Naruto's Revenge

by Opa-sensei

This is a lemon fic. Naruto is betrayed by his friends and left with two broken legs on the floors of Konoha high. Several years of later a 25 year old reinvented Naruto meets once again with his old friends. He has one thing on his mind. Revenge.

4. Attempted

Hey sorry for the delay. I was asleep.

Here's a chapter. (Also special character introduction).

Attempted

Naruto got out of his car and peered around his house, feeling something was amiss. The glanced around the compound for a few minutes, hoping to confirm if something was actually out of place and soon decided it was just his imagination. It had been just two days since Thanksgiving Day at Choji's house. Two days since his second successful 'conquest' and now Karui could be considered part of his fold. Naruto had been busy for those two days and didn't even get to go home due to how much work he had on his hands. Thankfully Karin would handle the rest now and he would finally have some time to lay his head down on a real bed. Naruto was only thinking about his bed when he got into his house but was then shocked by the sight of someone sitting in his living room with a mug in her hand.

"Samui... What the hell are you doing here?." Naruto asked in surprise.

Samui was not only inside his house but was also dressed in his robes and had his favorite fox themed mug in her hand, obviously drinking his coffee. This was one of the highest levels of intrusion of privacy and only if Naruto knew that was just the tip of the iceberg compared to what Samui had done in his place. "Aren't couples supposed to share stuff?. Why can't I be in your house?." Samui asked in an indifferent tone but Naruto knew she was finding his reaction amusing.

"How did you even get in?!." Naruto said, quickly checking the locks to see if they were broken and then ran to his computer to see if the security system was still online. To his surprise it was and there was no trace of a break-in. Either Samui broke in without setting off an alarm or cleared the break-in history (which was impossible) or was...

"Welcome home Naruto-sama!."

Naruto face palmed as he heard the voice. He should've known she had something to do with this. Naruto turned to the direction the voice came from, which was the staircase, and as expected found Karin dressed in his pajamas with his second favorite mug in her hands. A toad themed one. Aside from him only one other person had keys to his place and that person was none other than his cousin and assistant, Uzumaki Karin. But that didn't mean she had complete access to the place. "The security system here is very dangerous. If you had made just one error with the passcode an squad would've come by and annihilated you with extreme prejudice." Naruto said, not looking at all amused at how his house was intruded by Karin, Samui and most likely Tayuya. He was caught in a dilemma as he wanted to change his password now but also feared this would be repeated and Karin may not be so lucky on the second try.

"You worry too much dear cousin." Karin said with a smile. "Also this is for a good cause!. Come come, the others are waiting." Karin said, beckoning him up the stairs.

"Others?." Naruto repeated in confusion. "What others?."

Samui stood up and walked to Naruto's side and cupped her hand to her mouth to whisper into his ear. "I wanna suck your cock." Samui said in a very sensual tone. Naruto almost jumped in excitement from the provocative words but before he could even turn to the woman she was walking up the stairs with swayed hips.

Naruto didn't know whether to frown or chuckle because he was feeling two very contrasting emotions at the same time. The blonde just sighed and followed Samui up the stairs, unable to take his eyes off her big ass which were left almost visible with the thin robe covering it. He could clearly see the outline of the sexy panties she wore, that barely held on to the enormous mounds of creamy white flesh. 'Goddamned cock tease.' Naruto followed Samui and Karin to his room, feeling a bit weird that someone was leading around his own house. When he got into the room he found an even more surprising sight of Hinata, Tayuya and Karui sitting on his bed, going through an old photo album he didn't remember telling anybody about nor its location. They were all dressed in one piece of his clothing or another. Hinata had one of his T-shirts on and it was couple sizes too small for her in the chest department, making her look very erotic with his boxers on as well. Karui wasn't dressed sexily like Samui or Hinata a just wore his spare pajamas with the toad themed hat, making her look very cute with her long red hair messily sticking out of it. Finally Tayuya was dressed in one of his buttoned shirts that was left open to show her relatively large bra clad bust. She wore hot pants that showed off her curvy waist and plump ass. All in all Naruto felt like he'd just walked into a pervert's dreamland and was a little afraid of the 'catch'. All good things always came with a catch, that was his experience. He'd literally become Senju Tsunade's nephew only after agreeing to something else.

"Oh, Naruto-kun is back!." Hinata said with a happy squeal and hopped into the blonde's hands immediately. Naruto was caught off guard but still managed to catch her. Hinata had not spent time with him for over two months so she was naturally very happy to be close to him without having to hide her true relationship with him.

"Welcome Naruto-sama."

"Hey Naruto..."

Naruto heard Tayuya and Karui speak though the latter sounded slightly unsure about what to call him after she completed the act of cheating on her husband days ago. It's not like these things came with a memo. Naruto knew Karui normally called him 'daddy', but that was when she was horny or they were alone. Karui didn't have the brazenness of Karin or Tayuya to say her mind in normal situations, or the complete indifference of Samui to say her mind regardless of the situation. Even compared to Hinata, when it came to their affairs with Naruto and body Karui was by far more shy. While it didn't seem so on the outside since Hinata appeared to be very meek while Karui was almost the direct opposite and a very confident woman, Hinata had an advantage over her in the fact that she easily accepted her feelings for Naruto. This wasn't much of a problem for the Hyūga because in a way Naruto was her first real male partner and they'd spent a far longer time getting used to this new odd relationship than Karui who'd only made it official two days ago. Karui may have been very confident in regards to sex, but this was because she didn't see it as the intimate act it was and simply as an act of human nature. Her first experiences with sex didn't help and set the tone for her expectations. While she still understood sex wasn't as simple as she thought she never thought much on the topic and felt it was unimportant since she had already achieved the ultimate reward of sex, which was having a baby. Her crossing paths with Naruto had radically changed her perception of sex and forced her to dwell on matters on how good it could be until she developed an obsession for sex or more specifically, sex with Naruto. She finally had the ultimate experience two days ago and really had no idea how to act around the man who had made her feel like a woman, at least on the bed. In a sense Naruto made a woman out of Karui with his actions. Yes, she was biologically female and yes, she was a mother but she never felt feminine even when she had a child to show for it. She never understood why many women did what they did and normally had a somewhat mannish outlook of things most times. It was until she was suppressed by Naruto, then spanked like a child and made to cum over his big dick that she began to realize she was fundamentally different from men in the sense that in that regard she was no match for them. Her thoughts were solidified when Naruto absolutely pounded her in front of her half sister and her girlfriend with his dick. She was able to see the difference between a man and a woman from their reactions to having sex with each other and finally accepted that she was not at all different from all those moaning women she saw online.

"No offense to you ladies but... What the hell are you doing in my house?." Naruto asked and saw Hinata face fault. It was a really amusing sight but he wasn't laughing.

"We wanted to hangout." Karin said with a giggle and jumped on the bed, lightly knocking Tayuya and earning a curse. "We had a girl's night out. I came right here after you left to go do stuff last night. Well, only I, Samui and Tayuya did. Hinata and Karui showed up this morning."

Naruto wanted to ask why they all had his clothes on then, but knew Hinata and of course she would act like a child and dress the same way as the women who slept over. Karui must've been pulled into this madness by her as well. "So you lied that you were going to work all night and came here?. And you let people in without asking me?!." Naruto said in slight annoyance.

Karin saw the anger rising in his eyes and started feeling nervous. "Oh please calm down. She just wanted to surprise you with all your 'women'. Knowing the pervert you are your probably love this and want nothing more than to jump us right now." Samui said from her seat. She was enjoying her coffee by Naruto's desk, rudely going through his files.

"Do any of your understand what privacy means?!." Naruto said in annoyance and quickly snatched his photo album from Tayuya's hands and switched his desktop computer off.

"I just wanted to see you..." Karui squeaked out, feeling like she was the biggest intruder of them all.

"I'm Naruto-sama's servant now so it's normal that I stay around him." Tayuya defended herself.

"I thought we were in a relationship now Naruto-kun." Hinata said.

"Yeah you bastard. Is this how you treat your girlfriends?." Samui asked.

Naruto sneered at Samui and then glared at Karin. "This is your fault!." he said pointing at the red haired woman. "How many times have I told you I'm under serious surveillance now?. I explicitly told you not to bring anyone over until I said so!." He yelled, making Karin shake in freight. He turned to Hinata. "I told you two months ago that you couldn't drop by whenever anymore!." Hinata bowed her head in shame. Naruto then turned to Samui. "What kinda fucking rookie shit is this?. You know better. I'm being watched by my aunt and possibly your fucking father and you came here?!."

Samui finally had a reaction and it was one of nervousness. "My father actually told me to come here." she said.

"What?."

"He found out about my and Tayuya's meeting with you and gave me a mission. He said I should try to make you fall in love with me by all means." Samui said.

Naruto actually smirked briefly. "Heh. At least some things are going according to plan." He said then frowned again. "That doesn't change the fact that you fucked up." Naruto said.

"I thought your aunt knew about everything." Samui said with a wry smile.

"She doesn't." Naruto deadpanned. "And she knows that she doesn't." He said, pointing at Karin who he was surprised to find now crying.

"I forgot... I'm sorry whuhu..." The red eyed woman sobbed.

Naruto's expression quickly turned from anger to concern and sadness. He quickly ran to Karin's side and grasped her hands tenderly. "I-I didn't mean to yell. Don't cry, I'm not upset at you!." Naruto consoled.

"But I-I-I messed up..." Karin choked out.

"It's fine!. We all make mistakes Karin, it's fine."

"Are-Are you sure?."

"Yes. I'm not mad anymore so please don't cry anymore."

"O...Okay."

Karin heard Naruto sigh in relief as he hugged her tightly. The red eyed woman returned the hug and sighed in relief. That was close. Her carelessness may have truly costed them this time. But at the very least she wouldn't have to suffer much of Naruto's wrath should that happen. All these other women would probably just get a little tongue lashing while she could potentially suffer a huge pay cut!. She could never let that happen while she was still breathing!. Over her dead body. Karui grinned in happiness as she hugged Naruto tighter. Just a little waterworks could melt even the toughest man's heart and her boss was an absolute softy once he saw a woman in tears. Well, when he wasn't fucking said woman stupid cuz then tears from a pleasure override would just mean go harder.

Samui, Hinata, Tayuya and Karui saw Karin's smiling face and had one thought on their minds. 'Shameless bitch.' They looked down on Karin for her actions but secretly planned to use this technique to 'disarm' Naruto when they made him go into a rage. Though they wouldn't be using such measures in front of company without shame like Karin.

After Naruto managed to 'calm Karin down' he gathered all the women in the living room. Even though he'd gotten over his annoyance, some words needed to be said and explanations needed to be given. Karin, Samui and Tayuya sat on the sofa while Karui took the bean bag chair and Hinata sat on the floor next to Naruto, leaning on his leg. It was clear Hinata was the most dependent on the blonde's affection than any of them. In Samui and Karui's eyes she looked like a pet while Tayuya and Karin were jealous she got the spot before them. That was their master, not hers!.

"Okay. One by one, explain what brought you over, even though you knew it wasn't safe to. Hinata-chan you go first." Naruto said, patting her in the head, making the woman smile with a mild blush. Karin and Tayuya glared at her in contempt.

"Well..." Hinata thought about her reason and couldn't help but blush. "W-w-we haven't done– I mean I haven't seen you much in months, and you weren't picking your phone so I was worried you'd left." Hinata said.

"So basically you came over for some dick." Samui said flatly. Hinata turned redder and sputtered and quickly hid her face into Naruto's leg.

"Well since you know so much about reasons, what's yours Samui?." Naruto said, not adding the 'chan' honorific since he knew Samui didn't care for it.

"I came for your dick." Samui said bluntly.

Naruto blushed lightly. She was perhaps the only other person that could make him feel flustered. "Be serious." Naruto said.

"I am being serious." Samui insisted. "Didn't I tell you?. I want to suck your cock. That's the secondary reason for coming here. The main one, I already told you. My father wants me to make you fall in love with me." Samui said. "I figured, how better to do convince him I'm doing that than to live with you?."

Naruto gave her a dry stare. "Won't he find it curious that you got to move in with me so fast?."

"As far as he knows, I'm still in a hotel. While I am incapable of escaping my father that doesn't mean I can't avoid him for some time. I don't plan on letting him know I'm staying with you until a month or so." Samui explained. "Tayuya has the same reason, though for the cock sucking part you'll have to ask if she's interested." Samui said with a shrug.

"You're really horny, huh?." Karin said with a smirk.

