Revenge of Konoha's #1 Prankster
Chapter 11
*don't own Naruto or Naruto and Gaara would have been brothers*
Day 6
The next day, everybody woke up around the same time and started to panic when they didn't recognize their surroundings until the events of yesterday filled their sleep-filled brains. As soon as the shock wore off they smirked before they dressed and snuck off to find each other and decided it would be smarter to stick to their rooms to avoid being caught. Naruto went around and told them breakfast was ready as they all filed into the dining room for breakfast. As soon as everybody had gathered they wondered what they were to do now when the 2 biju appeared with smirks on their faces.
"Oh you four aren't done pranking yet" they said which confused Naruto as he asked who was left, making the biju chuckle.
"You still have the 3 sensei (aka 3 stooges) and tomorrow the Sennin and the big finale."
This made Naruto, Hinata, and Temari very curious as they asked what was the big finale in which the biju smirked and said they would learn in all do time. Gaara remembered the scrolls yesterday and informed the others who took theirs out and while Hinata read it this time.
"Prank Style: Playing With Your Mind" she read while Naruto looked at the biju, his expression telling them to explain.
"Calm down gaki we'll explain what this mean. It's to make someone think something is happening when it's not" Kyuubi said only for Naruto's expression to change to one of confusion along with Temari as she said that it sounded like the 5 sense genjutsu prank.
"It should because it braches off of it. This prank jutsu is sort of a combination of the 5 senses genjutsu, truth set you free, and turning the tables jutsus" Shukaku stated while Temari frowned and said it sounded complicated as Naruto muttered under his breathe that the most complex pranks were the best in which Kyuubi nodded in his head in agreement before he turned toward Temari.
"It may sound complicated but in actuality there's no real work to it. All you do is read their minds, find out what they fear, take that fear and make it come alive using the 5 senses."
Naruto complimented Kyuubi and Shukaku on the brilliance of the prank while Temari told him to stop before their ego swelled and Gaara mutter that it was too late, making Hinata giggle, the Akatsuki laugh, and the biju play pout.
"Now the jutsu is super easy you can cast the jutsu and then leave, as simple as that."
"That's cool, hey you think Konohamaru should join in on the prank?" Naruto asked as they shrugged and said if they wanted him to join before they looked at the door and disappeared. 5 seconds later, they heard footsteps making Hinata, Temari, Itachi, and Deidara turn invisible just before Kankuro came into the dining room holding a letter in his hand. Saying it was from Konoha made Naruto snort as he said that Suna must have been popular with baa-chan in which Kankuro smirked at the comment while he handed the letter to Gaara. The redhead opened the letter and began to read with Naruto looking over his shoulder while Kankuro looked around and frowned when he noticed something not right. Gaara smiled and handed the letter to Naruto for him to read in which he skimmed it quickly, excitement showing in his face.
"Awesome, Hina-tenshi and Temari are coming to Suna, oh I can't wait."
"That's not all, I heard the scarf brat was coming too" Kankuro said not looking up while Gaara watched as Naruto was bouncing in place before he felt a touch on his shoulder which made him look. Naruto noticed Gaara looking turned to see a strange look on Kankuro's face as he stared at something beside them. They looked down and mentally cursed at their slip-up as they stared at the table that had 4 empty plates of food, biju not included.
"Hey Gaara, what's with the extra plates?" Kankuro asked as he looked at his younger brother who looked away from Naruto, who was pretending to reread the paper, and at Kankuro. Naruto was sweating like crazy as he wondered how they were going to explain this.
"What extra plate?" Gaara asked after he looked at the table and then at the puppeteer with an indifferent look while Kankuro and Naruto both stared at the quiet redhead.
"Those extra plates" Kankuro stressed as he pointed to the table not looking away from Gaara. Once again Gaara looked at the table and asked again what extra plates which had Kankuro staring hard at his brother. While they had their stare-down, Naruto felt movement behind them and realized it was the other four moving toward the table. Naruto's lip twitch which Kankuro noticed and turned toward the blonde who sprouted a blank face and asked him about the extra plates.
"Kankuro I think you're seeing things because there aren't any extra plates over there."
The middle Sand sibling just gave Naruto a dull look before he sighed and pointed and looked at the table.
"Those extra..."
Kankuro did a double take and was surprised when he saw there was only 2 plates there.
"Where the rest of the plate go?" he muttered more to himself before he looked at Naruto and Gaara who were giving him weird looks like he was insane.
"Are you alright Kankuro?"
"Yea, I guess I was seeing things" Kankuro said scratching his head as he left, wondering if he was going crazy. When he left for his room, the others turned visible and started giggling/laughing as Deidara placed a genjutsu above the dining room entrance.
"Do you think we should explain the prank to Kankuro in the end?" Naruto asked, feeling slightly guilty in Kankuro's torment.
"Maybe (not)" Temari said before they all sighed and put their dishes away before figuring out what to do next.
"Maybe we could go and meet up with Konohamaru. That would be fun and we can ask how his prank went."
Agreeing they all teleported to Gaara's office where he wrote a quick note that he handed to Temari and Hinata.
"It's a note to let the team with Konohamaru to know you two will take him with you to Suna and was asked to go back to get him."
