Sorry for being late. I vas here a few minutes ago ven I noticed something on de road. " He pulled something heavy from the doorway, and all at the table saw a black, charred bag with numerous clumps on it. Soldier, the moment he saw it, pointed and laughed.
"Hahahaha! Well well well, if it ain't the French Fry!" he mashed the table top while laughing, making numerous dinner items move on their plates, and a handful of steak strips fly onto Sniper's plate. Not arguing, Sniper shrugged before he got his knife and cut into the steak. Not looking at either of them, all eight at the table stared at the bag intensely, before all of them got shocked and surprised looks. Except Pyro, because she was smiling at she looked at the 'bag'.
As soldier described it, it was no bag. It was an incredibly charred, black, scorched and ash covered Spy. As also given proof since the now recognized Spy gave a cough, sending a small cloud of black powder into the air. Lifting his charred head, one of the limbs moved and rubbed at the front of it, making space for his eyes to open. Taking some strength, he finally got up (with minor help from Medic), and looked around the room. At a close look, you could see it really was the Spy. His clothes were charred, with many part of his coat missing of barely hanging on. The rest of his clothes had minor holes in them from fire, and his mask was the only thing that had escaped the firey wrath. He finally got a look on Pyro, and sent her a glare as he back out of the kitchen.
"I HAATE you…" he said hoarsely, before he backed out of the room completely, and footsteps were heard going down one of the halls.
"Umm…i-is that a b-bad thing?" Hinata asked, her question being directed at Pyro. Pyro, who had her attention on the door, turned her attention to Hinata and gave a small smile.
"No need to worry. It's a thing between us that goes for a while back. He doesn't actually hate me. In fact, it's a thing between all of us." She motioned to the BLUs. "We've fought and argued between ourselves for years. We still do it. But, we get over it. Because no matter how much we want to kill each other, we look out for each other. Because we're a team, and a family…"
Most of the BLUs were smiling now. Some lightly, some incredibly, or in their own way. They felt good…
"Yeah, preach it woman!" …until Scout ruined the moment. Which resulted in Scout getting a chicken leg to the face, making him fall backwards with his chair, courtesy of Pyro, who was obviously irritated.
"Damn you Scout! You ruined the moment!" Pyro yelled at him, her eye twitching. Scout stood up, the chicken leaving a greasy imprint in the middle of his face. Wiping a small bit off, he gave a very slow nod, before picking up a large dumpling. Numerous juices from the other food on his plate dripped off of it, making it look like a large spitball. He began to lightly throw it up and down like a baseball, and simply stared at Pyro. After a moment of wondering what he was doing, she went wide eyed and started to stare him down.
"Oh no…No. No nonono! Don't. You. Even-"
SPLAT!
She was interrupted however, since she now had a face full of exploded dumpling. Small pieces of meat and vegetable covered her face with the juices, and much of the dumpling skin was in her hair. Many of the BLUs had their jaws open, and Engineer and Naruto were a mix of pale and trying to hold in laughter. Scout had a smug smile on his face.
"Sorry, what was that? Didn' hear ya over da sound of you getting' a face full o' food!" Scout gloated, letting out a laugh. Pyro, ever so slowly, lifted her hands and wiped the mess (or as much of it) off of her eyes and mouth. She looked a Scout for a moment, before giving a small smile. Scout stopped smiling. It was a fake happiness killer smile.
As proven when at an incredible speed, Pyro grabbed a salmon and threw it at Scout. Thinking quickly, Scout was able to duck, but Soldier wasn't so lucky as it flopped right into his face, making fish juice squirt in some directions. Acting after a second of shock, the Soldier grumbled heavily and loudly before taking the fish and throwing it back. Pyro actually punched the fish away, but it hit Heavy.
"Uh oh. Hit the deck!" Naruto said quickly, pulling Kiba and Hinata under the table. Good timing as well, since Heavy had simply grabbed a large amount of food from his side with his ogre hands, and threw it, showering the rest of those at the table with food. After that, it was an all-out food war. Fish, steak and chicken was flying through the air, trying to reach its target. Soldier had Demoman in a headlock, pouring a large quantity of soy sauce on him. Medic had found cover behind a fallen chair, trying to dodge while throwing back small things like broccoli. Heavy was soloing, laughing it up as food just bounced off him. Pyro and Scout were in a duel, wrestling on the ground while mashing numerous foods onto the other's body.
A tap on their shoulder's got their attention and they looked over their shoulders frightened. But they relaxed when they saw it was only Engineer and Sniper crouched under the table with them, Sniper having a mug of coffee in hand.