"You have no idea. You don't know how long I've waited to see this dick again." Samui said, her eyes glued on Naruto's groin area. The blonde had to protectively cover himself when her stare got too intense.

"Let's stick the point of this gathering Samui." Naruto said, eyeing the blonde woman warily as she looked like she was about to jump him. Samui looked like she was about to say something coy, but Naruto smartly interrupted her before she could. "So since we know why Hinata-chan, Samui and Tayuya-chan are here then that leaves Karui and Karin. What's your excuse?." Naruto asked.

"Well, Samui gave me a call–"

"When did you guys exchange numbers?." Naruto asked in surprise.

Karin smirked. "That's a secret. Anyway, Samui gave me a call telling me about Yastura Aimui's plans right after you left, since she couldn't contact you. Since she already planned on moving in, I offered to get her in." Karin explained. Naruto nodded. He thought as much. In other words this whole arrangement was orchestrated by Samui and Karin.

"Hinata brought me along." Karui blurted out when Naruto turned his stare to her.

The blonde looked down at Hinata who was already hiding her face from him. Naruto sweatdropped. He turned back to the other women in the room. "While I'm happy to see you guys, coming now wasn't the smart thing to do. Though I take part responsibility since I didn't properly inform you guys on the situation. I'd like to change that, but before I do... Karui." Naruto said, staring at the dark skinned woman intensely, making a little nervous.

"Yes?." Karui managed to keep her voice straight.

"You must've already heard about my story from Hinata-chan, so I'm sure you already know this is a lot deeper than a simple case of adultery and perversion. You should understand my situation with your husband Choji and what I plan on doing to him and I know while you don't love him you're definitely not the disloyal type. So I have to ask... What's your opinion on all this and where do you stand?."

Karui expected such a question before agreeing to Hinata's offer to bring her to see Naruto's 'lair', however when she was directly asked this question she found herself feeling incredibly nervous. Truth be told this was something she'd already asked herself before, and just like Naruto said, she didn't love Choji. On the other hand she was still not the disloyal type so she found herself in a bit of a dilemma. She wouldn't claim to love Naruto now and could admit her feelings for him were stemmed from the solely physical relationship they shared. With that thinking she naturally should not involve herself in the private matters of Uzumaki Naruto. However, in such a strange situation, Karui really didn't have a choice. The main reason Naruto approached her was so she could assist him in this endeavor and whether she liked it or not she was already completely involved. It was especially because her feelings for Naruto were only a physical attraction that she felt it wrong to side against Choji –her husband– for him. But another complication arose from the information she got from Hinata and while she was still heavily skeptical that someone as harmless as Choji would commit such a nefarious act, Karui had to think logically and put aside her bias towards her husband and accept that even if Choji wasn't as despicable to personally do something like that, he was spineless enough to stand back and watch it happen. Perhaps this was the disadvantage of being as gentle and introverted as Choji was. And this was why Karui actually thought twice about who she should side with between her husband and his vengeful friend. Her thinking was; if Choji could sit back and let the attempted murder of a close friend happen would he even stand up for her if she was the one being plotted against?. Her mind drifted back back to the time when Kiba was body shaming her and how the rotund man said nothing to defend her or stop him. While it was harsh to draw a conclusion based on that time alone, what was even harsher was the reality of her husband's incapability to stand up to her father, Yastura Aimui. Her father, as much as she wanted to deny it put 'the family' ahead of his family. One day if she stood in the way of his ambitions, she feared for what he would likely choose to do. She wouldn't be a trusting idiot and ignore the ruthlessness of that man. That mistake was already made by her mother. She wouldn't be the same. Considering everything, including her father, her untrustworthiness towards Naruto and Choji's spinelessness, Karui finally came to a decision. The ebony woman took a deep breath to calm herself before evening her gaze at Naruto.

"I've already considered this before I came her. And really... I'll be blunt. I can't trust you. I let myself get sucked into this because Samui did and I'm sure she wouldn't gamble her well-being on somebody who's incapable of protecting her from..." Karui trailed off but everyone in the room already knew who it was she was referring to. The red haired woman sighed. "To be honest I feel like I'm at a disadvantage. Everybody here has some sort of connection to you that allows them to just trust you. For Hinata it's her feelings, for Samui it's her history with you, Karin is your cousin and Tayuya is a distant relative. In my case I really don't have any way to assure myself that choosing to side with you is the right thing to do for me. Also I have a daughter... No matter what Choji did, he's the father of my child. I can't just sit back and watch as you destroy him." Karui said, a light of determination glowing in her eyes. "If I just standby and watch you deal with Choji I'd be no different from the him that betrayed you all those years ago!." Karui said causing Naruto's eyes to widen in shock.

The words of Karui caused Naruto to fall into a daze as he was forced to reconsider the the rightfulness of his actions. He wasn't a saint by any stretch and if it was a couple months ago he wouldn't really care to consider things as he did now. He could blame Hinata for this new development and his new line of thinking. His relationship with Hinata forced him to realize that in his endeavor to get back at his ex friends he would have to sacrifice the happiness of their wives and the peace of their homes. This had briefly dawned on him, however, because of the uniqueness of his relationship with Hinata he didn't ponder much on this. Hinata could be said to be the dream wife of most men. Naruto found himself quickly developing feelings for her which was why in a situation where his plans were in danger of going up in smoke he was more worried about losing her. Consequentially Kiba's ill treatment of the Hyūga coupled with her clan's betrayal and the mutual feelings she and Naruto had for each other, the blonde's goals didn't clash with her interests and actually fell in line with them. But for Karui's case it was different. While her father was just as despicable as the Hyūga clan, her husband truly didn't treat her unfairly enough for her to just turn a blind eye to his imminent ruin. Also this would greatly affect their child. Naruto was now in the initially anticipated situation in where the wife of his target would be unwilling to sacrifice her husband for his goals to be accomplished. And to his greatest shame he had no idea what to do. The initial plan was to force/blackmail the wives into doing his bidding. That seemed very unrealistic now, not just because he was unwilling to do something so vile but because Hinata's beautiful personality had shook some of his vengeful determination out and made him see these women for who they truly were and not just as the wives of his enemies alone. Just as Karui was unwilling to sacrifice her principles and husband for Naruto's plan to succeed, Naruto was equally unwilling to sacrifice Karui and Chocho for his plan to come to fruition.

They were at an impasse.

The road of revenge is a one way one. And once you step on it you can only go forward. There were no other roads, there was no going backwards. Once on the road of revenge you could only proceed. However, Naruto was unwilling. Hinata, Samui and the others silently watched as Naruto adopted a thinking pose. This was perhaps the biggest test to Naruto's conviction. While he was determined to get his revenge, he was still not heartless enough to sacrifice the welfare of others to get what he wanted. That was something Karin had already highlighted. The difference between people like his aunt and Yastura Aimui and people like Uzumaki Naruto. After a few minutes Naruto rose to his feet and walked to his transparent door gazing into his compound with a calm expression on his face.

Don't lose your cool.

Naruto reminded himself. He was considering far too many variables. He wasn't Buddha. Regardless of anything his actions would naturally hurt somebody along the line. What about the innocent people on his enemies' payroll?. Wouldn't they lose their source of income when he ruins his ex friends?. Would Naruto have to consider every variable on this path to revenge?. If that was the case he might as well call it quits. But that was impossible. He came all this way, molded himself both physically and mentally for this mission. He couldn't stop halfway even if it killed him. The memory of them looking down on his almost crippled form as he slowly lost consciousness flashed in his mind and Naruto felt his rage and determination spike up again. No matter what. They had to pay. Naruto clenched his fists.

"They must pay." Naruto said in cold voice. Karui felt a cold sensation run down her back as Naruto turned back to gaze at her. He had the expression of a condemned man that wanted nothing more than to drag the living to hell with him. This was an expression Naruto hadn't made since he reinvented himself. He hadn't let it surface no matter what, however this time he did. He wanted Karui and the rest to see how serious he was in this. What the actions of those four had turned him into. This was his obsession. If they didn't pay he wouldn't be Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto understood that for Hinata's case he was willing to put his vengeance aside, however he would never truly let it go. Never. The years he endured stuck in a wheelchair, as nothing but a homeless man when he left home, the suffering he had to go through... Those experiences were carved deep into his bones. How could he forget?!. Naruto fixed his expression when he saw it was unnerving Karui a great deal and assumed a calm one. It was as though the terrifying expression he wore was never there in the first place. Karui now realized why Naruto was able to keep up with her stepsister. They but had terrifying countenances. Perfect poker faces.

"I understand where you're coming from and personally I also have no wish to see you nor Chocho suffer. However... I spent over eight years of my life preparing myself for this. I can't so easily give up because of a single lady and her child, sorry." Naruto said, somewhat coldly. This made even Hinata stare at him with a strange expression. How deep exactly was Naruto's hatred for those four?. Perhaps they all had underestimated it. And in turn they underestimated Naruto himself, because, if he truly despised them so deeply and was still able to smile and crack jokes in their presence then Uzumaki Naruto wasn't as simple as they thought. "It's the same way you're unable to give Choji up for a single man and his revenge." Naruto said and the woman had to admit he was right. While logic would place the well-being of an innocent child above the vengeance of a wronged man, was it really the logically path that humans chose to tread?. If we considered the well-being of everything and everyone we come across then we would all be shackled by our 'humanity', unable to do anything that displeases the other man.

"So... What are you gonna do?." Karui asked. With her personality she didn't expect Naruto to do things with her well-being in mind. It was already good that he considered her and her daughter, he wasn't obligated to do right by them. He really owed them nothing. Still, a small part of her couldn't help but be disappointed and she didn't know why exactly. Karui quickly suppressed this feeling.

Naruto smiled. It was that captivating smile that rocked the the state of Karui's heart. And just like that the terrifying expression he had moments ago melted out of memory. "In the long run... I have no idea." Naruto said straightforwardly causing Karui to facefault and the rest to sweatdrop. This guy...

"What about presently?." Samui asked.

"I was getting to that." Naruto rolled his eyes. Of course Samui would decipher the other meaning to his words. He turned to Karui. "Right now I suggest we both do what we think is best. Truthfully in my opinion Choji's a piece of crap more so if he didn't agree with what was done to me and still reaped the benefits of sacrificing me. Those kind of people are the worst. I honestly prefer a devil who does evil shit with no conscience like Sai to a hypocrite who acts like he's all sunshine and rainbows when he can willingly watch his friend get pushed down to his possible death and then benefit from it." Naruto said and Karui couldn't argue with him. He was right. "For now my plans are still at the early stages, so I suggest we leave this topic for another day. I don't need you to actively act against Choji and for now I won't make a move on him. The waters are deeper than I thought so I can't afford to make silly moves. When the time to 'handle' Choji comes, then, we can discuss how things should be done." Naruto said.

Karui pondered on his words before nodding. Putting herself in Naruto's shoes, she'd want revenge too. And since the Uzumaki male was willing to temporarily push aside his vengeance because of her, she'd be willing to take a step back as well. Also there was a small part of Karui that was relieved for the delay, which meant she could enjoy more rounds of sex with the blonde, though she wouldn't admit it. "Okay, let's do that." Karui agreed.

Naruto nodded then headed back to his seat. "Okay, since I've gotten all your 'reasons' for doing something so careless." Naruto said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "I share some news with you guys. The reason Karin doesn't know is cuz I just found out this morning." Naruto said, causing Karin to raise an eyebrow in curiosity. Something else came up?.

"What is it?." Hinata asked, feeling a little nervous seeing the stone serious expression on Naruto's face.

"Firstly I'll share what I and Karin found out yesterday." Naruto said, sharing a glance with Karin before continuing. "We all know everything started from the gala hosted by the renowned artist Rasa, however it has always been a mystery to us specifically why I was targeted. Initially I thought it had something to do with my connection to my aunt... Turns out that wasn't it." Naruto sighed. "It's all confusing right now since my aunt hasn't been clear with me about many things. To be specific, my biological parents. I never really asked before, and I guess that wasn't a smart decision in hindsight. Hinata and Karin probably already told you all about the connection between Yastura Aimui and my biological parents. I was conceived in a hospital belonging to that man. That's certainly not a coincidence since the people who tried to kill me have a direct connection to him. But, it was still unclear why the Hyūga and possibly Rasa would be involved. Turns out my old man was once in a partnership with all of them but fell out with them after some time. I'm not sure what exactly caused the falling out, so I consulted my personal investigator for her expertise. According to her it's highly likely it's political, since a year before my dad true death date Yastura Aimui's party lost a very important election to a political party that was vastly inferior to them. This party was created by my aunt and since my dad was married to her junior sister you can guess the implications." Naruto said.