The two kunoichi thanked him before they teleported half-way across the desert according to a map they looked at before they left. The Akatuski members went back to their rooms while Gaara got some work done. Naruto was pacing which the redhead Kazekage took note of and asked him what was wrong in which he said he wanted to go meet Konohamaru. Gaara looked up into Naruto's serious look and said how would he get there in which he responded that he was fast and baa-chan knew it.
"Please I know I can find them quick and if the fox is nice at least give me another chakra to move quickly" Naruto said with big watery eyes as Gaara gave him an unimpressed look before he sighed and said okay. The second okay left his lips he heard a door slam and Kankuro's cry out making him look up to see a dust cloud shape like Naruto leaving his room and out into the hall. Curious, Gaara used his third eye to watch Naruto run at speeds unmatched except to maybe Lee without his weights toward the opening of Suna. Gaara signaled the gatekeepers to let Naruto pass as the he heard Kankuro muttering as he entered the room.
"What the heck is wrong with that blonde idiot now and where is he off to in such a hurry" Kankuro asked Gaara who stopped using his 3rd eye and looked down at the paperwork. After telling him he gave permission to go Konohamaru, Kankuro asked if that was a good idea to allow him out there alone. Gaara nodded, saying he trusted him as Kankuro went out to the balcony and watched the dust cloud that was the blonde rushing in between houses and soon out of the gate, the guards barely getting out of his way while sweat formed on the back of Kankuro's head. "
Well, we can at least say he is doing better."
This comment made Gaara chuckled as he went back to the stack of papers on his desk.
"Yes, I think some friends from Konoha will do him some good."
While Gaara was doing paperwork, Naruto was rushing through the desert, using his chakra as a speed boost until Suna was out of his view and he slowed down.
"Alright Kyuubi lend me some of your chakra" he told the fox in his cage as the kitsune chuckled and gave him enough for three tails but only created one. Naruto let out a low roar before he took off across the desert leaving a trail of glass in his way. Temari and Konohamaru had been for a couple of hours when they spotted 3 people making their way toward them, 1 shorter than the other 2.
"Well I'm surprised they escorted him themselves but I guess they wanted to make sure he didn't pull anything with another team" Temari said as they quickly jogged over to Konohamaru, Shizune, and Tsunade. As they closer they saw how quiet Konohamaru was which made Hinata frown and ask what happen to him while Tsunade raised a brow at their appearance.
"What are you two doing here, I thought you would be half-way through the desert by now."
Temari showed the letter from Gaara while Shizune was looking at Temari then down at Hinata who was writing something in the sand which look like an arrow pointed at Tsunade. Shizune had a confused look until Hinata looked up and saw the smirk on Hinata's face and knew what that meant.
'So they did have help in the pranking but how were they able to get around Ino's jutsu?'
Hinata stood up and walked over to Shizune to talk to her while Konohamaru kept bugging Tsunade about wanting to read the paper. Using that as a distraction, Hinata quickly said they had already set up the prank in Tsunade's office and that she should take the day off and that was the only prank they pulled beside the one on Ebisu and Anko (that she knew of).
Hinata made her way back to Temari as Tsunade finally finished reading the letter, thanks to Konohamaru's distraction. The busty Hokage nodded as she handed the letter back to them.
"Okay, I'm giving him over to your control, just make sure he doesn't do anything stupid."
Hinata nodded as she smiled while Konohamaru jumped up and down in joy.
"I bet Naruto-kun will be very happy to see us" Hinata said before everybody heard a small dust cloud in the distance coming at them at a fast pace.
"What is that? Hinata!" Tsunade said as he got into a fighting pose while Hinata used her byakugan to see what it was. Her face showed a look of surprise than happiness as she deactivated her eyes and looked up at Tsunade.
"Speak of the akuma (demon)" Hinata muttered before she turned to look at the dust cloud draw nearer which put them on edge until they it close enough to see the blonde hair flying back from the speed.
"Nani, is that Naruto nii-san? How is moving so fast, kore?" Konohamaru asked until he saw the reddish orange cloak engulfing the blonde which made him curious. "Hey, what is that weird chakra coming from niisan?" the shorter shinobi asked while Tsunade and Shizune exchanged a look before stepping in front of the trio. (they all know about Kyuubi but Tsunade doesn't know that)
"We need to have a talk with him first" Tsunade said softly yet they could see how tense she was as she thought something bad was about to happen. They slowly relaxed when they noticed that Naruto was slowing down as the cloak disappeared returning to his normal self just 5 feet away from them.
"Hinata-tenshi" Naruto cried as he hugged Hinata and started to spin her around making her giggle and Tsunade raise a brow at this change in behavior. After he put the Hyuuga down he turned toward Konohamaru when he told him not to leave him out. They greeted each other with a fist bump and started talking a mile a minute about how excited they were to see each other. Naruto felt eyes on the back of his and he looked up to see Tsunade and Shizune staring at him as if they couldn't believe what they saw.
"Hey baa-chan, Shizune" Naruto greeted them, earning a smile from Shizune and a tick from Tsunade's forehead.
"I see you're doing well Naruto" Tsunade said as she greeted the smirking blonde.
"You bet, I'm really happy to see these two" he said as Hinata blushed and Konohamaru grinned at his words while Temari held a smirk. "So how bad is Konoha missing me?" Naruto asked out loud and got a variety of expressions from different people. There was a grin, smirk, frown, giggle, and a extremely sour look from Tsunade which Naruto instantly noticed and asked what happened.
