Alright, I got the next chapter finished.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 9)
Naruto had to hide out in the shelters built into the Hokage monument for a few days until the heat died down. Kurenai had given up after a few hours and left, opting to talk to Naruto the next time she saw him. Neji had kept the search up, but with no luck. Even with his Byakugan he couldn't find the younger boy. What he didn't know was that Kakashi had misinformed them. Naruto had run off in the opposite direction of the Hokage monument and had only gone there to hide out after it was safe to do so. It had all been Twisted's idea. He knew that Kurenai and Neji probably wouldn't look there again too soon and he made sure to bring Naruto food and other supplies for his temporary stay.
On the fourth day Twisted let Naruto know that he could come back to his apartment, but should still lay low for a while. Fortunately the next task was perfect for just that. Naruto and Twisted were currently sitting at the kitchen table going over it.
"It's actually very simple Naruto. Since you'll be disguised as Hinata, you should be able to do this task with no problems."
The blonde genin nodded, understanding his part fully. "Okay, but what are you going to do?"
"Well, we can't have Hinata around while you're out disguised as her. So I'm just going to relocate her here and keep her detained until you return."
"Wait you aren't going to hurt her are you!?"
Twisted shook his head, "I give you my word I will not harm a hair on her head."
Naruto felt relieved. He may have had no choice in having to work for the man, but he couldn't help but question his motives. What the heck did this guy want anyway and why was he targeting Hinata? He definitely got some sick enjoyment out of all of this, but what did Hinata ever do to deserve what he was putting her through? Maybe it was time for some answers.
Unfortunately his opportunity was lost when he noticed that Twisted was getting up and heading for the door.
"Hey! Where are you going?!"
"Didn't you just hear me? I said we need to get started. Quick, you transform and get to work; I'll handle Hinata. And remember to do exactly what my instructions say."
With that he transformed into Naruto and vanished in a puff of smoke. Naruto grumbled over losing his chance to find out what Twisted wanted to get out of these tasks. Oh well, he'd talk to him first thing after this one was complete. Knowing he had to get started as well, Naruto set off for the Hyuga estate.
By the time Naruto had left, Twisted had already located Hinata. She had a mission that day and was headed to meet her team at the village gates. What she didn't know was that, thanks to Twisted, she had been misinformed on the departure time. Her team wasn't supposed to leave for at least another couple of hours.
Still disguised as Naruto, Twisted crept into an alleyway just a little further ahead of where Hinata was. Just as she was passing by, he came out just enough so she could see him. Not wanting to draw any attention, Twisted kept his voice just above a whisper.
"Psst! Hey Hinata-chan! Over here!"
Hinata jumped at the sound of his voice. She turned to see him and as usual blushed. Instead of greeting him she looked away and kept walking. She had been hurt when she had found out that Naruto had spread all those copies of that embarrassing picture of her across the village. A part of her wanted to stop and talk to him, to try and make sense out of everything he had been doing lately. But she was beginning to not trust Naruto, and deep down she knew that giving him another chance would only be giving him another chance to hurt her.
Twisted could tell she wasn't going to make this easy. So he went straight for the kill by using Hinata's kind and gentle personality to his advantage.
"Hinata wait, don't go! Just give me a chance! I…I need you Hinata-chan."
Hinata felt a pang in her heart. She knew she should just walk away and not look back. But that part of her that desperately wanted to give Naruto another chance somehow won and she found herself walking over to him.
"W-what do you want N-naruto?"
Naruto took her by the wrist and pulled her into the alleyway. It was between two tall buildings and was completely cast in the shadows. Twisted wrapped an arm around Hinata and held her close, using his free hand to caress her cheek, making her blush harder.
"Isn't this nice Hinata? Just you and me, alone…in the dark?" Hinata, both caught completely off guard by the sudden gesture and flustered at the body contact between her and Naruto, passed out. Twisted could hardly believe how effortless it had been to achieve his goal. 'Wow. That was easier than I thought it would be. Looks like all I have to do now is take her back to Naruto's.'
Twisted melted into the shadows, taking Hinata with him. The two reappeared in Naruto's apartment, emerging from the closet. Twisted released the transformation and set Hinata down on Naruto's bed, removing her jacket first. He took a seat in the other room and pulled out his book to do a little reading.
Meanwhile, Naruto was just outside the front gates to the Hyuga estate and was currently disguised as Hinata. He had gone over the instructions Twisted had left him. Basically they were just telling him what pranks to pull on whom. He didn't like the idea of being told what to do when it came to pranks, but at least this made it easier.