The women listened attentively, their expressions alternating with each revelation. Karui was the most surprised since almost everything said was news to her. She found she had grossly underestimated how complex the situation she found herself in was. She felt a bit of fear creeping into her heart. This wasn't a simple case of betrayal, a possible murder was involved. Naruto seemed more concerned about the direct grudge he had with those four, however that was only for now. He obviously knew little about his father and if with time he found out more implicating information on her father regarding his, it wouldn't just be a simple grudge between old friends anymore. When Naruto said the waters are deeper than he thought he was damn right. He definitely couldn't make any moves on those four directly, not yet. He first needed to find out exactly who they had behind them and the motives they had for taking action against him.

"It doesn't explain why they would come after you. I know my father is a bastard, but he isn't so petty to take out the anger of a loss on a child." Samui said, putting Karui's thoughts in words. While they had confirmed that there was a strong link between Naruto and Yastura Aimui and his partners, they were still at a loss on the reason why they acted out against Naruto.

"Maybe it wasn't about Naruto-kun?." Hinata suggested. "Maybe that evil deed of theirs was just a task they needed to complete before being initiated into the fold?." Hinata said and blushed when she saw everybody in the room shooting dry looks at her. Okay, it sounded ridiculous but was it really impossible?.

"Ignoring the direct connection between all parties involved it's still unlikely that that's the case. You watch way too many mafia movies Hinata." Karin said with a giggle. Hinata frowned. Why was Karin going at her film preferences now?.

"That's not even how a proper mafia family operates." Karui spoke. "If my dad was gonna give 'em a task to prove their worth, the target of their mission wouldn't be somebody random. And targeting Naruto just cuz he's the kid of an old enemy?. That's impossible. My father believe it or not doesn't act as impulsively as you think. Also Tsunade Senju had a connection to Naruto that he knew about. If he was willing to form a death grudge with her he would do it over something beneficial. And no offense Naruto, killing a rookie soccer player doesn't do much for the family." Karui explained.

"None taken." Naruto shrugged.

Hinata bowed her head in comical shame. But in truth she a little disappointed in herself. Compared to everybody else here she really had one of the worst understanding of how organised crime worked. While her clan was involved in this as well she really had no clue about the darker side of the Hyūga clan that they didn't show. All she knew was that they ostracized her terribly due her personality and because of the death her mother, her father's heart turned so cold that he stood by and watched it happen.

"It's just like Karui said. Those fuck faces must've tried to do something to master for a reason we don't know yet." Tayuya said cursing for no reason other than the fact that she could.

"Perhaps the reason is there, it's just that we haven't entertained the idea." Samui said. Her legs were crossed so Naruto could see just how thick her thighs were from the revealing robes she wore. Samui smirked when she noticed Naruto's gaze on her wasn't directed at her face. "Want to 'entertain' this idea?." Samui teased. Naruto gulped and quickly fixed his expression knowing he would've made a hungry dog-like one if he caught himself a second later.

"No horny." Karin said smacking Samui's knee.

Samui rolled her eyes. She came her with horny intentions right from the beginning. Yes horny. "Anyways. We keep looking at the connection between Yastura Aimui, the Hyūga and Minato Namikaze. While that's fine and good we should also pay attention to the connection between Minato and Senju Tsunade."

"They're in-laws, what else is there to know?." Karui said.

"Really Karui?. You think Minato would go against a joint partnership with various powerful men to benefit Tsunade Senju simply because they're in-laws?." Samui deadpanned.

"Okay... you make a fair point." Karui said looking embarrassed. She noticed Hinata smirking smugly at her and rolled her eyes. Petty woman.

"The connection might not be as simple as we think." Samui reaffirmed.

"Maybe they were shagging?." Karin suggested.

Naruto's expression instantly turned gloomy. "No." he said with such powerful conviction he sounded like he a priest casting out an evil spirit.

"It's possible." Samui said with a small smirk. "Maybe Tsunade had the hots for you despite you being her nephew because of your resemblance to your father?." Samui said.

Naruto's frown got even deeper. "No." he said again with authority in his voice. The no was a simple two letter word but it meant so many things when he said it. The most obvious was a dare to the ladies to see if they had the courage to spew nonsense like that again. His father was secretly sleeping with his aunt and he betrayed his partners because of her?. Not a chance. He never knew his father but he knew he wasn't that stupid. And if he was at one time working with the likes of Yastura Aimui, then he definitely wasn't a simple person. No doubt he would be equally as scheming and dangerous as his aunt or Yastura Aimui. Why would he throw his life away to help somebody on the opposing team?. Sex definitely wasn't the reason. And his aunt also hated his father's guts. This wasn't the hate of a woman who had her heart broken or something, so Naruto didn't even entertain the idea of a love triangle between his parents and aunt. Tsunade's prejudice was almost like racism. It was like she hated her father simple for the fact that he existed. It really wasn't about what he did. Naruto could tell. It was just him. She just hated him because he existed. Naruto didn't have evidence nor confirmation from his aunt on this but he was certain. There were just some things you could guess.

"Typical of a man." Samui said with a thin smile. It was expected that even if Naruto didn't love his aunt romantically he was still very possessive about her. Saying that somebody he considered his woman was only with him cuz he looked like his dad was equivalence to kicking him in the balls. After all, no man aspired to be beneath his father. "Anyways maybe there's more to it in regards to your mother." Samui said, returning back to the initial conversation. She would tease Naruto from time to time, but she understood even though he didn't have a short temper, he had one.

"We'll look more into that." Naruto said.

Samui's smile disappeared. As expected he didn't find that joke of theirs very funny. While he wasn't boiling in rage, he was irritated. Samui glanced at Karin, trying to tell her to apologize with her eyes. Karin pretended not to see her. She was already walking on thin ice after the first stunt today and she had offended the blonde Uzumaki yet again. She really just wanted to shut up for at least the day. Also why did she have to be the one to apologize?. Samui said stuff too!. Samui guessed what Karin was thinking and snorted lightly. Like hell she'd apologize first. "What was the other thing you had to tell us about, babe?." Samui asked, ignoring Tayuya and Karui's dry stares. She wouldn't apologize, but a little glib tongued words to prove her goodwill wouldn't hurt.

The babe in question understood what Samui was trying to do but still couldn't help but smile. And just like that she got him. His defenses really sucked. His smile slowly faded as a serious expression appeared.

"My aunt is coming over."

Of all things they expected to hear. That was the last of them.

Senju Tsunade was finally going to make an appearance!

---

Shikamaru dabbed a half smoked cigarette on an ash tray as he glanced at the cricket game showing on his favorite sports channel with disinterest clear in his eyes. He sighed and took another cigarette out of his less than half empty box and lit it. He inhaled the soothing air of tobacco and sighed in slight content. There was just something about the first draw of a cigarette. Especially for a chain smoker like him. Perhaps that sensation was similar to every other positive action when it was carried out for the first time. It always felt great the first time... But over time it became stale and frankly exhausting to continue and at that point continuation was just a result of habit.

Or was it addiction?.

Shikamaru knew at this point he wasn't even thinking about cigarettes anymore. The numerous half smoked cigarettes on the ashtray were an indication that something was on his mind. He wasn't a rookie smoker or a wasteful one. He smoked a cigarette right, almost diligently. Of course he didn't smoke it right down to the base, but he got fairly close. Today however was different. Today he had something on his mind. Shikamaru wouldn't say it was troubling or bothering him. He never said that. While he acknowledged problems, he never truly set them up as things worth worrying over, because he was sure eventually he'd solve them. That was his confidence. Shikamaru was a very intelligent man, both on the practical and common side. That's to say he was both book smart and socially intelligent. Shikamaru was well aware of his mental advantage over majority of people. He wouldn't feign humility, that would only stunt his performance. He wasn't arrogant as well. He was just confident, though like most geniuses he had a few episodes of arrogance. Speaking of which, he recently had one during the meeting with Yastura Aimui and his lot. He was harshly berated by the huge tan skinned man but Shikamaru felt no regret for his words. He could take a lot of things but a mere wife of Yastura Darui saw it fit to talk down on him and his colleagues?. Shikamaru could swallow a lot of things, but his intelligence could not be insulted. That was his bottom line. The Nara male didn't say anything grossly out of line or cussed at her, however by right, a company worker like him had no right to talk back to a possible future first lady of the president of Japan. Shikamaru, however, did not care. First lady or not, he cared little for it. Even though his status was lower, he was still an important part of the system and at the very least he wasn't an expendable character. This wasn't solely because of his intellect. But because they knew that he knew things. Many things. Things that could possibly sink the entire ship, and while he couldn't stop the entire fleet, he could still damage it. The reaction of Yastura Mabui had to his words made him thankful that he took precautions to sustain the life of himself and his colleagues. The killing intent was clear for anybody to see. She wanted him dead and Aimui would also breath easier if he kicked the bucket as well. Unfortunately for them, he wasn't planning on dying anytime soon.

"I told you to stop smoking in here."

Shikamaru heard the door clink open and then the voice of his wife. 'She's back early' Shikamaru thought. Despite contrary belief, he wasn't scared of his wife. Truly, he wasn't. While she controlled a majority of what went down in their home, he couldn't say she dominated him. Domination would imply that he actually tried to compete for the 'pants' in this relationship. He was to lazy to even entertain the idea talk less put in the effort. However there were certain things that Shikamaru chose to do and continued doing it without regard for what his wife thought. He knew how to put up a fight, he just wasn't bothered to. "You're back earlier than expected." Shikamaru said, ignoring her words. If he replied in kind she would take it as an indication to argue. He didn't have the strength nor will for that.

"My opponents got tired of being humiliated by me so they left early." Temari said.

Now that was arrogance. Shikamaru thought as he looked up to his wife. She was dressed in tight elastic shorts, a plain grey T-shirt that was soaked in sweat, hugging against her body and showing off her sexy figure, and finally sneakers. She had a duffle bag with a racket sticking out in one hand and a bottle of water in the other. Her hair was held in the usual quadruple tails. Shikamaru couldn't lie, his wife looked great and it was a great plus that she knew how to take care of her body. They already had a six year old son however her body was as perfect as it was on their wedding night. There were no sags on her breasts, no stretch marks, nothing. Shikamaru wasn't a horny and shameless boaster like Kiba who would untactfully yap about how sexy his wife was. But if he were, Shikamaru knew that his main point of praise would be her boobs. While they weren't as big as Hinata or Samui's, they were far perkier. That much he was sure of. He had never seen the two other women bra-less but he was still confident Temari beat them in that regard. This was because Temari had the perkiest set of breasts he'd seen in his entire life. And that was saying something since they were quite large. The perkiness could even be considered as gravity defying. Then adding her toned torso and the slight abs on her stomach and her perfectly proportioned body, Shikamaru was positive if his wife went to an onsen half the women there would suffer from a heart attack because of their inferiority while the other half would try to rape her. She was that hot. Naturally Shikamaru wouldn't say this out loud. Either because he didn't want to inflate her already huge ego or because Temari already knew this.

Temari glanced at the ashtray in clear annoyance. He just ignored her first statement like it was air. Her husband was skilled in the art of filtering words and information he didn't find important or worth bothering about. He only talked when he genuinely had an interest to know or talk about something. Looking at the half smoked cigarettes on the ashtray, Temari instantly knew he was thinking about something important and it was bothering him. Though he would never agree to that. Knowing before she spoke that he wouldn't talk about what was troubling him even if she asked, Temari didn't bother. She headed for the shower without another word.

Shikamaru didn't watch her leave. He already knew where she was going. She might have been home earlier but the routine did not change. She would take a shower, go pick Shikadai from his friend's and prepare to make dinner. Possibly Shikadai would say some things or do something to add a bit of color to the day. However, there was only so much he could do. Shikamaru exhaled out a waft of smoke. Many things were fun in the beginning, but after time it became tiring to continue. Continuation was as a result of habit, or rather routine. Either way since he got himself into this situation willingly, he couldn't complain now. He had goals to meet and debts to pay. He was a lazy ass but he was certain he would be able to accomplish them. He already had a plan. He could set it in motion at any time. He was just undecided on where to start the plan from. Rather... Who to start the plan from. Shikamaru picked up four half smoked cigarettes and placed them on the table ahead of him. Each cigarette identified a target. Some were easier to 'hit' than others while 'hitting' some would benefit him more than others. The basic choice would be to start with the one within reach, however, this easier said than done and the benefits didn't outweigh the cost, so Shikamaru was unsure. 'Regardless of the target I choose, I'll still have expose myself at least a little bit to succeed. I don't like that idea. I'm already under scrutiny, and if I start a fire right now at least a part of the smoke trail would lead back to me. The costs outweigh the gains' Shikamaru pondered on his decision. 'Regardless I have to start making moves, I'm already pressed for time as is. If my acting would leave a smoke trail then... Why don't I just light a fire in everybody's house?.' Shikamaru thought as he smiled lightly, a somewhat sinister light twinkling in his eyes. The black haired ponytailed man placed a finger on one of the half smoked cigarettes before picking them all up. "The target is everybody."