"It seems there is another prankster hidden in the village and has been pulling pranks nonstop on all the teams" Tsunade said staring hard at Naruto whose eyes grew bigger before he cheered and said that was awesome making her frown even more.
"Really, oh man, I can't wait to meet him, or is it a her? You know they don't have a lot of female pranksters-."
"One is enough for this village...look Naruto, I'm really sorry for what we did and-"
Naruto just waved away her apology as he gave her one of his megawatt grins.
"I forgave you a long time ago baa-chan. So what kind of pranks did the prankster pull on the teams anyway?"
There was a long period of silence in which nobody answered until a chuckle was heard and Konohamaru said he would tell him later which earned him a glare from Tsunade. The scarf shinobi hid behind Naruto grinning before Tsunade sighed and told them to take care before going in separate directions. Each group walked back to their designated village all the while talking about the other. After an hour they decided they were far enough before they teleported much closer to the sand village.
"Man it's great to be with you again Naruto nii-san."
"Yea it is...now what did baachan mean about another prankster in Konoha?" Naruto asked before the girls smiled and explained about the prank deity which had Naruto congratulating them on a brilliant plan.
"Kyuubi says he thinks so too."
"Yes, it's perfect for the finale tomorrow night."
'Eh, what finale?'
"You'll learn tomorrow, brat."
After the conversation, they continued for another hour until they saw Suna ahead. "At least let's make it look like we've been walking for a few days" Temari said as she speed up her walk a bit, seeing as if she was eager to get home. As they reached the gates they weren't surprised to see Gaara waiting for them as he greeted his sister and the rest of the group. Explaining his reason for being there he invited them all out for lunch in which Kankuro joined them, surprised to see them make it back so fast.
"Through the use of shadow clones carrying them on my back and enhance speed" Naruto said as if he did all the time while Kankuro nodded, not really caring as they continued to eat at the restaurant. They returned to the tower where they decided to play cards while Kankuro went to his room to make some modifications to his puppets. Deidara and Itachi appeared in the room asking when they were going to pull the prank seeing as it was already pass noon.
"I guess we can do it now" Naruto said before he turned toward Gaara and the mountain of paperwork on his desk. Both biju vessels just sighed at the small forest on Gaara's desk before Temari took pity on her brother and said she would take over on the papers.
"I'll give them the excuse that you're tending to your cacti garden."
Gaara thanked Temari from his heart before he ushered to Itachi and Deidara who nodded and the four shinobi disappeared as the oldest sand nin took her place behind the desk. Konohamaru and Hinata continued to play cards, the only sound heard was the scratching of Temari's pen and the occasional snap of a card being played.
"So who do they have to prank today?" Temari asked as she looked over a request for more homes while Konohamaru and Hinata mentally scratched off people they pranked.
"Let's see...Kakashi-sensei, Gai-sensei, and...Yamato-sensei" Hinata said before she turned toward Konohamaru and asked why he didn't go in which he told them of Tsunade's threat.
"She said if she as so much as caught of hint that I was back in Konoha she would punch me all the way back to Suna."
"That's mean, well I know the boys will have enough fun for the rest of us...I hope they get it on video for us to see" Hinata said smirking as the others agreed before they went back to doing work or playing cards.
*Konoha, gates*
Tsunade and Shizune had just returned, both quiet on the journey back lost in their own thoughts. Tsunade turned to look at Shizune and asked if she thought there was a real prank master deity which made Shizune look at her before she thought about it too, hoping her face didn't give her away.
"It might be possible since there are many strange beings out in the world."
This only made Tsunade frown as she thought about the deity's words the other day. "Let's see...who had not been pranked so far" Shizune muttered as she counted the people off on her fingers.
"Kakashi...Gai...Yamato...Jiraiya..."
Shizune looked at Tsunade with a grim look.
"I don't know about us and I don't think that dancing thing was a prank for us."
Tsunade stopped as an uneasy look came onto her face.
"Go and warn them about the possibility of them being next while I go talk to Jiraiya" Tsunade said as he headed for her office where a large pile of paperwork was waiting for her. "Sigh, this has been a frustrating week" she muttered as she pulled out a bottle of sake, started to drink, and had one of the Anbu find the perverted toad sage at the bathhouse. Shizune went in the direction of the training grounds and passed Asuma along the way as he chewed on a piece of pocky. When asked about it he sighed and told that started to crave them.
"Cigarettes just don't seem to taste the same, like something from with my taste buds."
Nodding Shizune raised a brow at the large bag filled with chocolate as she looked up back at Asuma who smiled.
"Kurenai has a serious sweet tooth and has been having the house stocked filled with chocolate and pocky for me."
Asuma smiled as he thought about the pregnant genjutsu master and said, "I think it's better that I quit smoking anyway, especially around a child." Asuma said later to Shizune and walked off as Shizune smiled and resumed her quest in finding the 3 stooges, I mean, the 3 sensei. After a bit of searching she found them at training ground 7 where Kakashi was reading, Gai was trying to issue a challenge, and Yamato was watching with curiosity at their strange relationship (and I mean rivalry wise).
"Oh there you three are, I need to talk to you" Shizune said as she entered the training grounds. After a quick greet, Shizune went straight into their trip about how they saw Naruto and how he was doing.
"He seems to be doing a lot better but that could be because he was happy to see Hinata and Konohamaru."
