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Knock! Knock! Knock!

Misaki rolled over in her sleep, not sure if the noise she had just heard was part of her dream or not. Not like it mattered much anyway, because her dream suddenly changed and she was not sure what was happening any more.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

There was that noise again…. Misaki felt like she should investigate, but the sleepy part of her told her to stay put in her bed.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Was it getting louder? It had to be. Misaki groaned as she rolled herself out of bed. "Stupid noise bothering me—and at this hour of the night!—making me get up from my comfy bed," she grumbled to herself as she trudged toward the front door. "And messing up my dream—people sleep at night you know!—it was a pretty good dream too except now I can't remember it 'cause I woke up in the middle—What?!" She screamed the last part as she opened the door. She glared ferociously at the person standing on the other side.

And Yamato stared right back at her. "Tsunade-sama would like to see you and your companions now."

"At this hour?" Misaki asked, incredulous.

"It's eight o' clock…."

"Oh." A few seconds of awkward silence passed by. And then Misaki slammed the door. She turned around slowly and went back to the bedroom.

Misaki barely had the time to notice that Reiko was sitting straight up in her bed before she plopped back down into her own.

"What the fuck was that?" Reiko asked.

Misaki mumbled into her pillow, "What?"

"That noise."

"Oh…. I slammed the door."

Reiko stared at the older girl with the most confused expression on her face. "Why'd you do that? It scared the shit out of me! Look, I'm still shaking." She held up a shaky hand to demonstrate.

Misaki snuggled her head deeper into her pillow. "'Cause Yamato was bugging me about some stupid meeting with the Hokage."

"So you slammed the door?!"

"Yeah. Got a problem with that?"

"Actually, I do. I can't go back to sleep now, because of you!"

"It wasn't my fault! Yamato was the one who wanted to bother us about seeing the stupid Hokage!"

"No, it's your fault! No one told you to slam the damn door!"

"Bitch, please! He was begging to have the door slammed on him."

"It doesn't mean anything. You knew there were other people in here sleeping!"

"Are you seriously still trying to pin this on me? How dar—"

"Um, excuse me ladies," a voice called from the bedroom door. Both of the girls quickly turned, only to find Yamato standing there with an exasperated look on his face. "I don't mean to interrupt, but we should really get going now."

There were a few moments of silence.

"How did you get in here?!" the two girls shouted simultaneously.

He blinked. "The door was unlocked."

"Oh."

After a lot of whining and complaining, Yamato finally managed to get the girls out of their apartment and over to the Hokage's mansion. The walk to the Hokage's was eventful to say the least. Even being half-awake, Miyu and Misaki still found a way to be annoying.

"So... Are we there yet?"

Yamato sighed for what seemed like the millionth time. Miyu and Misaki have been pestering him non-stop. They had been asking the same question since they had walked out of their front door. "No, Miyu, for the last time we're not."

"But—"

A glare from Yamato stopped Miyu's protest before it was even formed, leaving the small group in silence. It soon became too much for Misaki, so she decided to speak up.

"Yamato, are you sure we didn't pass the mansion? Because I swore we passed something that looked like—"

"Misaki-san, I'm sure we didn't," Yamato said as calmly as he could. "I should know where the Hokage's mansion is," he told the older sister. The longer he stayed with the girls, the more he felt a headache coming on. Great.

Misaki huffed and opened her mouth to say something else but was stopped by Reiko, who had elbowed the girl as if to tell her to shut up. Thankfully, she did, and Yamato was grateful for it.

The group finally made it to the mansion and Yamato inwardly sighed in relief. He quickly went inside with the girls following close behind. He made it to the door and knocked twice. He waited until he heard a "come in" and proceeded to do so with the girls following his lead. Looking at the group, Tsunade glared at them in annoyance.
"Well, what is it?

"You wanted to see us, Tsunade-sama?"

Tsunade sighed. "Ah. Yes. Recently Yamato has approached me with... concerns... about the behavior of you three."

The three girls immediately turned their heads to face Yamato, who was standing silently off to the side, waiting until he was instructed to speak. "What kind of concerns, Tsunade-sama?" Reiko asked, not even bothering to turn back to face the Hokage.

Yamato knew that Reiko was only pretending to ask Tsunade, that the question was really aimed directly at him. Still, he looked to Tsunade and waited for her nod before he began.