---

A month passed since Tsunade told Naruto she would be coming by. Fortunately she got caught up with some work so her scheduled leave got delayed. Naruto was naturally delighted to hear of this. But he was still worried since he knew all he could do at this point was delay the inevitable storm that was going to rock his house. Samui had officially moved in and relayed the information to her father. As expected, Yastura Aimui was glad to hear this but still cautioned her to take things slow. Convincing Naruto to join hands with him against his aunt wouldn't be so easy. If Yastura Aimui knew that his daughter not only had no plans to convince Naruto to join him and had joined the opposing party instead it was unpredictable what levels his blood pressure would reach. Sadly what he didn't know in this case could still hurt him. Poor man.

Other than Naruto and his two housemates, life with the other women had been proceeding relatively normally. However there were some abnormalities occurring from time to time, well abnormalities to the husbands of said women. Karui would now often hang out with Hinata at her and Kiba's place. Choji and Kiba were at a loss as to the reason why their wives suddenly took a liking to each other, but didn't really say anything about it. It wasn't an unwelcome development. Kiba's relationship with Karui couldn't be considered bad so he didn't mind her dropping by. Plus it was fun when they brought Chocho over. The chubby girl always had a liking for Akamaru and now she had the opportunity to play with him on a regular basis. Since Kiba worked he wasn't always at home and on days like that Chocho didn't come by and was either in school or in her dance class. On days like these Karui and Hinata were both left alone in the house and Hinata didn't mind it. In fact, she loved it. Because this gave them an opportunity to 'work'.

Currently, Hinata was huddled in front of her laptop with Karui. The tan skinned woman was the one operating the device. Hinata wasn't much familiar with it since she just got it, so she had to rely on Karui for 'office work'. She was the field operative of this op.

"How about this one...?" Karui asked for the umpteenth time. She felt like she'd said this sentence enough times to make it physical conjure with a thought. And as expected Hinata replied, not saying the same thing, but she might as well.

"No... My ass looks too fat in this one. I don't want it to be the point of focus. I want 'it' to be." Hinata said pointing at the 'it' in question.

"I've edited so many of these pics already Hina!." Karui said with a sigh. "There's not really any need to even edit these in the first place. Naruto's jumbo dick stands out even without all the special effects."

Hinata smiled lightly. "True. But I want it to leave a mark on our client!." Hinata insisted.

Karui rolled her eyes at the obvious innuendo. "How sure are you that it's gonna leave a good mark anyways?." Karui asked. Today like most days they were alone, she was stuck in front of a screen editing pictures of Naruto's erect member either sandwiched between Hinata's ass cheeks or tit, or the head slightly penetrating her pussy or mouth. Sometimes Hinata's face was revealed in the pics but never for Naruto. This was because the Hyūga had to take a precaution in case her client doesn't react the way she hoped. At the very least her unfaithfulness would be exposed, with who however, that would remain a mystery. The identity of said client?. It was none other than Yamanaka Ino. The Hyūga and her friend finally got talking over their phones and now frequently messaged each other. Hinata had spent the month conversing about random things with Ino but was still at a stomp on how to broach the topic of joining an adulterous harem with her. Hinata had brainstormed on various possible methods to do this with Karui constantly shooting down every idea she brought up until she decided to skip all the other stuff and just be straight up and direct with Ino. She got a phone for mainly this reason and the first thing she did with it was to take these pictures. The plan was to make Ino comfortable with the fact that she was cheating and make her acknowledge her frustrations before dropping the 'goods'. However that was easier said than done. Talk less about making her comfortable with her affair with Naruto, she couldn't even bring it up. So Hinata figured why not cut through all of that and go straight to the 'goods'.

"I'm not. But this is going nowhere, and if I keep on delaying I'll lose the will to actually proceed with my plan." Hinata said.

"Hopefully you will cuz isa dumb plan." Karui said with a shake of the head.

"This is more for Ino than me Karui. I told you about how Sai abuses her." Hinata said, her words caused Karui's eyes to twinkle in a mixture of pity and anger. Sai was a bastard.

"That's the only reason I'm doing this with you. I still think it too reckless. And you obviously know this too since you didn't tell Naruto about it." Karui said.

Hinata had a bitter smile on her face. "I understand that Naruto-kun doesn't want to take risks, but I'm not sure he really understands the seriousness of Ino-chan's predicament. If he did he wouldn't be so casual about it." Hinata said. "I'm just taking the first steps for him, he's still going to be the one who has to convince Ino-chan. I just want her to know there's hope for happiness still, I don't want it to be too late when Naruto-kun finally decides it's her turn."

Karui had a strange expression on her face as she pondered Hinata's words. Hinata was as sweet and caring as ever, however that wasn't what Karui was currently contemplating on. "Do you really believe that?." Karui said spinning the chair so she could face Hinata. The lavender haired woman retreated to sit cross-legged on her bed.

"Believe what?."

"That Naruto can make her happy." Karui said. "Don't get me wrong, Naruto's a nice guy but sometimes the way y'all talk about him it's like he's Kami's first son on earth. Like he can save anybody... " she trailed off. "No offense." Karui quickly added at the end.

Hinata smiled at the red haired tan skinned woman. She really didn't feel offended. "Naturally to me I feel like he's everything. I am in love with him, and knowing he has deep feelings for me as well makes me very confident that he can make me happy. The same is for your stepsister. Tayuya and Karin just seem to innately trust Naruto-kun, I can't understand it. Perhaps it's because they're from the same clan." Hinata guessed. "Perhaps it's strange for you to see him in the same light as I or Samui-chan since the bond between you and Naruto hasn't deepened, but at the very least you know he puts in effort to make those around him feel happy. He doesn't play favorites and he makes us feel special, like queens. But most importantly, he makes us feel safe. You yourself have already implied this and right now all these things are what Ino-chan is in sore need of." Hinata said, smiled all the while as she spoke.

Karui stared at the Hyūga and had to admit she felt a little longing as she watched her speak with that love struck look in her eyes. Karui wouldn't deny that she wanted to experience what Hinata and Samui were experiencing for herself. She wanted that assurance in her heart that she could trust somebody to take care of her. Somebody other than herself. However life was cruel and the one person who had at the very least showed her that there was a true ultimate physical experience in bed, a possible love interest just had to be the very same man that wanted to see her husband ruined. Karui didn't say it out loud but she considered being in a relationship with Naruto many times. She wasn't love struck like Hinata, nor sure beyond doubts of her feelings like Samui, nor confident in his character like Karin and Tayuya. She had a physical attraction to him, that was just it. But that simple attraction kept on getting more intense from everytime she saw him. Karui could say she had the mildest of feelings towards Naruto amongst the other women, with a fair amount of certainty too. However, she could also say with certainty that she had the strongest physical attraction to him. To her Naruto was just like a remote control that turned her on no matter what he did. She got wet from sitting close to him. Her breathing got heavy when he directed his eyes at her. When he touched her her body felt like it had electricity zapped into it. And when he smiled she was a heart rate short of falling unconscious. When they had sex she felt like she was being mounted by divinity, like she was in heaven. This was why she had the perception that the others treated Naruto like Kami's first son. Because in her heart she felt like he was just that, especially when he was inside her. She felt nervous talking to him. And when she did she sounded like a child talking to a parent. Once when he was riding her to a huge orgasm she literally called him her god. Karui was sure her heart hadn't caved, but in the space of one month her entire body belonged to Uzumaki Naruto. And he owned it every single chance he got. "I guess you're right. I still think we should delay sending pictures though." Karui said. She needed to get her mind off Naruto and back to Ino. Hinata was right. The woman genuinely needed help and while Hinata's plan was wild, it was made with a good intention.

"Then what should we do for the main time?." Hinata asked. They had to do something. She couldn't just sit back and watch as Ino suffered.

Karui tapped the armrest of her chair in thought. "What about visiting her?. You guys have so much fun when y'all meet. I know it's not really changing her situation, however, you can get her mind off things. Also maybe you can find something that we can use against her asshole of a husband and blackmail him into stopping?." Karui said. It was a fools dream to think somebody as careful and shrewd as Sai would leave any evidence behind. They had a better chance getting Kiba to adopt a family of kittens.

Hinata thought over Karui's suggestion and wouldn't deny it was better than doing nothing. Realistically this was all she could do. Hinata also planned to use her newly gotten freedom to broach the topic of her secret lover. Maybe not on the first day, but still, it was a start. "Good idea Karui-chan." Hinata said with a smile. Karui couldn't help returning the infectious smile. Hinata's expression then turned mischievous. "Hmm, a really good idea. Then when it's finally time to drop the goods you can add in some of your pictures with Naruto-kun too!." Hinata giggled.

Karui sweatdropped but still blushed. "Like hell."

"Oh but it'd look great Karui-chan. I don't know there's just something about interracial sex that turns people on, I'm sure Ino will be the same. Plus, Naruto's dick would look even more yummy mashed between your tush." Hinata said with a devilish smile.

Karui's face turned beet red, smoke comically billowing out of her ears as she sputtered. 'Where in Kami's name did the shy Hinata Hyūga run off to?!.' Karui wondered. Hinata's confidence and brazenness only seemed to increase with time. She was still shy around Naruto and in the company of strangers, but when she was alone with her girlfriends she was very expressand would say the most vulgar of things, it'd make it hard for you to believe she was really the same woman. Perhaps this was her true self (not the vulgar nature). The death of her mother made it hard for her to open up and the pressure from the Hyūga clan only caused the little girl to clamp shut completely. Maybe if they had tried a softer approach they would've been able to see Hinata for the dazzling and vibrant person that she was. Unfortunately they didn't. But there misfortunes were the fortune of another and Karui was sure Hinata would have it no other way.

---

"Why am I here again?." Karui asked for the umpteenth time as she glared at the casually dressed Hyūga walking by her side as they headed towards a large castle looking manor. Karui knew the most extravagant spender out of her husband and his friends was Sai and by a large margin. While he didn't purchase the latest and trending stuff and instead opted for culturally valuable and rare furniture and wares, he still lived lavishly. Sai was a man who enjoyed all things connected to the classics. His art was similar to one of the most ancient styles of painting and even his taste in music had nothing to do with his own generation. Sai acted like somebody who was living ahead of his time and shaped his life to align with his personality. The castle looking building was easily the biggest residential building in the area, including commercial buildings like hotels and others. From what Karui heard from her husband there were several hundreds of rooms within fifteen storey building. The housing capacity was already sufficient to hold several thousands of people, not to mention how many workers were needed to maintain the entire building. However, despite the size the building wasn't a place that just anyone could step into. The hundreds of rooms within weren't all for residence. According to Choji, Sai had various rooms severing the same purpose but in a slightly different way. For example; he had the games room which included various Japanese indoor game pieces, then there was another room for the same thing but Chinese themed, then British and so on. The house had a indoor cinema, an entire floor served as a stadium, one as a museum, another as a gallery, another as a nursery for rare plants and mushrooms. But perhaps the most awe-inspiring aspect of the house was the base floor –which was underground– that contained a literal wildlife. It was an artificially set up jungle with projected skies where various animals that Sai fancied lived within. One could say Sai put a new meaning in the word extravagant and perhaps represented it better than anybody else in this world. However, despite how impressive the building was, Karui would rather be anywhere else. "Really. Why am I here?."

Hinata smiled at Karui, knowing that it would only serve to annoy the tan skinned woman more. "Weren't you the one who suggested that we visited Ino-chan?."

Karui frowned at that. "I suggested that you should, not we should. It's not like I don't wanna help. It's a good cause all things considered, and I really do feel bad for Ino, but still... I don't wanna be in the same building as Sai if I can help it." Karui said. She sympathized with Ino but she really wasn't that close with the blonde so she was confused as to how exactly she could help. Karui didn't see sense in coming along, and with her personality she's likely to snap at Sai at the slightest opportunity.