This made Kakashi look up from his book as he asked if Tsunade thought Naruto was responsible for the pranks.
"Not sure but that's the reason why I came to warn you guys. Everybody has been targeted except you three and the Sennin so stay on your toes."
After a quick answer of they will Shizune left to make sure Tsunade did her paperwork while the trio looked at each other.
"Kakashi-sempai, do you think Naruto is behind all this and somehow has followers pulling the prank in Konoha?" Yamato asked the masked nin as he buried his nose back in the book.
"Truthfully he is the only one I can think of to pull this many pranks in a short time and earn the title of number 1 prankster, the second being Iruka when he was younger but he grew out of that stage" Kakashi said not lifting his head from the orange book in his hand.
"True, but I think we should watch out just in case" Yamato was saying until he heard Gai laugh saying that Naruto was showing his youthful spirit and that they shouldn't worry. Of course they should have been worrying now because four pair of ears overheard their conversation and was about to make bad of Gai's words.
'So you think you think they have nothing to worry about huh?' Naruto thought before he looked at Itachi and talked to him. 'You used to be part of the Anbu like Kakashi-sensei, do you know anything Kakashi fears?'
'No more than you since he still acts the same way he did when he was an Anbu, except more laidback. He's even reading that book of his in the open, at least he was smart enough not to read it around the other Anbu members' Itachi said shaking his head. Naruto frowned as he wondered what Kakashi feared as something Itachi said made him grin.
'I got the perfect prank' Naruto thought but was reminded by Kyuubi that he still had to use the jutsu in order to unlock the next one. Mentally nodding, he refocused to see Kakashi lower his book making the others ask what was wrong as he quickly signaled toward them.
"Come out now, we know you there" Kakashi yelled out, looking toward them while Naruto raised a brow and looked at Gaara who also held an un-amused look.
'Does he seriously think we're going to just come out because he told us too?' Naruto thought to Gaara until he felt something placed in his hand and looked down to see a collar. 'What the heck is this for?' Naruto mentally asked Itachi who he noticed was visible along with Deidara.
'It's to change your voice, follow our lead' Itachi thought as he and Deidara started walking toward the jonin, shocking Naruto as he mentally asked him what were they doing but was ignored. As soon as they entered the clearing, the three jonin got into fighting positions as Kakashi raised his forehead protector to show his sharingan.
"Why are you two here?" Kakashi asked as he looked at the expressionless face of Itachi and grinning face of Deidara, wondering what happen to his usual partner. Kakashi watched Itachi smirk and say he was hear on a mission. "A mission for the Akatsuki?"
"No...a mission for prank deity" Itachi responded which confused them since they were away on a mission when the dancing prank was happening. Kakashi asked what did they mean while Naruto eyes grew wide in understanding as he looked down at the collar still in his hand. With some quick thinking he placed the collar around a neck...Gaara's neck and he wasn't liking it by the look of surprise and then anger directed at the blonde.
'Naruto, what are you doing?' Gaara yelled at him mentally while Kyuubi was thinking the same before Naruto gave him an explanation.
'They would recognize my voice pattern within a second, so it would be easier if you talked since no one would ever suspect your voice.' (doesn't know that his speech pattern changes with it too)
The glare Gaara sent him could skin a person alive but Naruto seemed immune as he silently begged the redhead to help him out which had his eye twitching. Gaara sighed and mouthed out a fine before they tuned in back to the group up ahead.
"I mean you and the rest of the teams have disrupted a balance in the world. The prank master will punish you three today and then the Sennin will soon follow" Itachi stated calmly while Deidara smirk, enjoying the looks on the trio's faces. Naruto was busy trying not to laugh at the irony of it all while Kyuubi was saying it was the best time to do the jutsu while they were distracted. Naruto agreed but remembered he would have to drop the invisibility cloak and reminded the Kyuubi.
"The jutsu automatically affects the sight so they won't know it was you even if you were standing directly in front of them" Kyuubi said impatiently, wanting to get the jutsu on with already as Naruto thanked him and motioned toward Gaara. Nodding, they both performed the needed hand seals before muttering, "Prank Style: Playing With Your Mind." Naruto and Gaara felt the biju leave their bodies and toward Kakashi and Yamato's mind where they knew they made contact when said duo tensed and turned toward them. Naruto froze, trying to wield his heart rate down while Gaara stood there unmoving until their attention was brought back to Itachi.
"What's the matter Kakashi, do you sense the prank deity watching over you, reading your mind, and finding your darkest fears?" Itachi taunted while they watched the copy nin's eyes narrow before shooting one more glance at them then at Itachi, saying he wasn't about to fall into his trap.
Naruto and Gaara felt the biju reentered their minds, saying they had gotten some good dirt on the duo.
'Great now it's Gai's turn' Naruto thought and was meet with silence, not even the sound of breathing was heard as the Kyuubi gave him a look like he was crazy. 'You have to do it Kyuubi' Naruto thought as he exchanged a look with Gaara who nodded, saying he was having the same problem with Shukaku who started whimpering about not wanting to go.
"Lee was bad enough, why do we have to go inside the crazy older ones mind?"
'Because according to your rules we have to use the jutsu on all the people to unlock the next prank and since we're inexperienced in knowing what to look for...'