According to the instructions, his first prank targeted both Hiashi and Neji. Naruto had to keep himself from laughing at what he had to do. He couldn't wait to see the looks on their faces!
It didn't take him long to find the two Hyuga men. They were sparring in the courtyard, Hiashi instructing Neji as they did so. They noticed Hinata's arrival and stopped. Now having their attention, Naruto made his move. In typical Hinata fashion he fiddled with his fingers and even worked in Hinata's stuttering.
"Um, F-father? M-may I speak with you? T-that is if…if you aren't too busy."
"Of course Hinata, but what are you doing here? Didn't you have a mission today?"
Hinata nodded, "Y-yes I do, but there was an issue concerning the client. S-so it was postponed to this afternoon."
"I see. Well what is it you want to say?"
"F-father I know that you've been upset with me lately and I'm sorry. I…I never meant to disappoint you."
Hiashi sighed, "Hinata to be honest I'm more disappointed with myself. I thought I had raised you better and I was just so…so shocked when I found out about you and that Uzumaki boy. But I am happy to hear you apologize. It means a lot to me that you've thought about what you did. Now, since you have some time I think it would be a good idea for you to join Neji and I in a little training."
Hinata poked her index fingers together, "A-actually…um, I was wondering. W-would you like to see the new jutsu I perfected?"
Intrigued Hiashi said yes, not suspecting a thing. Naruto smiled and formed a quick hand seal for his favorite transformation jutsu.
"Sexy Jutsu!"
The next thing Hiashi knew, his daughter had transformed into a naked, twenty year old version of herself with only a few wisps of smoke hiding her private areas from view. The twenty year old Hinata gave Hiashi a wink and giggled.
"What do you think daddy? Seeing you're little girl all grown up?"
Hiashi, never having seen this coming, nearly had a stroke and Neji ended up with a nasty nosebleed. While the two of them were stunned, Naruto took the chance to make an escape.
As Naruto moved on to the next target, the real Hinata was just regaining consciousness. She sat up and found herself in Naruto's bed. It didn't take long for her to guess what had happened and she got up.
In the other room, Twisted sensed Hinata was awake and quickly went into the bathroom. He resumed his transformation into Naruto, but this time did it with no shirt on. Hinata came out of Naruto's room and Twisted poked his head out of the bathroom just enough for her to see he was shirtless.
"Hey, you're up. Wanna take a bath with me? I have a small tub but there should be plenty of room if you sit on my lap."
It took all of five seconds for Hinata's mind to register what she had just heard and then faint again. Twisted caught her before she hit the floor and put her back into Naruto's bed. That taken care of, Twisted went back into the other room and returned to his reading.
"That was fun; I hope she wakes up again soon."
Meanwhile Naruto had just set up everything for his next prank. There was a new bath house that had just opened and he had made a minor adjustment. Needing to hurry, Naruto rushed off to another bath house only a block away. One which he knew was frequented by Jiraiya
It didn't take long for him to find the old pervert. He was just about to enter the bath house for more of his 'research' when Naruto went up to him and accidentally bumped into him, falling over as thought he had been knocked down.
Jiraiya helped Hinata to her feet. "Sorry about that little lady, didn't see you there. Are you alright?"
Hinata nodded, "Y-yes I'm fine. I…I didn't mean to bump into you, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
"I guessed not since you were about to walk into the men's bath."
Hinata's face lit up with a blush "I-I…I was?!"
Jiraiya nodded, "Yup, probably a good thing we bumped into each other. Otherwise you might have found yourself in an uncomfortable position."
"I-I'm sorry. I just came from that new bath house that just opened and the women's side is where the men's side is here."
"I see, so why did you come here? Was there something wrong with the new bath house?"
Hinata shook her head, "N-no, it's just that…that there were two women in the bath that started arguing over a man they liked and they ended up fighting."
"Ah, I understand completely. After all you wouldn't be able to enjoy the baths with something like that going on."
Hinata nodded and went into the women's side, apologizing again to Jiraiya for bumping into him. Once she was out of sight, Jiraiya went to the new bath house. The old pervert smiled at the thought of the potential research ahead of him. Entering the men's side he quickly went to the fence that divided the bath in half and found a spot to spy through.