"Just trust me on this. Also try not to pick a fight with Sai-san." Hinata reminded.

The two women made there way into the compound after verifying their identities at the gate. The distance from the gate to the building was enough to add a couple more houses the size of Karui's in it comfortably. Hinata and Karui saw different kinds of people trooping in and out of the house and wondered how anybody would be comfortable with so many people going in and out of their house on a daily basis. No matter what privacy still counted for something, right?. Hinata and Karui also felt under-dressed compared to the guests in the compound. The Hyūga was dressed in a loose fitting Elmo themed T-shirt, jeans and heeled boots. Karui wore a black tight vest with a guitar design, leather pants and the same shoes as Hinata. Their state of dressing compared to the other women made them feel out of place and Hinata almost caved in and ran away. On the other hand, the guests and servants weren't really looking down at the two women but were in fact awed at how beautiful they were. Karui looked a tad tomboyish, but still the leather pants that hugged her frame and showed off her apple shaped rear made most admirers ignore it. Hinata had it all in sizes that made women jealous and men envious that they weren't her man, while Karui had an athletic but still incredibly alluring physique. They were both so different so standing together they made each of their qualities stand out. Various wives had to slap their husbands out of a daze when they caught them staring. Karui and Hinata were unaware of the household problems they contributed in causing and followed a servant into the house. They had to take an elevator before they got to the floor Ino and Sai lived in. As expected it was the top floor. When they exited the elevator they were shocked to find that this part of the house looked far more normal in comparison to others. While the furniture was lavish and there was a cultural touch to it, it still appeared like a modern day family house. If your modern day family was stinking rich. They saw Ino emerge from a room dressed in a large buttoned shirt and possibly nothing else. The blonde broke into a wide smile upon seeing her visitors, though Karui suspected Hinata was the real cause of the smile.

"Wow, you bitches have gotten real close haven't you?." Ino said, going straight to the banter.

Hinata mirrored the blonde's smile. It felt really good to freely visit her closest friend like this and she could tell Ino was equally happy that she came to see her. "Don't worry I still put you first." Hinata replied.

Ino made an exaggerated roll of her eyes. "I wish. Once you taste chocolate it's hard to go back to vanilla." Ino said with a grin that Karui was certain she saw on Naruto when he was about to go down on her. Come to think of it, those two were really similar. Karui turned to Hinata who as expected blushed. She smiled in amusement as she watched the Hyūga fidget a little before forcing herself to give an equally witty reply.

"Why can't I eat both?." Hinata said and celebrated in her heart a little when she saw Ino's stunned expression. But Ino wasn't as inexperienced in this regard so she easily got over her surprise and smiled mischievously.

"Which one do you want on top?."

Hinata's face immediately turned red and Karui had to support her with her shoulder to stop her from falling over. 'Serves you right. You think a few days of teasing me would make you ready to face off against bimbo barbie queen herself?. You wish.' Karui thought, taking no small measure of enjoyment from watching Hinata getting teased close to unconsciousness. "I think you should sit down after all that." Karui said with a smirk. Hinata glared at her cutely but this only made Karui's smirk get more defined.

"Over here." Ino said and led them to a couch that wasn't to far from her kitchen. The blonde sat down, revealing no small amount of skin and smile as she asked "Want something to eat?."

"Spare me Ino-chan, I think I've had enough." Hinata said, looking exhausted as she sat down as well. Ino turned to face her and Hinata sighed in her heart when she saw that the woman at least had underwear on. Karui sat down as well and glanced around the house, admiring the furniture.

"You're a thousand years to early to fuck with me like that." Ino said proudly. Her proud smile turned more gentle. "I'm happy you came to see me, but why didn't you say anything first?."

"We wanted to surprise you." Hinata replied with a pretty smile.

"You mean you did. I told you to call or text her first." Karui said. Hinata pouted. She thought they were on the same team, why was Karui betraying her?!.

"Well it's all good. I'm surprised Kiba let you come though, how did you convince ol doggy?." Ino asked with her eyes twinkling in curiosity. She looked like someone expecting to hear something dirty. Hinata rolled her eyes at that. If only Ino knew how 'clean' her relationship with her husband was.

"Things have changed. I can go wherever I want to go. Kiba can't stop me." Hinata said, sounding a little proud.

Ino giggled at the look the Hyūga had. "I'm sure. You two must've settled your differences at home. I knew you'd have enough at one point. I'm sure Kiba's ass did too, I mean he is aware that you're a Hyūga so it was only matter of time before the Hyūga genes kicked in." Ino said with a shrug. "Just don't let the newly acquired freedom get to your head and go to places you shouldn't."

"Like where?." Karui asked. She was content being silent since she initially didn't want to be here. She didn't blame Ino for not including her in the conversation. They didn't know each other well enough and she herself had no clue what to say to Ino so she didn't expect anything. However, she was here because of Hinata and knew why they were really here. So if she spotted an opportunity to bend the conversation into the line that Hinata wanted, she would take it.

Ino had no clue what Karui's intentions were so she didn't think much about why she decided to only speak now. "Some weird ass strip club that just opened. One of the actresses I'm working with invited me, but I'm married so..."

"So...?" Hinata and Karui said in unison with expectant looks on their faces as they stared at Ino.

Ino sweatdropped. "Are you two serious?. Obviously I can't go."

"Kiba goes to strip clubs almost every weekend." Hinata said casually, like she was talking about what colors she liked.

"Huh?."

"Oh c'mon, you can't say that's an unexpected information." Karui said to the surprised looking Ino.

"Um that's not why I'm surprised." Ino said, suddenly feeling weird due to how casual the other women were about a topic like this. "You don't seem angry." Ino said to Hinata.

The Hyūga shrugged. "Why should I be?. Being mad won't fix anything, and it's not like it's something unexpected either. You know what Kiba's personality is like. I would find it more strange if he didn't go to a strip club."

Ino wanted to rebut but stopped herself. She couldn't really deny Hinata's words. It was just that it made her feel terrible to see her friend fall into the passive accepting role when her husband didn't treat her right too. She knew Hinata didn't have the gutsy or feisty personality but she had her Hyūga pride and princess-like bearing so she never expected nor wished for her to settle for anything less than what she deserved. Ino knew Kiba wasn't the ideal man for a lady like Hinata but he wasn't terrible all things considered. A firm hand and dedication could shape him into a decent enough guy. Compared to her husband, Kiba was a catch. So Ino always wanted that for Hinata. At the very least a peaceful marriage and the respect she deserved, but to see her acting so accepting of possible unfaithfulness made a sudden wave of depression wash over her. When a person is in a disadvantageous situation that they could do nothing about there were three kinds of reaction they would have. There were the passive people, accepting that this was their life now. There were the people who wanted to see others fall down to the same low as them. Then the hopeful ones who hoped to see somebody in danger of falling to their low escape calamity. For the third kind of people they needed to see others survive for them to go on believing that they could. Yamanaka Ino fell into the third group of people and they person she placed her hopes on was Hinata.

Hinata noticed the drop in Ino's expression and couldn't help but smile bitterly. She didn't have the slightest clue that her matters would affect Ino so much. Perhaps she underestimated how much of a friend Ino saw her as. If only she knew it was more than that and she was like a lifeline for Ino. "I'm fine Ino. Truthfully, I really don't mind. To me my relationship with Kiba is just a facade, it isn't worth investing my emotions so I don't really feel like I'm losing anything knowing he doesn't respect our matrimonial bond." Hinata said.

The words of Hinata shook Ino out of her daze and she stared at the Hyūga in curiosity. Since when did Hinata get to this point?. Wasn't it just mere months ago when she would call about her problems at home with Kiba, sounding genuinely worried. Back then she sounded so clueless as to what to do, she was the one who had to support Hinata. Her life was as complicated or even more so than Hinata's, yet she still had a firm grip on things and understood what she had to do to get by. Ino always figured if someone could teach Hinata how to live this married life they found themselves in, that someone would be her. But now it seemed like Hinata didn't need her aid anymore, in fact it was as though she had a better understanding on how to live this life than Ino herself. This made Ino more curious than depressed. What changed?. "Guess marrying a softy like Choji ain't so bad." Ino said, turning to stare at Karui.

Karui knew this was an invite to join the conversation, as well as Ino's way of acknowledging her as somebody worthy of being her friend. Because what else would you call a person who you shared your problems with if not a friend?. Karui understood that this was because of Hinata. She normally judged a book by its cover but, and had initially thought Ino as a dumb blonde. However, from watching her conversations with Hinata and seeing how she guessed what Hinata was going to say before she said it proved her intelligence. Ino in Karui's opinion was very observant and knew how to read people, and this made it very hard to hide things from her. A dumb person wouldn't have these qualities. To Karui's understanding, Ino had guessed she was a trusted friend to Hinata since she was brought here by her and the lavender haired woman didn't mind talking about her problems in her presence. Since Ino trusted Hinata and Hinata trusted Karui, Ino would naturally feel Karui was worth giving a chance. Seeing a chance to get close to the blonde stunning woman, Karui wouldn't waste it. "It has it's ups and downs." Karui replied. "Choji isn't as fiendish as Kiba but he's far too mellow. Sometimes I wonder which of us is the man in the relationship." Karui confessed.

Ino nodded in understanding. "A woman would want a man that takes charge. It's pretty ironic coming from since all Sai does is take charge..." Ino trailed off. A broken looking expression on her face.

Karui decided at this point that Hinata was right. Naruto must really have no clue how desperate the situation of Yamanaka Ino was. The expression she had on her face was similar to the one Naruto wore a month ago, when he insisted that her husband and his friends must pay for their crimes. The difference was the lack of fierceness and bottomless contempt. Ino's look had a hopeless despair and grief replacing those emotions instead. Karui decided that she hated this look and Sai even more for making such a beautiful woman wear such an expression. Because if there was one thing about Yamanaka Ino that was undeniable, it was her beauty. Sai dared profane it. 'I want him to die.' Karui thought, clenching her fists in anger. As the thought flashed in Karui's mind, she wished she was in Ino's place. If she was the one being molested she would've beaten Sai to an inch of his life. She couldn't blame Ino for being helpless. Perhaps out of all the women she was the most unsuitable for such a difficult life. They all had their fair share of cruel reality at a tender age. Hinata was ostracized by her clan. Karui herself was living amongst criminals and had a father who saw her as a chess piece more than a daughter. As for Temari, Karui didn't exactly know what her story was, but the bearing of that woman wasn't something that came without a price. You'd have to first lose confidence in something before setting up defenses against people in general. Ino on the other hand was the most regular amongst them all. But life was so cruel to give the worst among the four husbands to her. The cruelty of reality was as such. "Hang in there." Karui suddenly said, causing Ino to be dumbfounded. "Hinata told me a little about you." Karui revealed. Ino looked surprised, but internally she wasn't. She already expected Karui to know at least a little. The blonde glanced at Hinata who had a firm look on her face and nodded in agreement with Karui's words. "Just hang in there, help is on the way." Karui said with total determination. She knew her words would confuse Ino, as much as her confidence in a certain blonde whisker marked man would. Days ago Karui had asked what made Hinata so confident that Naruto could help Ino because she didn't have that confidence. But now she did, and this was for the same reason as Hinata. They were confident Naruto could help because he had to. Ino already had nowhere else to turn to and she desperately needed someone. Karui and Hinata knew they couldn't be that person so it had to be Naruto. Karui knew it was unfair to pin all her hopes on Naruto, but she had no choice. Ino needed saving and Naruto had to leave such an impression on her that she felt he was descended from divinity. Who better to save a troubled mortal than a god?!.

Ino raised an eyebrow in confusion seeing the determined looks on the other women's faces and wondered what exactly was going through there minds. She understood they were trying to encourage her, but their looks were way too intense. And the words made it sound like they had a plan or knew about one that was set in motion to save her or something. Ino didn't entertain the idea much. Even if it was true, who could really save her?. Even if someone tried they'd just fail. Nobody could stand against her husband. She had been made to understand time and time again that Sai was one not to be angered. Despite her thoughts, these two still came here to cheer her up and it made her feel a little warmth in her heart. It felt good knowing people cared, so Ino smiled for them even though she still felt helpless in her heart. "I'll be waiting to be saved then." Ino said. Little did she know those casual words of her would serve as a trigger to events that would cause a huge wave of commotion to hit all their lives. Unbeknownst to what the near future held, Ino adopted her usual bubbly personality. "You hoes are here so we gotta do something fun!. Any suggestions?."