"So, how you guy's doin'? Havin' a good time?" Engineer asked, acting like nothing was happening.
Hinata gave him a wide-eyed look while Kiba looked excited and confused.
"I know I am but...does this usually happen? And why are you so freaking calm about this?" Kiba asked him. All of them heard someone yell before a loud splat was heard.
"That's good tah hear mate. And yeah it does. Plus, yah get use tah it after a while, so I'd wait it out or jus' enjoy it." Sniper answered for him, taking a drink from his mug. Something hit against the tablecloth, making it fly forward and fly right next to his head before the item fell out and revealed a tuna. Sniper didn't even flinch. Kiba looked at him in awe, obviously wondering how he was like that. Before he could ask however, a thud was heard on the table, making it groan slightly.
"Hey tou-san. Do you think this is going too far?" Naruto asked Engineer, ignoring the noises and crashes.
"I wouldn't worry too much now. It'll only have to be interrupted if someone finds a pie, and I didn't see one, so we're good" Engineer said, smiling slightly. Fate seemed to be against him however, since the fighting stopped for a moment and those not under the table began to talk.
"Chort! There is no food left to throw!"
"Ah damn. What now?"
"I got it! Pyro was makin' some stuff earlier. Let's check the fridge!"
His smile disappeared, realizing something. "Ah hell. If she made as much as I'm thinkin' she did, then…" he was saying to Sniper, but was interrupted with a call of…
"Hey, look a'dis! Bunch a pies in here! Now you gonna get it!" Sniper, Engineer and Naruto paled, before quickly looking at each other and bolting from underneath the table. As quickly as they got up, they turned to Scout and said, "Don't throw that pie!" After saying it did they finally got a view of the kitchen. Splatter's of food were on the walls and ceiling now, completely unrecognizable from what they individually be. The table was a complete mess, the wood being hidden by all the juices, sauces and remains from the food. In the middle of the table were two grilled chickens, which had been the crash above them they'd heard.
The BLU's themselves were a mess altogether. Their entire bodies were covered head to toe with different stains, marks and blots of food all over them. Medic had evaded most of the fire somehow, and only had a few small stains on his lab coat. Scout and Pyro had taken the most, many of their features barely recognizable. And as they had indeed said, Scout had two pies in each hand, ready to smash them into Pyro's face. The same went for Pyro, who had also found two pies.
"What? Why not?" Scout said, clearly anxious to throw the pies. Naruto gave him a look of disbelief.
"Why not? Look what you guys did!" Naruto exclaimed. Actually listening to him, the BLUs looked around the kitchen, finally seeing the apocalypse they made.
"…woah…" was the only thing the Scout could say.
"Woah indeed. You fella's sure made a mess in here with all this throwin' around. We're gonna have one heck of a cleanin' day to get this fixed up." Engineer said, looking them all.
"He's right mates. It's gonna be torture to get this place mopped up. How the bloody hell do ya even get noodles on the bloody ceilin'?" Sniper said, pointing the ceiling above. Indeed, like he said, a large glob of ramen had found itself stuck to the ceiling in the form of a big bubble of noodles.
"Yeah, now let's just put the pies down, and get this clean, okay?" Naruto asked them, trying to hid the depression in his voice when he saw the ramen. Looking over the room and each other, Scout and Pyro hesitated before they put the pies on the table. As they did so, Hinata and Kiba looked from under the table.
"I-is it over?" she asked. Kiba's expression showed he wanted an answer too. Naruto's response was leaning down from his position and helping both of them up from the table.
"Yeah. It's over." Naruto said, sporting a joking smile. Both gave a sigh of relief, but it was Hinata who blushed lightly when she saw the smile. After a moment, Kiba got an expression of curiosity on his face.
"Wait a second…there's something I don't get." Kiba said. Engineer looked over a Kiba with a curious look.
"What would that be?" Engineer said.
"Well, I know about how this started, but why didn't you want them to sue pies?" Once he heard it, Engineer gave a small laugh.
"Simple. When the pies come out, things take a competitive turn for some of us. So stoppin' it now is a good idea." He explained to Kiba before he looked at the rest of the BLUs. "Alright now. Let's start cleanin' up this mess. It's gonna take a while I reck'n." A collective groan went through the food fighting BLUs.
"Aurgh…can' we make dis' croap go any faster?" Demo slurred, spitting our soy sauce.