Much to his disappointment, there was no catfight taking place in the other side. However there was someone in the water. The steam from the bath made it a bit difficult to see, but Jiraiya could see that whoever it was had messy shoulder length hair and a horizontal scar on her face.
'Odd, she looks familiar. But I definitely know I've never seen her before. I would definitely remember a beauty like her.'
From behind him he heard a scream. He turned and found himself face to face with three women, all wearing nothing but bath towels. It didn't take long for the sannin to guess what was going on and thankfully he had enough experience in this matter to know to leave. Moving quickly, Jiraiya hopped the fence into the men's side.
Now on the right side the toad sage sighed in relief. He was glad he had gotten out of there before things got ugly. He was used to having women catch him while he did his research and was used to them usually hitting him. He still couldn't figure out how he ended up on the women's side when he knew he entered the men's side. What he didn't know was that the signs had been switched before he came in and then switched back after he had entered the baths.
'Well whatever happened, at least I know which side is which now.' His eyes widened as he realized something, "Wait a minute…if this is the men's side…then who was I spying on!?!"
Turning to find the person he discovered he had been peeping on none other than Iruka Umino. The scarred chunin had not only seen Jiraiya come over from the women's side, but had obviously heard his outburst just now as well. The two men just stared at one another as an awkward silence passed between them.
Naruto would have loved to have stayed and watched what happened, but had to go to his next target. In addition to the instructions, Twisted had also given him a scroll which contained items to use for certain pranks. Taking out the scroll he removed a large brown envelope that he needed for his next prank. Now all he had to do was find Kakashi.
He found the silver haired jonin on his way to Tsunade's office. Naruto quickly walked into Kakashi's view, holding the envelope and looking around as though trying to find someone. Seeing Naruto, or rather Hinata, was in need of help, Kakashi went up to him.
"Something wrong Hinata?"
Hinata turned to face him as though she had only just noticed his presence. "Oh, h-hello Kakashi-sensei. I…I found something that belongs to Jiraiya-sama. I…I think he dropped it…t-the envelope says it's his latest manuscript."
Being very fond of Jiraiya's writings, Kakashi's interested was peaked by this bit of information. He had been wondering when the next book in the Icha Icha series would come out and now had a prime opportunity to be the first to see it.
He gave Hinata a smile, although it was tough to know due to his mask, "His latest manuscript you say? Do you think it would be alright if I just took a peek?"
Hinata shook her head, "I…I'm sorry sensei but I don't think Jiraiya-sama would like that. I-I'm just going to bring it to Tsunade-sama's office where he can find it."
"Well if you like I can do that for you Hinata. I'm on my way there to see Tsunade-sama anyway."
Hinata hesitated for a moment and then gave the envelope to Kakashi. She thanked him and left as Kakashi continued on his way to the Hokage's office. The copy nin arrived only to find that Tsunade wasn't there. He was about to leave the envelope on her desk when his curiosity got the better of him. He opened it and pulled out its contents.
However what he found in the envelope was not Jiraiya's latest manuscript. It was several embarrassing photos of Tsunade along with a blackmail note…that was signed from him. It didn't take long for Kakashi to put two and two together.
'Naruto is behind this. He probably left this where Hinata could find it and knew she'd bring it to Tsunade. I better get rid of this before she comes back and sees it.'
Almost as though on cue, Tsunade entered her office catching Kakashi with the blackmail in his hands. She easily guessed what the note was when she saw all the photos Kakashi had with him.
The jonin knew the odds of him getting out of this unscathed were slim to none, but he tried anyway. "I don't suppose telling you that I could explain is going to stop you from hitting me?"
He was answered by Tsunade's fist to his gut. Outside Naruto peeked in and had to suppress a laugh. This task was so much fun, he completely forgot that he was ruining Hinata's good name. He didn't waste any more time watching what happened next, he had a lot to get done.
Seeing as he was in the area, Naruto decided to prank Sakura next. He found her in a small room down the hall, reading some books. Naruto took out the scroll and pulled out the item for Sakura's prank. It was a photo of her in the public baths. She had a towel wrapped around her so you couldn't see anything but it still made Naruto blush. He considered asking Twisted for a copy of it, but thought better of it since Sakura would kill him if she ever found out about it.
The door to the room was open, but Naruto knocked anyway trying to act polite like Hinata would. Sakura looked up from what she was doing and smiled at Hinata.
"Hey Hinata, how are you?"