"Yea, yea, rub it in wise ass" Shukaku muttered as Gaara and Naruto preformed the jutsu once again and the biju entered Gai's mind. Not 30 seconds later, they felt the biju slam back into their heads, making Naruto almost fall back and give Gaara splitting headache.
"NEVER AGAIN!" the biju cried out as the duo redid their invisibility henge and let out some low chuckles, Gaara forgetting that the device was still around his neck as his voice, now masked by the collar, rang out loud making the 3 jonin tense.
"It seems that our master laughs at your stances, un" Deidara said smirking as Kakashi, Yamato, and Gai were wondering why none of the Anbu was around to see this. Unknown to them, Itachi and Deidara had thought ahead an placed a sight genjutsu on the area as soon as Shizune had left as not to be disturbed. Gaara was looking at Naruto and mentally asking him what he was supposed to say since he never did anything like this in which Naruto mentally told him.
"Whose out there?" Gai called out toward the forest which made them roll their eye until they noticed Gai's stance and mentally cursed as they figured out what he was about to do.
'Kuso, he could come look for us and we can't outrun him. What are we going to do?' they thought until they noticed somebody sneaking up on Gai and was surprised when Hinata appeared. They realized she was invisible as she quickly paralyzed Kakashi, Gai, and Yamato before they could look around to see who was there.
"What the hell is this? Who's there?" Kakashi yelled out not liking where this was going as Hinata made her way over to them and handed them three camcorders.
"Get the pranks on film for us" she said before she gave Naruto a quick kiss and disappeared. Grinning, Naruto motioned for Gaara to speak while Naruto caught their reactions on film.
"Don't you there question me mortal!" Gaara roared out, making Gai flinch slightly and Kakashi's eyes open wide.
"You and the rest of those despicable people you call teams have done wrong, you have hurt my successor and I will extract his pain as my vengeance upon you."
Naruto was enjoying the way their eyes grew wide and bite the back of his knuckle just to stop from laughing out loud.
"Naruto, if that's you, this is not funny now come on out" Yamato said, waiting for the blonde to come out but receiving no answer as he felt the numbing of his body slowly disappearing. The biju sensed this and told Naruto to get a move on in which he quickly and quietly ran over to them and placed a genjutsu on them to make them think they still couldn't move. He then made his way back over to Gaara who was improvising on what to say as for them to take their mind off of Naruto.
"You have broken the sacred bond between prankster and victim and now that you three have threatened two more of my subordinates, you will suffer your worst fears. After today the sages will be next" Gaara cried as he handed Naruto back the camera to get the rest on film while Shukaku told him how to wrap it up.
"When the moon, high in the sky turns black, my ultimate revenge will be reveal and none of you will be able to escape, you had been warned many times...now suffer for your actions."
Gaara ended this with an evil laugh that sent chills down Kakashi, Gai, and Yamato's spines as they looked into the amused faces of Deidara and Itachi.
"What are you two getting out of this?" Kakashi asked, wondering how they ever got involved with something as childish as a pranking deity. Deidara shrugged and said he liked to watched them suffer, un which earned him a glare from Gai while Yamato didn't seem convinced.
"There has to be a bigger reason than that?"
"The tides have turned, you leaf nin have messed with stronger forces way more dangerous than the Akatsuki, hn."
'Yea because Naruto-kun when he is pranking is far more deadly childish members back at the base' Itachi thought that had Deidara grinning at his words.
"Good luck Konoha nin" Deidara and Itachi said together as they slowly turned invisible, seeming like they were never there in the first place. While Kakashi, Gai, and Yamato watched the spot that the Akatsuki had been, Naruto went over and undid the genjutsu before he watched Kakashi use his sharingan all around, cursing when he didn't find them or anything for that matter.
"I can't sense them, not even a thin trail of their chakra. It's like they literally appeared out of nowhere and disappeared the same way."
Yamato and Gai held looks of shock as Kakashi replaced his protector back over his eye. "I think we should report this to the Hokage" Kakashi stated but saw the look on Gai's face as he gave them in shinny teeth smile and said he figure out what had happened.
"We shouldn't worry our youthful Hokage over something as a simple prank, my eternal rival. It's obvious that Naruto set up clones before he left and had them look like the two Akatsuki members to pull such a youthful prank full of passion on us all."
"But why does two? Itachi's partner is Kisame is it not?"
"Ah, but Naruto has only encountered Itachi and the blonde before right, eternal rival?"
"Well yea, but-"
"Then there is nothing to worry about my eternal rival, now let's us bask in the youthfulness of his prank and laugh as we merrily live out our day" Gai said giving them his good guy pose which had everybody sweat dropping while Naruto, Gaara, Itachi, and Deidara wondering about his state of mind. Yamato still looked uneasy as he bid them all to be safe as the trio went into 3 separate directions.
"Great, they're splitting, now how are going to follow them" Naruto muttered before he saw the biju appear in front of them, saying that each of them should tail someone different and stay with their partner. Agreeing they decided to see who tailed who based on their fears and by the large grins on the bijou's faces, they knew it was going to be good. They were right, after hearing Kakashi's and Gai's fears, Naruto was laughing his head off.
"Okay, I know how we going to split up then" he said and told them his plan of who went after who. Naruto and Kyuubi would follow Yamato, Gaara and Shukaku would follow Gai, and Itachi and Deidara would follow Kakashi.
"Why did you pair us off like that, hm?" Deidara asked really wanting to torment Gai some more.