---

When Hinata and Karui finally left Ino's place it was already late. While they knew Ino's mood was a facade, her personality wasn't something she faked and they really did have lots of fun together. To Hinata that was a huge plus in her book. While she was still unable to broach that topic, she wasn't disappointed. It was still too early for that. For now she was content with giving Ino all the support she could and trust that Naruto would be able to extricate the blonde from her precarious relationship with Sai. The whole time they were there they didn't run into Sai. Luckily too, because Hinata was afraid of what Karui might have done to the pale skinned man had they met.

While Hinata was content with the progress they had made, Karui was still bubbling in anger and frustration that she didn't run into Sai. The house was so huge Sai could literally be there the whole time and they'd have no clue. Karui felt anxious now she knew what Ino's true situation was like and wanted nothing more than to run straight to Naruto and convince him to take action, but that wasn't in her place. She hadn't even accepted herself as Naruto's woman proper. How could she have a say on who he'd seduce and when?. It was already great that she got so close to his affairs even when she wasn't fully committed. Karui also understood Hinata couldn't do so as well since Naruto had told them he was in a tough spot already. She couldn't let her selfishness be the reason Naruto's grand plan would crumble right before his eyes. Karui understood now that they couldn't go to Naruto and if they wanted something done they'd have to rely on themselves, so she said. "We gotta do something about Sai." Karui's expression was one of an unshakable determination.

Hinata smiled. She had been observing Karui's expression ever since they left Ino's place. She was wondering just how much longer Karui could keep her mouth shut and as expected she finally spoke out. "Naturally." Hinata said, adopting a look as fierce and determined as Karui's.

"That thing I said about blackmailing the sonuvabitch..." Karui started but trailed off.

Hinata understood her meaning and sighed. "Ino-chan gave hints but she would never straightforwardly say what Sai does to her. Most of what I found out about Ino-chan's married life I pieced together myself. It's going to be more difficult said than done to find incriminating evidence on Sai-san." Hinata said.

Karui nodded with a sense of gloom. "We also can't go around searching her house for stuff to use against him either." Karui muttered. "To be honest I don't know where to start.'' Karui admitted.

Hinata hummed in agreement with a nod. "It's to be expected, we're not really experienced in stuff like this."

Karui wanted to nodded in agreement but there was a sudden glow in her eyes as a thought went passed her mind. Karui's expression immediately did a 180 and turned excited. "But we know somebody who is!." Karui practically yelled.

"Hm?." Hinata stared at her in confusion. Was there anybody they both knew of that was experienced in exposing abusive husbands?.

"Samui-nee-chan." Karui said and as expected Hinata's face lit up as well. "If somebody is experienced at digging up the skeletons in people's closet, it's that emo bitch." Karui didn't feel more proud to be related to Samui as she did right now.

Hinata was equally excited. From the stories she heard from Karin and Karui, Samui was once a spy sent to find out the secrets of Naruto and she succeeded. Though Naruto counter-spied on her and destroyed any hopes of a blackmail, it was still impressive for Samui to be able to get someone as careful and dedicated as Naruto to make such a blunder. While she used herself as bait, it was still a testament of her skill. Hinata didn't expect Samui to use the same technique she used on Naruto on Sai, and knew Karui would disdain such an idea, but that wasn't really an issue. Although Sai was shrewd he was still too heavy handed on Ino so he was bound to make mistakes that Ino probably covered for him. These were things the eyes of people like them couldn't pick up on. However, for a professional and qualified character like Samui, there was a far better chance that she would see something that they couldn't. "We have to ask Samui-chan for her help then."

"Right. Let's do that tomorrow though, since we can't go over to Naruto's unless he gives an okay." Karui said. Visiting Naruto couldn't be done casually.

Hinata smiled in a naughty way. "Ooooh I can see the disappointment. Did Karui-chan want a stuffing tonight?."

Karui blushed and immediately turned away from the busty lavender haired woman. "Like you didn't too."

Hinata giggled. "I've been found out."

Hinata proceeded to tease Karui the whole way to her place before calling taking an uber home.

---

Ino heard to door slam shut as she sobbed quietly under her sheets. The lights were dimmed and the moonlight illuminated the room. If she wasn't covered by a blanket her tears would have had a fairy-like glitter to them. The moonlight made the night feel like it was one of magic. However, to Ino it was just another night of misery. And in her heart she knew she only had herself to blame.

"I should've sent Hinata and Karui away earlier." she whispered to herself.

But it was too late now. The damage was done.

She knew what she was supposed to do, but she didn't do do it, he said. This was her problem, he said. She knew he would punish her but she still walked into that sin, he said.

'Because this is the kind of woman you are. A rebel. You're too wild, not sophisticated enough for a gentleman like myself. A bad wife.'

He said words like those to her on a regular basis and Ino knew he was right. She was a bad wife. A good wife supported her husband, she didn't put her selfish desires first but her man first. Yet she had so many of these desires, it felt like it was conflicting with the kind of life she was trying to live. The right kind of life. So she was punished. Time and time again. Because she was a bad wife.

'You know today Monsieur Simon came personally to see my latest piece and I told you I wanted you to be there to bask in the splendor and glory of your husband, but you don't know what's good for you.'

She really didn't know.

'Yet you while away time in the company of women who are done settling all accounts at home while yours is ablaze. Tell me Ino, is this not the makings of a bad wife?.'

Yes. She knew she was a bad wife and she deserved to be punished. She knew what would happen yet she didn't send Hinata and Karui away. How could she?. She was selfish and since her friends came to see her, she wanted that experience to last as long as possible because she was selfish. She didn't want them to go until they absolutely had to. She was willing to trade a painful punishment for a little period of happiness with her friends.

And she would do so again.

Because she was a selfish and bad wife.

Ino placed her hand on her the corner of her right eye and gasped lightly at the sharp painful sensation she felt. That specific area was already swollen and was pulsing like a beating heart. Despite the pain, the memory of the time she spent amongst friends brought a genuine smile to her face. Tears continued streaming down her cheeks, causing the burning sensation around her right eye to intensify as the hot liquid met with the swollen reddening ring around her eye.

One beautiful woman alone, her tears making a mess of her sheets as she smiled in memory of happiness and cried from a swollen eye.

---

Samui took a sip from her teacup as she calmly regarded the two women sitting in front of her. She was a little annoyed but she didn't let it show. Right now she was more curious than annoyed. She really wanted to know what made her stepsister and her newest bestie drag her out of bed this early in the morning. Just when she was planning to tease a still sleeping Naruto and leave him high a dry with only Tayuya to spend the entire day with. Since Samui moved into Naruto's place, aside for a few handjobs here and there she and Naruto hadn't really done anything and she was the reason for this. Normally by now she would've let Naruto take her in all the ways possible and honestly wanted nothing more than to do just that, however it was too early to take that step. While Samui outwardly flirted with the blonde openly, she didn't let things progress passed light groping and kissing out of respect for her girlfriend. Even though Tayuya was aware of the feelings she had for Naruto, she was still officially in a relationship with Samui. Samui didn't think it fair for her to have her jollies with Naruto knowing Tayuya hadn't fully come to terms with the love triangle that was practically forced on her. Samui understood Tayuya and knew she wouldn't talk about the secret issues she must be having so she had to be the one to take matters into her own hands and make sure she didn't accidentally hurt Tayuya while trying consummate her relationship with Naruto. Samui's thinking was simple. Get Naruto to shag Tayuya at least once and live happily ever after. Sometimes it was the more simple plans that had a greater chance of coming to fruition. Samui already had a perfect understanding of the two Uzumakis and knew Tayuya had an absolute trust in Naruto and a mild attraction to him. She knew well what both liked in bed and in her opinion they were a match made in heaven. Tayuya was very submissive in the sheets and always wanted Samui to take the role of a dominatrix when they made love. Naruto was a caveman in bed and more or less annihilated any piece of ass within a twelve metre radius when he was horny. Perfect match. However her good intentions were spoiled this morning and she had to leave home for some random coffee shop to meet up with these two bitches.

"Your reason for getting me out of bed at five in the morning better be good." Samui said. She had no chance of falling asleep now she filled her belly with caffeine.

Karui looked like she was about to say something witty in response but Hinata mushed her lips shut with two fingers before she could. Karui had a grossed out expression as she glared at Hinata but the Hyūga ignored her and continued staring at Samui. Karui knew she shouldn't be surprised by such reaction since Hinata had warned her earlier not to get into a pissing contest with Samui before she agreed to their request. 'Still no reason for you to touch my mouth with your fap fingers.' Karui thought in annoyance.

"We need your help Samui-chan." Hinata started, adopting a calm expression, mirroring Samui's. Karui smirked. Hinata was going to use the Hyūga training to negotiate with her stepsister. This might be interesting.

Samui noticed the change of Hinata's expression but didn't think much of it. "I'm guessing it's something you don't want to risk Naruto finding out about since you dragged me out here this early." Samui said. It wasn't a question and she didn't need confirmation. She already knew that much.

Hinata was impressed that the blonde figured that out so quickly but didn't let her expression show it. "Yes. I trust you'll keep this between us three."

"Why?." Samui asked.

"Huh?." Karui looked surprised and a little disgusted. She wasn't...

"Why do you trust that I will keep this between the three of us?. Did you do something for me or offer something in exchange for my silence?." Samui asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.

Karui almost blew her top when she heard Samui's words. She really was!. "Are you really gonna start haggling from here?!. You can't be so shameless, can you?." Karui stood as she asked in disbelief. Samui was really trying to extort them right from the get-go. What a villain.

Hinata glanced at Karui and that was enough to get the red haired woman to settle down. Despite her calmness on the surface she was internally cursing Samui for her shamelessness. And Hinata understood that Samui was acting this way simply because she felt like she –Hinata– presented herself as an opponent to her –Samui–. All because Hinata had the gall to match a stare with her. This was Samui's way of saying, 'You want to act like an opponent?. Okay, then be prepared to bleed like one'. Hinata already regretted having a stare off with Samui. But she had already started now, why not continue to the very end?.

"What use is shame in business, little sister?." Samui asked with a twinkle of mischief in her eyes. Hinata and Karui could basically see a ghost of an evil smile on her face. What a despicable woman.

"It's quite alright Karui-chan." Hinata said with a wave of her hand before turning to Samui. "In exchange of your silence you have mine." Hinata said.

"What exactly do I need you to be silent about?." Samui asked in amusement. What was this Hyūga girl getting at?.

"I won't tattle to Naruto-kun's aunt about your presence in his house." Hinata said, looking the same mischievous way Samui did seconds ago.

Samui repressed a frown. Okay this was even more shameless than her earlier statement. "You wouldn't dare." Samui said with a scoff.

"Try me." Hinata let a smile grace her expression and Samui was a little wary of her because of it. Hinata was the picture of a pure and innocent lady and in Samui's experience those kind of women turned out to be the biggest psychos. They were really unpredictable and with Hinata's episodes of brazen lewdness Samui was unable to convince herself that Hinata wouldn't dare call Tsunade. Getting the woman's number wasn't an issue since she was in a relationship with Naruto. Come to think of it, her phone was one of Naruto's spares so she possibly already had it. Hinata had the means to carry out her threat if she wished to.

"She'll find out about me eventually." Samui said. At this point she was just trying to intimidate Hinata out of her stance. Just a little crack was all she needed.

Unfortunately for Samui, however, Hinata was resolute. "We are all going to die eventually, that doesn't mean we'd be happy to die today." Hinata rebutted.

Samui's expression didn't change but inwardly she was sighing. 'Guess I underestimated this Hyūga girl.' Samui thought. She almost rolled her eyes when she saw Karui high-five the lavender haired woman and flip her the bird. 'Whatever, let them have this small victory.' Samui thought. She sat up straighter and beckoned the waitress for a refill. When the woman was gone she turned to Hinata. "Okay. What do you want?."

Hinata exhaled. She won a small victory but the battle had only begun. "We need your expertise for something... We need you to gather incriminating evidence on a possible woman batterer." Hinata said, keeping her voice straight as possible and stopping her emotions from affecting her tone.

"Sai?." Samui said and smiled in amusement when she saw Hinata and Karui's stunned expression. 'Guess she underestimated me as well.' Samui mused. "How do I know?." Samui said. The question was basically written on Hinata and Karui's faces. The two quickly fixed their expressions and Samui knew Hinata was likely cursing herself right now. "C'mon, give me some credit. Who else would it be?. Not many people would make you seek me out for help and even less have the problem of a abusive husband. Adding the fact that you always wanted Naruto to seduce Ino it's basically a no-brainer."