Once again Naruto was able to pull of Hinata's blush and stutter. "I-I'm fine Sakura-chan thank you. Um, i-if you aren't too busy I need to show you something."
Sakura closed the book she was reading, using a piece of scrap paper as a bookmark. "What's that Hinata?"
Hinata handed over the photo to Sakura. The pinkette looked at it and her eyes widened in shock. She looked up at Hinata questioningly.
Naruto fiddled with his fingers and looked anywhere but at Sakura. "I...I found that in Tsunade-sama's office. I-It was on her desk and she caught me looking at it. S-she said I could keep it because she has more of them."
Sakura tried to absorb what she had just heard but couldn't. Her mentor actually had pictures like this of her? She tried to convince herself that there was a reasonable explanation for it, but failed when she suddenly remembered something. She had another physical with Tsunade today!
Naruto watched as Sakura stared blankly into space, completely out of it. Thinking it best to leave Sakura to her thoughts, Naruto left for the exit. As he reached the front doors he saw Ino entering, as well as the opportunity to pull the prank for her. She seemed to be in a bad mood and Naruto decided to use that to start up a conversation.
"H-hello Ino-chan. H-how are you?"
Ino stopped and turned to face Hinata. "I'm okay I guess. Just a little annoyed since Shikamaru and Choji got to go on a mission with Asuma-sensei and I got left behind."
"W-well maybe that isn't so bad. A-at least you get the day off."
"Yeah, I guess your right. I was going to ask Tsunade-sama for a mission but now I think I'll just do what I want."
Hinata poked her index fingers together, "U-um, if it's okay with you I was wondering if…if you'd like to go and get something to eat?"
Ino smiled, "Sure that sounds nice."
Hinata smiled as well, only hers held a bit of mischievous intent in it. "A-and maybe afterwards we can take a nice hot bath and get to know each other a little better."
Hinata giggled and Ino gawked at her. She didn't know why but she had the feeling that Hinata had more in mind than just a bath. She shook her head and cleared it of the ridiculous suspicions.
"Okay, I think that new bathhouse is open now so we can go there."
Hinata giggled and then, to Ino's complete shock, slapped her on the butt.
"Whatever you want cutie, I'm just going to go change into something more comfortable. I can't wait to be able to see your body without using the Byakugan for once."
Ino's brain was desperately trying to make sense out of what was happening. Hinata had just done three things Ino didn't see coming. She had slapped her butt, admitted to using her Byakugan to spy on her and also clearly had been hitting on her.
In that one second Ino had witnessed the normally shy Hyuga go completely out of character and even speak without her normal stutter.
Ino gave up on trying to make sense of it. She had something more important to worry about. Hinata had gotten her to agree to what she didn't know was a date and she wanted out.
"Um, Hinata? On second thought I don't think I'll be joining you today."
Hinata turned to face her again and pouted, "Aw, but why Ino-chan? Don't you like me?"
"I-it's not that Hinata. I like you…but as a friend. Besides I like boys."
Hinata gave the blonde a soft glare, "Well we'll just have to fix that won't we?" She walked up to Ino and whispered into her ear. "I've watched you long enough to know that the lock on your bedroom window is broken. So I just might visit you in the middle of the night so we can play…whether you want to or not."
Hinata backed away and left giving Ino a wink. "See you later Ino-chan!"
Ino could only stare dumbfounded as Hinata left. She was frozen to the spot trying to convince herself that she was just having a very weird dream.
After leaving Ino to her thoughts, Naruto had to go somewhere quiet and release the transformation. He sat down and took a break, not used to keeping up a transformation for so long. He took out the instructions and went over them again. Since Asuma, Shikamaru and Choji weren't around he guessed he didn't have to worry about them. That just left Tenten, Lee, Gai, Kiba, Shino and Kurenai.
Tenten's prank looked the quickest and easiest one left so Naruto chose that one. Resuming his transformation he set off, finding the weapon's mistress training by herself at her team's training grounds. She was hurling countless shuriken and kunai at practice dummies and seemed completely focused on it. Naruto waited until she slowed to a stop and went to pick up her weapons before making his presence known.
Tenten noticed Hinata and smiled and waved, "Hi Hinata. How are you?"
Hinata smiled back, "I-I'm fine Tenten, thank you. H-how are you today?"
"Fine, except that Gai-sensei and Lee went off on one of their teacher-student training sessions so I'm just training by myself, again."
"O-oh. W-well if you aren't too busy, m-may I ask you something?"