"Go ahead, Yamato," the Hokage murmured.

Yamato cleared his throat. "There are a number of different things. The first instance to raise my suspicion included a particular device that Miyu-san had in her possession. It seemed to be a miniature television of sorts, but she refused to let anyone see it. The second instance occurred two days ago, when I found out that your… 'advisors,'" he put so much emphasis on the word that the girls could practically feel his distaste, "are actually quite young. Only sixteen."

Misaki raised her hand. "Actually, I'm nineteen."

Yamato ignored her and continued on. "And the third instance was later that day, when I noticed that Miyu-san seemed to know more about the Fifth Kazekage than she let on."

The older girls spun on Miyu. "Seriously?" Reiko asked flatly.

"You couldn't keep your obsession in check for ten, lousy minutes!?" Misaki yelled.

Miyu glared at the other two. "What the hell? I don't want to hear that from the girl who was practically drooling just standing outside of Kakashi's hospital door!"

Misaki gasped. "Well, Reiko is the one who has a crush on everyone and flirts with anything that breathes."

"What!" Reiko stormed over to their makeshift ringleader. "What does that have to do with anything? She's the one that's in trouble here!" She pointed at Miyu.

Miyu snapped her fingers as if she just had a moment of genius, completely ignoring her friend. "Yeah! Like she's in heat or something. In fact, she probably wants to make out with Yamato right now!"

Reiko felt her face heat up. "Don't say that! He's right there!" She tried to push the other girl into silence, but Miyu suddenly bolted across the large room. Reiko's natural, predatory instincts kicked in. When the prey runs, you chase. She followed after the girl as quickly as possible, but when Miyu saw that Reiko was coming after her, she kept on running.

Before long, the two were running, one after the other, in a large circle around the Hokage's office. They were approximately equal in speed, so the distance between them never lessened. When Reiko realized this….

Smack!

Miyu gasped. She watched in horror as Reiko's nearly-brand-new-very-Naruto-world-esque sandal fell to the floor after it collided with the wall. She spun to face her friend, her mouth open wide in shock. "You threw your shoe at me!"

Reiko hopped over to her sandal. "It's a very effective method to help catch someone that's too far ahead," she sniffed as she pulled the shoe onto her foot.

"You could've killed me!" Reiko didn't care for what the girl had to say. She pounced.

"AAAAAHHHH!" Miyu squealed. The two girls were struggling to restrain one another when Tsunade intervened.

"Girls!" the Hokage shouted Miyu and Reiko immediately scrambled to their feet and turned their heads to look at her. The Fifth sighed and continued, "How about instead of fighting each other about what the other did wrongly, it might be a good idea to work together and explain to Yamato the reasons behind your actions."

"Well, um..." Misaki murmured. "We..."

Tsunade shook her head. "Okay, Yamato," she sighed. "Since these three are apparently completely incapable of keeping their cover on their own, I'm going to need you to assist them."

Misaki, the leader, was the first to take offense. "Hey, we totally know how to stay undercover!"

"Yeah," Miyu chimed in. "We're practically spies since we're so good."

"Experts," Reiko added. Tsunade leveled them a look.

"Need I remind you why you're here in the first place?"

All three of the girls looked at the floor.

"Okay, maybe we do need a little help," Misaki murmured.

"Just a little training," her sister mumbled.

Reiko sighed. "We suck."

Tsunade cleared her throat. "So, the truth is..."

Tsunade explained the whole story to the wood-style user. He listened intently, never questioning, only absorbing all of the information.

"It was my intention to have only those initially involved know the truth. However, since you were easily able to see through them, it only makes sense to have you fully informed as well. This way, they will be able to have a constant accomplice that will help them to stay true to their story."

Yamato nodded once. "I understand, Hokage-sama."

"You three," the girls perked up as Tsunade addressed them. "This better be the last time I have to call you in here because someone is suspicious of you."

"Yes, Hokage-sama..." they murmured.

"Good. You're dismissed."

As Yamato was escorting the girls back to their apartment, the group happened across the Hyuga heiress they had had over only a couple of days ago.

"Hinata!" Miyu called out, heading over to the shy girl. "What are you up to today?"

"Oh, well, nothing really," Hinata murmured.

"Great! Let's hang out at your place then."