"Well it's easy for me and Kyuubi to pull Yamato's fear off. Itachi and Kakashi were both part of the Anbu so he knows the way Kakashi thinks and what will drive him crazy and Gaara's better at keeping a straight face when doing Gai's prank, besides it will be funnier to watch."
They all nodded before going in the directions of their victims all thinking how much fun it was going to be except Gaara who was thinking of it as a form of his own revenge.
Naruto quietly followed Yamato around Konoha, hiding in alleys as he asked what Kyuubi what he was planning on doing with Yamato's fear of him attacking Konoha.
'I think of this as revenge for all the times he used his scary face on me' Naruto thought as he started to gather wind chakra, making the air around him grow cooler as he softly called out.
"Yamato"
Said wood-chakra nin looked around before he shrugged and kept walking as Kyuubi teleported to the next alley in front of him and flickered a tail as he went deeper in the alley. Yamato noticed this and quickly made his way into the alley to see nothing there.
"I must be seeing things" he muttered as he continued to walk away while Naruto and Kyuubi met up.
"I think I'm going to enjoy torturing Yamato for once" Naruto said as he and Kyuubi did just that all around Konoha and capturing it on film to show to the others later. The flicker of a tail here, a splash of blond hair there, a surge of demon chakra in the distant, and a wailing cry of sorrow nearby. Yamato was going hysterical as he ran far away from the village and to one of the training grounds, cursing his luck at the images that kept plaguing him. Naruto and Kyuubi were in a tree looking down at him, thinking it was time to end the prank. Naruto quickly rustled some leaves before jumping to the next tree and doing the same, all the while leading Yamato deeper into the forest.
"Alright brat, the rest the clone can do since we spent more than enough time with this prank" Kyuubi said as Naruto understood and created a clone, giving it orders before they filmed Yamato's reaction.
"Prank Style: Playing With Your Mind...activate" Naruto muttered before he went and found a good seat to watch the show as the area around them grew dark with a red sky and the looks of destruction everywhere. "Yamato" a voice seemed to say as Yamato watched with fear-filled eyes as the Naruto clone appeared before he like a ghost.
"N-Naruto, what happened to you?" he cried out as he noticed the way Naruto's clothes were in shreds, blood was dripping from Naruto's hair and face while a black oil like substance leaked from the seal.
"The seal...weakened further...Kyuubi...fueled by my devastation...breaking free...trying destroy all" the clone said as it dissolved into nothing as a red chakra engulfed it as if setting it on fire. A roar rang out around them in Yamato's ears as Kyuubi jumped down and stood in front him.
"I would like to thank you and the rest of the teams for what you did. I've been waiting for an opportunity like this for a long time" Kyuubi said, teeth gleaming while Yamato shook in fear.
"No, that's impossible" Yamato said as he took a step back, noticing the 9 flowing red tails behind Kyuubi raging around.
"Oh but it's very possible" Kyuubi growled as he stepped closer to Yamato who backed himself into a tree, making the hand seals to repress the Kyuubi's chakra who laughed saying it was useless. Seeing that his attack had no affect he looked up into red slit eyes of the Kyuubi waiting for the end. Kyuubi started laughing until he took another step and gasped as if in pain, slowly disappearing and reappearing as if fighting some invisible force.
"no...won't let...destroy...Konoha" a voice said from behind the humanoid kitsune as Yamato watched in shock as Naruto returned and seemed to grab Kyuubi.
"Impossible, you are dead!" Kyuubi roared as he Yamato watched as the Kyuubi started to disappear.
"Oh, but it's very possible. I'm not going to let you terrorize Konoha even if I have to reseal you by force we will both die together" Naruto smirked, throwing the fox's words back at him before the fox disappeared back into the seal. Naruto then turned toward Yamato with what looked like a sad look on his face. "Konoha is now safe...remember my sacrifice" Naruto said as he too started to fade, a piece of paper left in his wake as Naruto and Kyuubi returned to the trees waiting to see how Yamato would react. Yamato stood there for a few minutes before he walked forward and picked up the paper which turned out to be a note with three words on it.
"You were warned" he read out loud in shock before he pocketed the note and took off toward town. "I need to inform Lady Tsunade" he muttered as he sped off through the trees back to the streets of Konoha. "I need to be nicer to Naruto seeing as he sacrificed so much...I'll treat him to ramen when he gets back" Yamato told himself out loud as he walked away to Tsunade's office.
"Woohoo, more free ramen" Naruto secretly celebrated before he turned toward the Kyuubi.
"Now let's go see how Gaara and Shukaku are holding up."
Kyuubi used his demon senses to seek out Shukaku and found him nearby. The two jumped down from the trees and ran into the opposite direction only to stop 10 minutes later at something that made them sweat dropped. Gai was on the ground crying and holding his stomach with an unimpressed Gaara and a howling Shukaku in front of him.
"Maybe it was a bad idea to have Gaara tell Gai" Kyuubi whispered into Naruto's ear as he stood there before he walked over to the redhead, mentally asking him what happened.
'He tried to hug me so I kicked him in the stomach...'
'You know taijutsu?'
'Yes, I learned it after my battle with Lee.'
Gai stood up, anime tears running down his face as he looked at Gaara, who in his mind was Lee.