"No can do. Unless we find an army of…people to clean…this…" Soldier started to say, but as he spoke, he looked as if he had gotten an idea, and turned his head to Naruto. He stared at Naruto for a few seconds, before he sported a grin from under his helmet. "Naruto…would you do your favorite uncle a favor?" he said, his grin getting bigger. Naruto wondered what he meant for a moment, before he groaned.
"Urgh…fine. But you owe me oji-san." Naruto then crossed his hands in an all too familiar hand sign. The rest of the BLUs grew smiles too, except Engie and Sniper who simply sighed, as Naruto shouted, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" A large puff of smoke filled the room where Naruto stood and it stayed in the air until it dissipated after a few seconds. Looking where he stood, the food covered BLUs (excluding Engie, Sniper and Naruto) cheered when they saw ten copies of Naruto.
"Mehehehehe. Good work Naruto. You've done me proud!" Soldier said to Naruto, clapping his hand on his shoulder as he walked out of the kitchen. The other BLUs said similar to that as they walked out as well, leaving Engineer, Sniper, Naruto, Hinata, Kiba and all the clones. Naruto sighed before he looked at the clones.
"All right guys. Get this done, and you can do whatever you want after. Got it?" he ordered them. All the clones gave mock salutes before they started on cleaning the disaster. Nodding at this, he looked at Engineer and Sniper. "We're good."
Engineer shook his head with a smile, while Sniper took a drink from his coffee. "Yeah bud. I guess we are." He said before looking at Sniper. "Hey, you got the time?" Looking at him with a raised eyebrow, Sniper checked the watch on his wrist.
"Well from the looks of it, it's about 8:15 mate. Why?" he said, lowering his hand. His attention was caught when Naruto pulled his arm.
"Well oji-san, Hinata's dad said she had to be back at nine." Naruto said, pointing at Hinata.
"Oh…Oh!" Sniper said, putting his mug down on one of the small clean surfaces left. "See what ya mean mate. Guess we have to take the miss back to her place. Would be rude if we didn't. Let's try an' get Spy to go with 'em. He's gotta be hiddin' around 'ere somewhere." He turned his head quickly back to the group of genin, and said "I'll be back in a moment." And with that, he walked out of the kitchen. Standing for a moment, Engineer walked out as well, motioning for the three to follow him.
Leaving the kitchen, they walked into the living room, and were slightly shocked at what they saw. Akamaru was still sitting on the coffee table, but was asleep and looked bloated. The reason being was that he was surrounded by numerous bones and small pieces of food.
"What the…Huh?" Kiba said, clearly confused. Engineer had a raised eyebrow as he walked over to the table and picked up a bone and some small bits of the food. It was a chicken leg and what appeared to be steak bits.
"Hm…well from this, it done look like he was able to sneak some out durin' that fight." He said, examining the bone before putting it back on the table. "From the looks o' him, he looks pretty satisfied. He gave a small chuckle before looking at Kiba. "Mind pickin' him up? Wouldn't be surprised if he couldn't get on his paws."
"Uh, yeah! Sure." Kiba said, quickly heading over and slowly lifting Akamaru off of the coffee table. Akamaru gave a whimper as Kiba struggled to lift him.
"Holy crap! You weren't kidding." Kiba said with some struggle, zipping his jacket halfway open before he carefully placed Akamaru in and zipped it back up so the zipper was under his head. After doing so, they all heard two sets of footsteps being heard from the hallway. Turning around, they saw it was Sniper appearing, with an irritated Spy glaring daggers at him. Luckily Spy had changed, so he was in a new set of his clothes.
"Found him! Took a bit, but found him sulkin' in his room." Sniper said, pulling Spy in front of him.
"Oh please." The Frenchman said, lightly pushing Sniper away. "I was not zulking…I was zimply upset by ze fact that Pyro had decimated one of my good suits."
"That's called sulkin' mate." Sniper said, poking Spy in the head. He swatted the hand away, glaring at Sniper.
"I do not believe I asked your opinion." He straightened his tie before turning to Engineer. "Zo, zere was something about a cerfew?" Engineer nodded, gesturing to Hinata.
"Yep. We gotta get her home to her big complex before nine. Something her dad said. He's the one with the black long hair at that meetin'." That seemed to be enough for the Spy, because he got a look of realization on his face.
"Oh yes. Ze Hyuuga leader. I remember him. Well, let us not make a bad impression by making you late, madam. Shall we go?" Spy said the last bit to Hinata, walking past all of them and opening the door.
"Y-yes please. And t-thank you for having us." She said softly, giving the three older man a small bow. Spy and Sniper gave nods of acknowledgement to that, and Engineer gave a small smile.