"Um, wh-what...?"

"You can't just invite yourself over to someone else's house, Miyu," Reiko chided as she and the others arrived on the scene.

"Yeah huh, Hinata's cool with it, right Hinata?"

"Um, well, I-it's a bit sudden—"

"See? It's all good."

Reiko gave her a look.

"Look, I promised her I'd help her with the ramen-head problem, and what better time than the present to make good on it?"

Eyes slowly came to rest on Hinata. "O-oh! If it's for that then, I guess it'll be alright," the girl practically whispered as a pink hue made its way across her face.

Miyu grinned. "See? I told you guys." She turned to the only male present. "So we'll see you around, Yamato-taicho. Hinata's got it from here."

Yamato just shook his head. "I think you're forgetting that you girls are supposed to have a full team of shinobi with you at all times. After poking in as many loopholes into that rule as we have thus far, the least I can do is adhere to it as best as I can when the situation allows."

Miyu's face was blank. "What?"

Yamato closed his eyes for a second, inhaling deeply. "I'll walk with you to the Hyuga compound and take my leave from there."

"Oh. Damn! We gotta save the girl-talk for later, bitches." With that said, Miyu motioned for Hinata to lead the way.

The moment Yamato left the girls in the care of Hyuga clan, Miyu had Hinata coop everyone up in her room. The door had hardly clicked shut before she began to explain her plans for making Naruto fall in love with the shy kunoichi.

"Okay, Hinata, here's how it's going to work. You're going to invite Naruto over—"

"Wh-what?"

"And you'll have him alone in your room—"

"H-huh?"

"But we'll keep guard, so you don't have to worry about anyone interrupting you guys," Miyu finished, nodding her head sagely.

"B-but," Hinata stuttered, "What will I do with him in my room?"

Miyu flashed her a wide, sneaky grin. "Then you 'trip' over a chair, land on him, and then proceed to making out."

Hinata turned as red as a setting sun on a summer evening. Misaki nodded her head, as if she thought it was the only logical course of action, while Reiko openly gaped at Miyu. "Don't you think that's a bit drastic?"

Miyu shook her head. "Of course not! Naruto is too oblivious to even think of trying something else. It's the only way."

"It won't help any if Hinata dies of heart failure midway through! Besides, how the heck does she even invite him over? She's here with us."

"Shadow clone. Duh." It was Misaki who answered.

Since when do you even know what a Shadow Clone is, huh!? Reiko thought as the surprise left her expression.

"Yeah! Great idea, sis!" Miyu exclaimed. She then clapped Hinata on the shoulder. "Okay, go for it."

"N-now?" The girl looked paler than usual.

"Yes, now. We're burning daylight!"

"I don't think I'm r-ready for th-this."

"Well, get ready! You have until your clone brings Naruto back over here."

Hinata gulped loudly. Her lavender eyes flitted back and forth from the faces of the 'advisors' before her. The seconds stretched into minutes and...

"Okay," Hinata said as she made a hand signal and created a clone.

Reiko's jaw nearly hit the floor. "H-Hinata, you don't have to do it if you don't want to!" she barely managed to sputter out.

"No, Miyu-san is right. I have to do it this way if I ever want Naruto-kun to notice me." Her voice was quiet, but determined. She nodded once to her clone, who then sped off out the window.

"Yes! Now while we wait we just gotta—"

"Miyu, can I talk to you and Misaki for a second," Reiko shouted as she stood, interrupting her friend. Without waiting for an answer she grabbed each girl by the arm and dragged them out of Hinata's room. The door was closed behind them, leaving them alone in the hall.

Miyu rolled her eyes. "What are y—?"

"I don't think we should be doing this," Reiko blurted. Both sisters just gaped at her.

"Are you kidding?" Miyu pointed at Hinata's door. "I told that girl in there that I'm gonna help her get her man, so I'm gonna help her get her man."

"Yeah, but I've been thinking. This is way too straightforward—it might actually work. And this plan really can't work."

Misaki scrunched up her face. "What's that supposed to mean. We want them together, right?"

"Yeah but." Reiko stopped, took a breath, and growled. "Look, we can't change the way things are supposed to go in this universe. It could screw everything up. Don't you remember what Neji said just yesterday?"

"Pfft. Who gives a fuck about what Neji sa—"

"What is it that you're saying about me?"