"Lee, how could you betray me like this, why?" he wailed making others avoid the scene as Gaara sighed, wondering how Naruto lived in Konoha with this guy.
"You're just not 'cool' anymore, besides Kakashi would be a much better teacher, better looking too" Gaara said twitching throughout the whole speech as Gai cried loudly. Naruto exchanged a look with Kyuubi then looked at Shukaku who was still hollering with laughter to the side before looking at Gaara. Naruto did a double take when he realized what Gaara henge to look like he was wearing, a complete outfit of Kakashi down to the protector covering his eye.
"Now I can see why Shukaku is laughing his big belly off, that's hilarious" Kyuubi snickered while Naruto grumbled out an agreement as they started laughing earning a death glare from Gaara which thankfully Gai didn't see.
"My youthful Lee" Gai cried as he tried to hug Gaara but the redhead dodged to the side, the dirt trying to react which Gai mistook for Lee moving at a fast pace.
"I have outgrown you, you're too old for me to follow around anymore" Gaara said as he quickly disappeared, Gai watching in shock silence.
"Me...old, as in...not youthful...it's not true" Gai cried as he looked around for people and saw Shukaku in his human form who finally stopped laughing, shades covering his eyes, as he watched the whole thing. Shukaku walked over to him and asked if he needed assistance by saying, "oji-san need some help." Gai twitched as he jumped up and down screaming, "NO, I'M YOUTHFUL" at the top of his lungs as he ran away to do "something youthful." The group watched with sweat drops as Naruto muttered that they might have gone too far.
"Eh, not really" Kyuubi shrugged until Naruto gave him a look making the biju sigh. "Fine we'll fix it" the kitsune muttered as they chased down Gai who they couldn't catch. "Son of a-Sand brat, trip him up or something" Kyuubi snapped as the retreating nin grew further away. Gaara sighed and used the dirt around to make a hole to trip him, making him fall hard and be knocked out. The group sighed as Shukaku carried the fallen nin on his back to the nearest training grounds and set some food and water beside him. Beside him they left a note saying you were warned before they left, deciding to go find the Akatsuki and see how they're luck was doing. Disappearing they ran over rooftops looking for the duo when they heard a scream far off on the other side of the village.
"Was that Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto said as they made their way to the sound of the scream and found themselves outside the bookstore where they quickly moved out of the way as the door slammed open. They watched from the side as Kakashi's visible eye grew wide as he cried out, "what is this torture" before he ran away toward his apartment. The group ran after him, not letting up for a minute as they watched the copy nin fly through the streets at a breakneck pace until he reached his apartment. They watched from the outside as his stuff when flying all around him room.
"What happened to him?" Gaara asked as Naruto watched in surprise at the speed of his teacher when the Akatsuki partners joined them on top of the roof tops.
"What did you do to him?" Naruto asked looking up at the smirking faces of the duo only to see them look back at Kakashi's window and say they would explain in a minute. Curious, Naruto turned back around and watched as Kakashi threw books out the window. What shocked Naruto was that it was all of Jiraiya's books that had Naruto looking up at the partners who were laughing as they heard the window slam shut. Deidara jumped down onto the ground and began to seal the books away while the group looked up at Itachi and asked what kind of prank they pulled on Kakashi.
"Remember how you told us his fear was that something would happen to his books, well we did something to his books"
Itachi chuckled when he noticed the still confused looks on Naruto's face.
"We activated the jutsu so that every time Kakashi reads one of his books in public he thinks he is reading a yaoi pairing of Gai and himself."
The results was instant as Gaara's eye twitched, the biju looked a mixture between horror and laughter, and Naruto was rubbing his head saying the mental images.
"That's wrong...funny but wrong" Kyuubi said as Deidara returned after having sealed all the books.
"Think it's time to end this, un?" Deidara asked and the others nodded before they released the jutsu. Itachi then summoned a crow in which he gave a piece of paper that flew over to the window, tapping until Kakashi opened up, while they jumped down to a nearby cafe for lunch. As soon as they stepped outside, chewing on onigirl, they heard a roar of anger as the crow flew out, shedding feathers and cawing angrily as it swiftly dodged the kunai thrown at it. The crow flew down to Itachi in which he fed it some onigirl before detaching the hidden camera attached to it.
"We got our video, what about the rest of you, un?" Deidara asked until he saw them raise up their cameras with smirks on their faces. They heard slamming sounds as Kakashi, an aura of anger around him, made his way to the Hokage's office in which they decided to follow and watch how Tsunade reacted. The group smiled when they saw Yamato and Gai meet him at the gate, both with a look of fear and relief on their faces. They noticed the aura around Kakashi and asked him what happened.
"We're going to talk to Tsunade NOW!" Kakashi said as he stormed up the stairs to the Hokage's office with Yamato and Gai right behind him. The 4 shinobi rolled their eyes and teleported right inside Tsunade's room at the same time her door slammed open, making her jump up in surprise.
"What is the meaning of this?" she yelled as Jiraiya looked at them, asking what was wrong. The two Sennin listened to their statements and argument before she quieted them down before cursing. "I going to find some kind of way to deal with these pranks and get to the bottom of this" she yelled as she pounded her fist against the desk. The trio grew quiet and looked at the busty woman before they voiced their concern.
"I think you should stay inside tomorrow Hokage-sama."