"No problem miss. You an' your friend are welcome anytime. Let's move out then." Engineer said before walking out the door. Sniper, Naruto and his friends soon him, with Spy closing the door behind all of them. After heading down the stairs of the complex, all of them were walking down the street, the lanterns and lights of the building shining the streets and their way. Many citizens were standing around t many buildings, some talking, while others were simply gossiping or shopping. As they walked along, Engineer, Spy and Sniper had 'fallen behind' so they were now a distance away from the genin while still able to keep an eye on them. Seeing this, Naruto took some initiative and started talking to Kiba and Hinata.
"So, what'd you guys think?" he asked, looking at both of them from his left. Kiba, hearing this, gave Naruto an scared and excited look.
"Are you kidding? That was insane!" Naruto's eyes went wide, slightly going into shock. Seeing his look, Kiba shook his hands frantically. "Oh no! Not in the bad way! Like, it was cool and weird. I'll admit your family does seem kinda crazy, but their your family. And a lot of them seem nice, so their good in my book. Plus," he said, giving a grin. "It's not every day that I get to see a live fire food fight. I know that never happens at my house. Isn't that right Akamaru?" Akamaru gave a small yip, still in his half food coma.
Naruto gave a smile, relieved that Kiba was alright with the visit. He turned his attention to Hinata while still paying attention to the road ahead of him. "What did you think Hinata?" he asked, giving a smile. She blushed lightly at the smile, before she began to talk.
"W-well, it's d-different from what my c-clan usually acts…but…" she said softly, pushing her pointer fingers together. "…i-it was nice. Different. You all f-fought and acted m-mean, but you all were h-happy. A-and while it seemed c-crazy, you all a-acted like it was nothing." She gave a small smile. "I-I liked it."
Hearing both had enjoyed the visit, Naruto did the first thing that came to his mind. He grabbed both of them into a hug, careful as not to crush Akamaru.
"This is awesome! You guys are the greatest!" he cheered, clearly happy. Now while Kiba was alright with the hug, Hinata went chery red at the contact. 'O-oh no…don't faint, don't faint, don't faint…' she quickly thought. Sadly that didn't happen however, since the next thing they knew, she had fainted in his arms.
"Ah! Hinata! Are you okay?" Naruto said, shocked at what had happened with Hinata. Kiba, seeing this, tried to stifle a laugh. Spy let out a small laugh, while Sniper and Engineer sighed.
"Is he that oblivious?" Engineer said quietly as the three of them walked closer to the genin now.
"It vould appear zo. He'll get better in time." Spy said, the three finally behind them. Naruto looked behind him, and seeing them, he started to talk frantically.
"Guys! You gotta help! Something's wrong and I don't know what it is and she has fever but that doesn't tell anything! Should we get Medic-oji-san, or go to the hospital? What are we gonna—" he frantically said to them, but before he could finish the sentence, Engineer put his glove over Naruto's mouth.
"Now now, no need to run wild like a headless chicken son. It's been a long day, and she's bound to be tired. The 'fever' probably 'cause of the heat today. Just carry her, and we'll deal with it when we get to her clan complex. I swear she's fine." He said, removing the glove from his mouth. Thinking it over quickly, Naruto let out a sigh of relief.
"Man, that's good. That'd be awful if something was wrong. Thanks tou-san. Now we gotta go, we can't be late!" Naruto said happily. After saying that, he readjusted Hinata so her arm was over his shoulder. Supporting her carefully, he began to walk forward again. The rest followed behind him, watching him carefully carry Hinata while he walked.
"So, you guys see it too?" the three BLUs turned their heads to the voice, and saw it was Kiba talking to them as he kept an eye on Naruto and Hinata.
"Of course. You'd have tah be blind not to see it when she looks at him." Engineer said to Kiba, chuckling lightly. And so they continued to laugh and joke about it as they walked on. After walking for what seemed to be forever, they finally arrived at the Hyuuga compound. As they neared the entrance, Sniper checked the watch on his wrist. '8:40' it what it read, and he gave a nod before looking at Engineer.
"8:40. Plenty of time to spare." He said before returning his attention to in front of him. They had reached the complex entrance and were greeted by two Hyuuga guards out front.
"Evenin' mates." Sniper said, giving them a quick wave. "Just returnin' the Hyuuga bloke's daughter. Been a long day, so she's pretty tired. Mind if one o' ya take her in?" The guards looked at each other, before the one on the right quickly brought his hands up in a seal. The veins next to eyes increased quickly, and the guard looked them over despite their momentarily shocked looks. After a moment, he dropped the seal, his eyes returning to normal.