At that moment, everyone froze. Slowly, the girls all turned to face the newly arrived Hyuga.

The expectant look on Neji's face practically asked "Well?" for him.

"Um, nothing," Miyu said as quickly as she could.

"Really." It was not even a question.

"Yes, really," the girl insisted.

Just at that moment, Misaki elbowed Reiko and leaned over to whisper, "Distract him!"

An eyebrow arched itself up on Neji's forehead, but the sisters refused to believe that they were busted already.

"What's that Hinata?" Miyu began out of nowhere, turning towards the closed door behind her. "Oh yeah, sure, I'm coming." She turned back to the others. "Hinata's calling me, so I gotta go now." With that, she slipped back into the room, glaring at Reiko as she did so.

Not even a second after the door closed, Misaki did the exact same thing. "What's that Miyu? Oh yeah, sure, I'm coming." Neji shook his head slightly as the older girl turned back towards him. "Miyu's calling me, so I gotta go now." Before she disappeared behind the door, she shoved Reiko forward into Neji.

Reiko fell into his chest screaming, "What the fu—" The last bit of her exclamation was muffled by the fabric of Neji's shirt. The girl could feel her ears burning as Neji gripped her arms, pushing her away and setting her back upright. "So, um..."

Neji's voice cut her off. "So what exactly is going on here?"

"Well, yeah, about that..." Reiko considered her options quickly. After having run through all of the scenarios her mind could conjure up, she simultaneously heaved a sigh and rolled her eyes, and then silently cursed herself for feeling the need to remain loyal to her friends in this situation. "Actually! There's um, something I have to show you!"

Before Neji could even say "What?" Reiko had grabbed him by the wrist and began to drag him away down the hall. Rather than resisting and still having to interrogate answers from her afterwards, Neji allowed her to pull him around a corner and come to a stop on her own. And then went on to activate his Byakugan.

"Wait. Shit. Ughhh." Reiko stared up at the ceiling, took a deep breath, and shrugged her shoulders. "I tried," she grumbled, her gaze slowly shifting downwards to rest again on Neji.

It was only a few seconds until her inner creeper switch flipped.

Neji, studying Hinata's room, was trying to make sense of the situation. "That chakra..." He frowned. "Is that Narut—"He was interrupted when Reiko suddenly reached up to touch his face. "What in the world are you doing?"

Reiko froze when she heard the harsh tone of his voice, her fingers hovering just above the protruding veins that lead to his eyes. "Oh, well um, I uh..." She looked up towards the ceiling again as her voice trailed, as if trying to figure what it was exactly that she had been trying to accomplish. Neji seized the opportunity to push her lingering arm away, and took two steps back from her. There was a brief period of unsettling silence. "You know, I'm going to be completely honest here. I have absolutely no idea of what came over me just then."

"I see..." the ninja replied. He did not actually see, but he thought it best to close the matter immediately and to move on from it with incredible speed. He then focused his attention back on Hinata's room, where there seemed to be four shinobi engaging in some form of shenanigans. "So what are your friends actually up to?" he asked the girl in front of him as he let his Byakugan slip back into a dormant state.

Reiko exhaled heavily. "They're trying to hook Hinata up with Naruto. I tried talking them out of it but the—hey! Neji, wait!" Reiko hurried to follow the man striding over to his cousin's room. Not even pausing to knock, Neji pushed open the door to find—

Misaki holding Naruto in a headlock. Hinata on the other side of the room. Miyu whispering fiercely to the Hyuga heiress. And Naruto pleading with his captor to be released.

"Hinata, I'm serious! This is your only chance, just kiss him!" Miyu gave up on whispering, and instead shouted as she tried to push Hinata forward.

"I-I can't!" Hinata insisted.

"C'mon, Misaki! You gotta let me go! Why are you even doing this?!" Naruto groaned as he continued to struggle.

"Be still you idiot!" Misaki tightened her hold and Naruto began to gasp and sputter. "Miyu, hurry up!" she yelled to her sister.

The chaos stretched on for a minute or so before Reiko spoke up. "You know, I don't think this'll go anywhere."

"Nor do I," Neji agreed. Careful as to not disturb the antics of those in the room, he closed the door quietly. And then slowly, the pair walked away without looking back.

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