With a raise brow, she asked why and they explained what happened when meeting with the clones of Itachi and Deidara which made Jiraiya and Tsunade pale before mentally cursing some more. Tsunade then told them to round of the teams and tell them to stay inside all tomorrow for their safety.
"What about you Hokage-sama?"
"I don't believe there really is a pranking deity."
Naruto just raised a blonde brow before he looked at Gaara who sighed and held his hand out for the collar Itachi was handing him.
'You're lucky I secretly enjoy this' Gaara said mentally as he placed the collar around his neck before he started talking.
"Why I'm hurt Tsunade, after all I did and you still don't believe I'm real? Well then, I will show you personally how real I'm am when I make you suffer from my power tomorrow" Gaara said as he and the rest slowly made their way toward the window as not to have their location pinpointed by his voice. All the adults in the room started looking around as the group carefully made their way out of the window before Gaara started laughing at the way they looked around.
"You should have listened Hokage now you and the rest will suffer when the moon fades in with the sky."
"Who are you?" Tsunade said looking around for the source of the voice. Shukaku quickly told Gaara what to say next.
"Oh where are my manners? I am Itazura, deity of pranks and venganence at your service. Now what you did was unacceptable for you didn't heed my warning and still have the nerve to blame my heir for pranks while he is away. I will teach you all for tomorrow the finale will take place and you will remember who you are dealing with! Good luck" the voice seemed to say as it disappeared. Outside the window the others were liking the reactions of the Sennin. Jiraiya looked scared and Tsunade had an uneasy look as she turned back to the jonin.
"Tell all the teams to prepare for tomorrow since it seems were going up against none of has faced before."
Kakashi, Gai, and Yamato nodded before they disappeared in a poof of smoke while Jiraiya looked at Tsunade.
"What do you think will have to us?"
"...I don't know but we will also have to be prepared."
Tsunade sighed as she looked out the window at Konoha.
"This has the be the worse mistake we ever made in pranking Naruto, I hope whoever is pranking us have mercy on us."
The boys grinned at her secret confession as they got ready to go. Naruto said to give him thirty seconds as he started to absorb wind chakra from around him and said softly as if the wind "Naruto". This made both Sennin jump up and run to the window to see nothing there because the group had disappeared back to Suna.
*Suna, Gaara's office*
Naruto and Gaara appeared in the office instantly laughing and calling out the girls and Konohamaru.
"Hey Hinata, Temari, Konohamaru guess what-"
Naruto never finished that sentence for in front of him was none other than Kankuro who turned at his loud outburst.
"...kuso" Naruto muttered as he noticed the hard look Kankuro was giving him and the small sad smile on the trio's faces as they looked from behind him.
"Where the hell did you two come from? Gaara what is going on around here and tell me the truth" Kankuro growled as Naruto quickly looked around and was happy that Itachi and Deidara weren't insight.
'They must have gone back to the Mansion' Naruto thought happily until he remembered Kankuro and looked at Gaara who looked at Temari who shrugged. The redhead sighed and placed a silencing jutsu on the room before he and the rest started to tell Kankuro the truth about the prank...well almost all the truth. They thought it would be best if they left out the part on the biju and the Akatsuki helping. Kankuro was stooped when he learned what his siblings were doing behind his back and even needed proof before he believed them.
"I can't believe..." Kankuro said as Temari and Gaara waited for their brother to go into a rampage about pulling pranks on a allied nation. "I can't believe...you guys pulled pranks without me" Kankuro said agitated making everybody fall in shock except Gaara who just shook his head at his brother.
"What...you're not mad Kankuro?"
"No, I'm mad, I'm mad that you didn't invite me...I would've enjoyed pulling pranks" the middle Sand nin whined as everybody smiled at him. They apologized and to make up for it they taught him some of the pranks from the scrolls. "Heh, so that explains all the disappearances and piled up paperwork" Kankuro stated after they got through teaching him some of the prank styles.
"So what are you guys going to do next"
"Tomorrow is the last day of Naruto's stay here and that is when we prank the Sennin."
Kankuro nodded his head but frowned and asked how they were going to do that as the scrolls started to glow.
"...that's how" Gaara said as they opened up the scrolls and looked up the 2nd to last jutsu which Kankuro read out loud.
"Prank Style: Eye for an Eye, Prank for a Prank...what's that supposed to mean?" Kankuro asked as he looked at the group. Gaara and Naruto closed their eyes as if thinking about it when in actuality the biju was explaining the prank in their heads. The Akatsuki had reappeared in the room, invisible of course, when the scrolls started glowing and waited for the duo to explain it. When they saw the smirk on Naruto's face, they knew the Sennin were in for big prank.
"Well if they pranked the thing I love, then it's only fair if we prank the thing they love, right?" Kankuro started laughing as he noticed fox grin on Naruto's face.
"You truly are a prankster" he said as he told Gaara to have fun and that he would clear his schedule tomorrow. "Man, I just wish you got some of those pranks of video for me."
Kankuro's words reminded the group that they did in fact catch that day's prank on video and went to go watch it, laughing at it until the dead of the night. After the laugh fest, they turned in for the night dreaming about the final day (and chapter) of their epic adventure.
"Tomorrow they will all suffer by the hands of the prank deities...Gaara, Temari, Itachi, Deidara, Konohamaru, Kyuubi, Shukaku, Hinata, and me, Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto muttered before he fell into a deep sleep dreaming of ramen and satisfied revenge.