"Very well. We will inform Lord Hyuuga of his daughter's return immediately. Please wait here for one moment." The guard said before he and his partner took Hinata from Naruto and carried her into the complex, the doors closing behind him. After they disappeared, they were able to speak again.
"What the bloody hell was that there?" Sniper said quietly, still shocked.
"That was the Byakugan." All the BLUs turned their heads to Kiba, who was looking at them strange. "The Byakugan is the bloodline of the Hyuuga clan. It lets them see things like chakra points and other stuff. I'm not sure what else it does since its clan stuff, but I think he was checking us to make sure we weren't imposters."
"Hmm, it would appear zat would be a very valuable zing to have on a mission. Especially one of small teams and espionage. A punch to ze gut in my direction however…" Spy pondered, grumbling at the last part. Before anyone could say anything else, the complex doors, opened revealing one of the guards from before.
"Lord Hyuuga would like to thank you for returning his daughter safely despite her fatigue. She has been taken to bed and is being taken care of. He wishes you a good night and that you get sleep as well." With that, the door closed, the sound of a lock on the other side being heard.
"Well, I guess that's a…blunt way a' puttin' it that she's alright." Engineer said, looking at the door. A range of four voices simply said, "Yeah" before they all turned away from the doors and started to walk away.
"Hey Kiba. You want us to take you home too?" Naruto asked. Kiba turned to him and gave a grin.
"No thanks, but thanks for the offer. It's pretty close, so I'll be there in a few minutes. See ya tomorrow?" Kiba said, putting a hand out. Naruto smiled, taking the hand and giving it a strong shake.
"Yeah, see ya tomorrow." He said. Kiba nodded with a smile before he turned around and walked away, giving them a wave. They all waved back at him, and he dropped his arm, turning back to his front as he walked on, soon turning into a small figure. Seeing him go, the BLUs finally started walking again, heading home. And so, after the same grueling walk back, they finally reached their home. Heading up the stairs, they reached the door and opened it, walking into the living room. The clones were sitting on the couches, watching the TV.
"Hey guys, you get the kitchen done?" Naruto asked them. The clones turned their heads in his direction, one of them pausing the TV.
"Oh hey boss. Yeah we got it done. Wanna check it out? We think it looks better than before." One clone said, pointing to the kitchen. Naruto looked at them, before he shrugged and went over to the door. As he got ready to open it, Engineer saw that all the clones were grinning as he pushed the door open.
"What the…" Engie started to say, but was interrupted by a large…
SPLAT!
The BLUs turned their attention quickly to the kitchen door, and saw Naruto standing with his back to them. Everyone was silent as he slowly turned around to face them, and then the clones started to laugh. Naruto's front was completely covered in whip cream, with many different fruit bits covering the front of it. His face was a layer of whip cream, with the pie sheet falling off his face. He slowly wiped it off his eyes, with them slowly trying to open.
The clones were still laughing when Naruto sent them a death glare and formed the sign for the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
POOF!
In a poof of large smoke, the clones all disappeared, any trace of them gone. Sighing, he turned his attention to his uncles and father.
"Well," he said, peeling an apple slice off his face and eating it. "I didn't expect that." Slowly moving, he started to walk into the hallway quietly. "I'm going to shower, then I'm going to bed, and then I'm going to figure out a way to torture any clones the next time they do that. Night." He said to them, before he disappeared down the hall.
Stretching, the Engineer yawned as he walked to the hall as well. "Well, I think I'm gonna hit the sac early. Night fellas." He heard two different accent say 'Good night' before he disappeared down the hall as well. Sniper and Spy looked at each, before shrugging and heading down the hall two. Forty minutes later, all lights in the BLU complex went out, with all now asleep. Tomorrow was Naruto's test, and they all had to be ready for the results.
And done! Am proud I actually got this done after so long, so that's good! Now, since I'm back on this, I had a thought. You guys will probably want this story, but you also like TASBSPH a lot. So I'll be going back and forth with these for a while. The pattern will start next time, so the next chapter will be another Orangineer chapter. With Christmas break soon, expect it in 1-2 weeks. Also, gonna remove some of those notes and votes on the story, so yay :P
Now, if theres any notes in this, I've completely forgotten. Heres what I think is in:
**y'know, those swirly eyes that anime people get when they're KOed?
Well, hope I can do this right and not get WB again, so see you next time on Meet the Orangineer!
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