"I'm more curious as to how exactly you know about Ino's problems and my opinion on who Naruto-kun should add to the sisterhood next." Hinata said getting her calm back.

'Sisterhood?.' Samui and Karui thought in unison. Damn this Hyūga was really into this harem thing. "You already know the answer to that question." Samui replied.

"Naruto-kun told you." Hinata said, feeling a little jealous at how close Naruto had gotten with Samui to share basically everything down to her passing comments to him with the blonde haired busty woman.

"Just like you, he needed my expertise so he told me everything. I mean, how can I help if I don't know... Everything." Samui said twirling her teaspoon in the air as she stared at Hinata. At this point she was just asserting dominance. Hinata thought etiquette training in the Hyūga clan was sufficient for her to contend against the likes of her, Samui?. Think again.

Hinata couldn't help but frown. She felt like she was being stomped on with the way Samui was speaking. However she couldn't be a bad sport. She lost and had no right to complain about how Samui rubbed in her victory. "Will you help?."

Karui was the one that spoke. She knew well how insufferable Samui could be when she felt like she was challenged and then won against the challenger. This was one of the main reasons why they couldn't get along. She couldn't say she disliked Samui, but there were times she felt like the blonde took things too far. Karui knew Hinata would just silently let Samui grill her for trying to challenge her, and since she was present she wouldn't sit back and watch as her friend got dragged. So what if Samui didn't help out because of it?. If she could help in a situation where Hinata was losing out, she would. If Samui decided to be petty and refuse their request then they'd find another way.

"Mm?." Samui hummed and glanced at Karui as if to say something but didn't say anything in the end. "I won't." Samui said after a few minutes of contemplation.

"Okay, then forget that we asked." Karui said and immediately got off her seat. She was a little taken aback that Samui decided to be petty, but either way she stood by her earlier thoughts. "Hina let's go."

"Calm down, you don't know why I rejected yet." Samui said calmly. Trust Karui to be the impulsive airhead in every situation.

"We don't care." Karui said stubbornly and grasped Hinata's hand, pulling her to go.

"Karui-chan, maybe we should listen." Hinata said, staring at Samui with a mixture of annoyance but mainly curiosity. She wasn't angry because of what Samui did to her but because Samui possibly rejected a request to save Ino just to spite her.

"No. Trust me, she'll just make you feel like an idiot the longer you stay. We should go. Screw her, we don't need her help." Karui insisted.

"Karui-chan... Please." Hinata said, turning to Karui with a begging look on her face. Karui sighed. Just one look and her heart felt like marshmallows. How did Naruto manage to say no to this face she had no clue. Her respect for the blonde instantly went up.

"Okay." Karui nodded and sat down.

Hinata smiled at her before turning to stare at Samui with a blank expression. "Your reason?."

'Chilly.' Samui thought in amusement. "Your plan was to use whatever evidence you find to blackmail Sai right?. You figure taking this to the authorities would cause a stink and you don't want to needlessly alert Sai's superiors. It's smart thinking. However, did you really consider Sai?." Samui asked.

"Pardon?." Hinata asked. She really didn't understand the question. Did they consider Sai?. Of course they did. The whole plan was made for Sai.

"I don't think you did. If you did you wouldn't entertain such a dumb plan for more than two minutes." Samui said harshly.

"HEY!." Karui yelled, rising to her feet. Luckily it was early on a Saturday so they were the only ones in the café aside from the workers so Karui's yelling didn't cause much of a scene.

"Shut up." Samui's expression turned stern. This was an expression Karui was familiar with. It was the one Samui wore during the days she had to take care of her and Omoi, whenever they did something inexcusably stupid. "Hinata, I can understand, but for you to be so careless and have such disregard for both your well-being I'm honestly disappointed in you!." Samui said, showing a rare look of anger. Karui was left with her mouth half open as Samui completely turned away from Hinata to berate her. "Hinata has the least understanding of how dangerous people connected to a crime family can be, but you have no excuse for this level of thoughtlessness." Samui said, the anger still in her eyes. "Okay, assuming you found evidence and blackmailed Sai, what then?. Do you think such a self-centered egomaniac like that would take a step back because of two women?. Do you think Ino would be magically saved by that?. What if he decides to push back, what then?. What if he blames the leaked evidence on Ino, what do you think he'll do then?." Samui turned to Hinata as she spoke. Hinata's eyes were wide in shock. This were all things she didn't consider, or rather ignored because she was so eager to help Ino. "And if Sai finds out who you two are, what do you think happens next?." Samui's expression turned extremely cold as she stared at Hinata intensely. The lavender haired woman had an urge to hide away from this gaze but didn't dare move. Samui was unaware of Hinata's feelings and continued speaking. "Let me tell you Hyūga Hinata, you ain't too pretty to get your throat slit." Samui said, pointing her teaspoon at the Hyūga's neck. Hinata involuntarily shuddered.

"Samui..." Karui started. She understood what Samui was trying to do and she acknowledged that she had acted thoughtlessly, but she still didn't want Samui to bully Hinata like this. Even if it was for her own good.

"If you're not going to make her understand how dangerous the situation for everybody involved is, I will." Samui said, effectively shutting Karui up before she even had the chance to say anything. The blonde woman's gaze on Hinata didn't shift when she retarded Karui. "I get that you're really a goody two shoes at heart and it's not an act, but when Naruto tells you it's not time yet to make any moves then it's not. You don't give Naruto enough credit, if I you could find out about Ino's situation then how wouldn't he be able to?. I'll tell you straight. He already knows, but he won't be making any moves yet because it would be detrimental to his grand plan. And if you feel like it's unfair to your friend or it breaks you're sweet little heart... Suck it up. We all had to at some point. Lives are at stake in case you've forgotten. If you don't care about your life that's all fine and good but Naruto does!. If Naruto's identity is exposed then not just those four but the ones behind him would all want him dead!. If you fuck up and expose him, I guarantee all of us won't be able to leave this city alive. Do you want that?." Samui asked with narrowed eyes.

Hinata looked down in silence. Was she truly so close to possibly exposing Naruto?. Did she really consider Sai?. Sai was different from her dunce of a husband, Kiba. Sai was immensely careful and very observant, also he was a very proud man. If somebody just upped out of nowhere and threatened him the chances of him backing off were extremely thin. He would most likely investigate who exactly the mystery person was and for a man of his means finding somebody in the same city as him would be a piece of cake. And when he did she would automatically become a target. Sai would stop at nothing to seal her mouth. Perhaps if it were any other of the four she wouldn't arrive at this conclusion. She was a piece that the Hyūga clan bargained away for something, although she didn't know what, she knew her clan wouldn't take her death lying down. However, Sai didn't have to paint his initials on her body to kill her. She could be silently snuffed out. There was a chance he'd be found out, but Sai was the craziest amongst the four so he'd definitely take that risk. Hinata also understood that Naruto would immediately know who was responsible and seek Sai out for revenge. He would be enraged and likely careless and that would almost certainly expose him. Once that happened, none of them would be safe anymore. She would put everyone in jeopardy, Ino included.

"I'm sorry." Hinata said.

Samui's expression softened upon seeing that the Hyūga finally came to her senses. "Don't simply be sorry, make sure you don't do anything stupid. We all have each others lives in our hands. Don't forget that." Samui reminded. Hinata nodded but didn't say anything. Samui sighed. 'Here comes the awkwardness that comes after you chew out a person and they're sorry.' Samui thought. She didn't really mean to be so harsh, but the message had to be driven across. She had to make sure Hinata gave up on this foolish endeavor. Samui glanced at her wristwatch before standing. "Let's end this here for today. We'll have another talk once it's alright for you guys to come over again." Samui said. Hinata didn't raise her head so she turned to Karui who looked dispirited but still managed to hold herself together. "Take care of her." Samui said before leaving. She really did have to leave. A friend of hers was coming to town to celebrate her birthday. She said something about a boat cruise or something, Samui wasn't sure. She glanced at Hinata one last time before leaving. Normally she wouldn't outwardly show concern for another, but Hinata was different. She understood that compared to the rest Hinata was the most naïve and likely to make a serious blunder so she had to pay more attention to her. Plus, she wasn't intentionally acting out to expose them, she just had a kind and loving nature. She basically couldn't help it so Samui didn't blame her. However, she would still be hard on her when the situation called for it. Her actions today –if her understanding of Hyūga Hinata was deep enough– wouldn't lead to a terrible outcome. Who knew, this might the wake up call she needed. However, it was still a risk to let her off on her own as things stood. After all he made her promise him one thing.

'Not all the girls are as capable as you Samui, and I know it'll be difficult for you due to your personality but could you please look out for them?.'

With his words in mind she took out her phone as she walked down the road. "Hey, Tayuya, could you help me out with something?. I want you to follow someone."

Precautions had to be taken.

---

Ino grabbed the collar of the other blonde haired with clear anger in her eyes. "Didn't I warn you to stay away from my man!." Ino yelled in the woman's face. She saw how the woman visibly trembled in her hold, helpless to struggle due to her personality.

The other lady's lips quivered in hesitation before she finally spoke. "I love him!." Ino's eyes flashed in rage as she raised her hand to slap the woman.

"Cut!."

Ino immediately lowered her hand and stepped away from the woman, her expression did a complete 180 and turned calm and confident. The woman however looked a little apprehensive as seeing the director level his gaze on her specifically.

"Gio-chan, Aluka's personality is one of meekness but also one of unquestionable bravery. She would be nervous when facing against her arch nemesis Esther, but for Kazumi's sake she wouldn't be so easily intimidated." The director was an elderly man with completely white haired and green eyes that seemed deep as an abyss. ''What I'm trying to say is you're not portraying this scene right. You should add more soul to the 'I love him' and don't avoid eye contact with Ino-chan when you do. Remember, you're nervous but not intimidated." The director reminded. Gio nodded her head in response. "Okay, let's all take fifteen. Also camera four what's..."

The director's voice trailed out of from Ino's hearing as she left the scene and went to get her bag before heading for the restroom.

"Here you go ma'am." an enthusiastic kind gentleman who probably had a crush on Ino saw her heading for her bag and quickly handed it to her. Ino smiled.

"Thank you." She laughed internally as the man blushed.

She headed for the restroom. She had to fix her makeup. Though it had already been more than a week since Sai beat her, there was still a faint darkness around her eye, she had to use makeup to cover it so others wouldn't notice. Ino noticed Gio was following her and stopped in front of the restroom door. She guessed the other blonde had something to do since she didn't take the initiative to talk to her. Ino wasn't in a rush anyway so she figured she'd let the woman go in first.

Gio arrived at the restroom door but didn't push it open and instead stood there looking at Ino. "I'm surprised you didn't gloat as usual when director Lee admonished me, you know, like you usually do."

Ino returned the gaze of the woman. She and Gio despite starring in numerous movies together never got along. They were like water and oil, couldn't mix together. However it was for this exact reason they always ended up doing the same projects together. Their rivalry was a stuff of legends in their agency and whenever they are put in conflicting roles, the competition seemed more natural and it genuinely looked like they were really the characters they were portraying. Even though they both hated each other's guts, Ino and Gio knew they made each other better. However, Ino knew she was the superior actress, and this was backed up by the fact that she was hardly ever corrected on set in comparison to Gio who got called out on multiple occasions. As Gio rightfully said, Ino would never missed out on an opportunity to kick her while she was down, and it was out of the ordinary that she didn't. Hell, Ino noticed everybody but director Lee sending her curious looks when she didn't say something cheeky to Gio when the opportunity arose. "Guess I'm tired of trolling your ass. I get so many opportunities on every set, I'm starting to think you have a kink for verbal abuse." Ino said with a shrug.

Gio almost smiled when she saw Ino revert back to her usual self but didn't since she didn't want her smile to be misunderstood. "There's the insufferable biyach we all know and love. You should take all the opportunities you have while you still have them cuz once I get back to my best, it'll be you who's getting verbally abused."

"Whatever, I'll just stick to watching you fail and bitch slapping you a few hundred times." Ino said with a shrug and sly smirk. Gio frowned. She wasn't Ino's match when it came to verbal warfare. "Are you going in or what?." Ino asked, pointing at the restroom.

"You got here first." Gio raised her eyebrow in suspicion. Ino actually letting her go in first?. What was up with her today?.

"Tramps first." Ino replied in a heartbeat.