"Sure, what is it?"
Hinata fiddled with her fingers and looked down at the ground, "Um, d-do you remember that time you asked me out on a date? W-well I thought about it and I…I want to go with you…t-that is if you still want to."
Tenten's eyes lit up, "Really!? Of course I do! When do you want to go?"
"T-today if that's alright."
"Okay! I need to go shower and change clothes so I'll meet you in front of your place in half an hour!"
Tenten sped off, wanting to get ready as quickly as possible for the supposed date. The poor girl had no idea that when she went to the Hyuga estate she would be left waiting for Hinata, who wasn't going to show up. Naruto felt bad about doing this, but he knew that she'd get over it. On the plus side it looked like he could omit Gai and Lee's pranks too. That only left Kiba, Shino and Kurenai before he was done with the task.
Checking the instructions he saw he was to meet them at the village gates where they were meeting for a mission. He didn't know what time it was so he had to hurry and get there as quickly as possible. He arrived just in time to see Kiba joining Shino and Kurenai at the gates. Naruto slowed to a walk and tried his best to act like Hinata. He had to be extra careful; these were her teammates and sensei after all.
They took notice of Hinata's arrival and waited for her to join them. Kiba was about to raise his arm to wave hello when he stopped dead in his tracks. He sniffed the air for a second and then glared at Naruto.
"You're not Hinata! Where is she!?
Shino turned to glare as well, "Naruto, you haven't been up to anything have you?"
Naruto quickly panicked. He guessed that Kiba had figured out he wasn't Hinata by his smell, but he had no idea how Shino knew. It was like he could just tell. Knowing what was most likely going to happen, Naruto ran back to his apartment, shedding the transformation. The Inuzuka and Aburame were about to follow but were stopped by their sensei.
"No, you two stay here. I still want to talk to Naruto about what he did the other day. Hinata is probably on her way right now so wait for her. I'll be back in a moment."
The two boys complied with her request; Kiba somewhat more reluctant than Shino. Kurenai then went into pursuing Naruto all the way back to his apartment.
Naruto had gotten a good head start and made it home with his follower still a few minutes away. He entered and found Twisted who, for some reason, was peeking into his bedroom. The cloaked man saw Naruto was back and beckoned him over. Naruto went up to him and peeked into the bedroom, seeing that Hinata was in his bed looking like she had just woken up. Twisted held a finger up to his shrouded face, signaling for Naruto to keep quiet.
"Watch this."
Twisted transformed into Naruto and entered the room, the real Naruto keeping out of sight but still watching. Twisted walked up to Hinata and sat next to her on the bed. He smiled and took her hand.
"Hinata-chan, wanna make a baby?"
Hinata's face invented three new shades of red before she passed out. Twisted released the transformation and began to laugh, highly amused by his little joke.
"I don't think I'll ever get tired of that. I've been doing this since you left. Last time I asked her to help me clean up around your apartment, but she had to wear a maid's outfit. She almost looked like she was going to do it, but then I added she couldn't wear underwear and she got all flustered and fainted!"
Twisted resumed laughing. Naruto glared at him, mad that he had been doing that. He let it slide since there was a more pressing matter to deal with.
"Yeah well if you're done I need your help. Hinata's team saw through my transformation and are on their way her right now!"
Twisted managed to calm down and stop laughing, "Don't worry I know just what to do."
Twisted got Hinata out of Naruto's room and gave her to him. Naruto hoisted her over his shoulder…only for Twisted to pull her pants down! Naruto gaped at the man in shock as he left the window. Naruto started to pull Hinata's pants back up when he heard someone gasp behind him.
Turning his head he found a very shocked and angry looking Kurenai. Naruto scrambled his mind to try and think of how to explain his way out of this one. Thankfully he didn't have to. A smoke bomb was thrown in the midst of all of this, allowing Twisted enough cover to help Naruto escape, leaving Hinata on the couch. When the smoke cleared Kurenai was left with no choice but to let Naruto go (she was unaware of Twisted helping Naruto and thought that the blonde had used the smoke bomb) and tended to her student. The poor girl was going to be very upset when she learned of all of this.
TBC.
Credit for the Hinata sexy jutsu prank to ShadowFaux who gave me the idea. Unfortunately there's only one chapter left and it may take a while for me to post it due to the insane hours I have next week for work. I'll do what I can but it looks like I won't have it done for at least a week or so. Until then I hope you can wait and I'll try to make it a good one.