Gio sweatdropped. 'It's like she's acting weird just to set me up for more insults. Is this a new strategy?. Am I playing into her hands by doing what she says?.' Gio thought as she stared at Ino intensely, trying to understand what her true intentions were. Ino on the other hand was losing patience. She didn't know what was there to analyze and why Gio was acting like she just saw a boar doing the moonwalk. Was her letting Gio go in first that much of a surprise?. Actually it was. Gio and Ino always competed for everything and for Ino to willing let Gio go ahead of her in any situation was frankly unthinkable, but it was happening right now. This was why Gio suspected that Ino had ulterior motives. You couldn't be too sure.

"Ugh, whatever. You wanna stand here like a dumbass, be my guest." Ino said and pushed the door open. Gio stared at her back warily and looked around the restroom for hidden cameras. She was still not at ease when she got into the room. Ino ignored her and went to the sink and brought out a small makeup kit out of her bag.

"Huh, I thought you never used makeup on set unless you absolutely had to." Gio said and fished out her own makeup kit. Ino ignored her and went about her business. "You're not doing right too." Gio added. Ino groaned in annoyance. Was Gio always this annoying or was today their hate anniversary?.

"Could you please just stop talking." Ino finally said, glaring at Gio's reflection.

Gio shrugged, a strange expression on her face as she opened her kit in silence. Her gaze remained on Ino the entire time and she could tell despite the blonde's fronting that she was really uncomfortable. Ino quickly kept her kit and turned to leave. "You could attributed it to the cleaner doing a terrible job on the mirrors or maybe it's the eye." Gio said. Ino immediately froze just before the door.

"What...?"

"You missed a spot. It's not that noticeable, but close up it's questionable." Gio said. Ino remained frozen on her spot, unable to get herself to move a muscle. "You know, the purplish ring around your eye." Gio said directly as she put the finally touches on her makeup and turned to face Ino who still had her back to her. "Guess you didn't lie when you said you hardly use makeup since you suck so much at using it to hide a little thing like that. Come on, I'll do it for you." Gio offered. Ino finally turned around to face her. There was a strange expression on her face, like a mixture of disbelief, anxiety and fear. "Don't worry I won't tell." Gio assured with a rare gentle smile.

So just like that Ino found herself standing in front of Gio and letting her put makeup on her face. "Wow your skin is so soft, is it natural or..."

"Natural. But I do take care of it a lot." Ino responded.

Gio clicked her tongue in disappointment. "Too bad. Some people have all the luck I swear." Gio said. They fell into a short spell of silence until Gio spoke up again. "Look at those lips too. No lip gloss and they're so pink and shiny. It's like Kami was picking favorites when he made you." Gio laughed. She didn't feel bad admitting Ino's beauty. It was common knowledge that anything about Yamanaka Ino could be denied, but not her beauty. Ino was simply beyond this world and everything on her was damn near perfect. Gio herself was a very beautiful woman but she knew she had nothing on Ino. If the woman wanted to broaden her scope to the overseas it would be merely effortless. With a face like this even the likes of Hollywood would be begging her to take roles.

"Keep talking like that and I'm gonna think you're tryna pick me up Gio." Ino said. She was so regularly complimented on her beauty do she really didn't think much when people said stuff concerning her appearance. However, with Gio standing so close and touching her face it was difficult not to have a reaction.

"Hells, why not?." Gio said with a laugh. "I'm not gay but I'd smash you all across a room if I got the chance." Gio winked at Ino and no matter how thick-skinned Ino was she couldn't help but blush at Gio's words. Perhaps there was somebody who could have her at a disadvantage when it came to teasing. "We could go right now if you're down." Gio said holding Ino by the chin and inched closer to her face.

Ino got even redder but still managed to stop Gio before she kissed her. "I'm married." Ino said, flashing the wedding ring as though she needed confirmation to prove the fact. Everybody knew who her husband was.

"So am I." Gio shrugged. She, however, still moved back and continued 'fixing' Ino's face in silence. When she was done she spoke again. "Done. Good as new."

Ino used her phone camera to verify and smiled brightly at Gio when she saw her face looking like it's usual self. "Thanks."

Gio smiled back but sighed in her heart. Why was everything about this woman so damn pretty?!. "You're welcome." Gio said. "Also Ino, don't ever let him put a mark on this face again. God played favorites with you, don't let one man waste all his efforts, okay?."

Ino's smile disappeared and she lowered her gaze to the floor. The memories of the events that led to her injury flashed in her mind amongst other unpleasant others and she couldn't help but shudder involuntarily. Gio saw this and her gaze softened as she approached Ino. Ino heard her footsteps and looked up, but before she could react she found herself held in an embrace by the woman who was just her enemy a few minutes ago. Ino didn't know when but she was already leaning into Gio's frame, tears about to escape her eyes. Gio noticed her trembling and smiled as she said "Don't go messing up my work just after I did it now." Ino snorted before laughing in a very unladylike manner. She quickly stopped herself when she remembered she wasn't alone in the room. Gio released her from her embrace and stared at Ino's embarrassed face with a big smile. "Guess you ain't completely perfect, huh?." Gio joked. Ino smiled but didn't say anything. Truthfully Gio felt the snorty laugh made Ino even more attractive since it added a measure of cuteness to the already magnificent creature she was. "It's alright though. Lots of guys dig that. What did John Legend call it...?. 'Perfect imperfections'?. Yeah, that's exactly what your laugh is."

"Gio... Thank you." Ino said genuinely. Nobody had ever complimented her ugly sounding laugh before. She normally didn't laugh this way unless she was completely cracked up by the joke. However, it was something she was always very self conscious about. To hear somebody compliment what she considered the ugly side of her made Ino truly happy.

"If you wanna thank me then fuck me." Gio said with a smirk.

"Keep dreaming." Ino rolled her eyes. "I will give you my number though. Then we can tal– huh?." Ino raised an eyebrow in curiosity as she stared at a marker she had no memory of putting in her bag. Was it Sai?. Probably not. He never touched her stuff. Maybe she was the one did and forgot?. 'Whatever.' Ino shrugged. Ino took out the marker and with a show of boldness, wrote down her phone number on the exposed area of one of Gio's large breasts. "Make sure you don't lose it." Ino winked and quickly left.

Gio stared at the door and smiled. Ino knew to leave first, if not the 'victory' she earned would be short-lived. "Who would've thought the reason I was at odds with Ino so many times was because I was secretly attracted to her?." Gio asked herself oul loud with a smile. "Let's get this number down." Gio said and walked towards the mirror on the wall.

---

Another three weeks rolled by and soon they were in the month of November. Tsunade hadn't shown up yet and the chances of her coming were slowly decreasing. Naruto for the better part of the time was away on a business trip. He still needed to contribute to the company even though he took this job only to enact his plan of vengeance. Not only Naruto, but Karin was out as well. During the past weeks Hinata didn't leave home much and only did so on rare occasions. She didn't feel comfortable going to Karui's place, so Karui always did her the favor of dropping by herself. Hinata and Karui were also unable to see Ino as well. The blonde had suddenly ghosted them and didn't respond to Hinata's messages or calls. They tried going to her place but were respectfully turned away. Karui didn't take the embarrassment lightly and broke the arm of one of the guards before they left. Fortunately Sai didn't make a fuss about it and they all pretended nothing had happened and they were back to the days when Hinata and Karui were literally unable to see Ino. It was a development that wasn't welcomed, but one that could not be fought.

Today Hinata was alone. Karui was attending a PTA meeting in Chocho's school and wouldn't be back until past noon. Hinata walked about aimlessly in her house. She felt like she was back to the old days, when she was a prisoner in her own home. The only difference now was that she was her own jailer. Hinata had spent a lot of time thinking these days and had decided in her heart that she wouldn't be a liability to Naruto. She had to be able to add something to the table like the rest of the women so that when the time came, and they could finally be together she wouldn't have any regrets. All her life she'd be cuddled by others and never had to stand in the front lines like the likes of Samui and Naruto. She was desperate to change that. Right now as she was, she understood, she wasn't much use to Naruto. And while the blonde never asked her to do anything, she had her pride and didn't want to be a spare tyre in this operation. Hinata wanted to contribute. And to do that she had to reinvent herself, just how Naruto had. How she would do that she had no idea. But for starters she resumed her martial arts exercises and reorganized her nutrition menu. Unfortunately she wasn't really able to lose much in the way of pounds, but she felt her body slowly 'waking up'. Right now it was just baby steps, but hopefully one day she would be able to proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with the man she loved. To contribute to Naruto's plan she needed far more than her body. She needed power and influence. She didn't know much in details but even Karui had a workforce that operated directly under her and answered to her binding alone. If Karui who was already married had some power in reserve, what about Samui who wasn't?. Hinata had to accept that she was the least useful wife of Naruto's enemies. Kiba had already been completely manipulated by the blonde and was basically at his mercy. Yet he still kept her around because he had feelings for her. Hinata wasn't satisfied with that alone. She had to pull her own weight. She MUST pull her own weight. And to do that she had to have a sturdy foundation first. That was why she begun making plans to seize control of the Hyūga clan.

The cursed name that had done nothing but cause her pain. That devious clan. Why shouldn't they just submit to her as payment for their sins?. Perhaps this was her own form of revenge. However she didn't seek to ruin the Hyūga clan. Maybe cripple it, make it suffer near annihilation, but never to destroy it. Hinata already possessed the qualifications to succeed as a clan head, however, the entire clan was currently against her. Well... Almost the entire clan.

Bzzzzzz

Hinata felt her phone vibrating in her pants pocket and fished it out. To her surprise it was a private number. Hinata wasn't paranoid but she understood that when a private number contacted you it was never good news. Hinata said a prayer in her heart for her lover and friends before picking the call. "Who is this?." she asked.

There was a pause before a voice came through."I went through all the trouble of hiding my contact, why would I tell you who I am now?." the caller replied. They sounded amused and the voice was distorted. "I think what you should be asking me is what I want, Ms Hyūga." the person said.

Hinata was silent for a few seconds before she spoke. "What do you want?."

"Good, down to business. To say the truth, I don't really want anything, but I have something that you might want on the other hand." The person said.

Hinata raised an eyebrow. "What?."

"Incriminating evidence that links the business tycoon and artist Sai to the murder of one Gio St Augustine."

---

Sai gestured at the help and he quickly tossed another log into his fire place. The black haired man enjoyed the warmth of his quarters with a cup of wine and one of his face literary pieces. His expression was as tranquil as ever, however, many things were going through his mind. He just made a sweep of the compound for possible rats and quickly exterminated them. The unfortunate lot had to be sent to an early grave and they could blame their dreadful ends on their mistress, as far as Sai was concerned. It was her who screamed when he told her not to. It was her who made a big deal over that friend of hers... Whatever her name was. It was her who had an illicit relationship and broke their matrimonial vows and his heart. It was all her fault. Even the dead of that woman... Whatever her name was. All of it was Ino's fault. The poor woman didn't die in a peaceful way either. Sai was forced to take advantage of the event they 'happened' to be attending and pushed her to her death. Drowning didn't sound or look like a pleasant experience. A pity. If she wanted to blame someone, she might as well blame herself and her 'lover'. Currently Ino had locked herself in her room and didn't allow anyone but her personal help in. Sai wasn't bothered about this at all. This was simply his wife grieving. In due time she'd get over it. Now all he had to do was make sure there weren't any loose ends left undone.

Brrrrrriiiiiiiinnnngggggg

Unbeknownst to him, a said loose end was literally calling.

---

Bzzzzzz

Tayuya groaned as she got up from her seat. She was just trying to watch her favorite show but calls just kept coming in. First it was Samui who wanted to check up on her. The blonde left home early for some business this morning. Tayuya was flattered that she worried about her. Then Karin called to ask about the situation of the city and if Naruto's targets had made any strange moves. Tayuya was fine answering all of that, but then Karin started asking her random thing and one way or the other they managed to end up talking about Naruto's dick. Well, Karin the most of the talking. Tayuya knew not just Karin, but Samui as well had intentions to get her to sleep with her master. Tayuya knew Samui had her best interest in heart, and as for Karin, she was just doing this for the thrill of it. But, regardless their motives, Tayuya really didn't appreciate being pressured into doing something. She was gay and into women. While she admitted she felt a little something for Naruto, that was only possible because she was already submissive to him as he was her master. Tayuya may sound very wild but deep down she had a submissive side to her and didn't enjoy holding the reins in a relationship. Samui did her best to sate this desire of hers and because Naruto was already in a position where he could make her submit, everybody thought she would just jump into bed with him. Admittedly, if Naruto requested her to do anything she would, it was her duty to serve. However, Naruto wasn't like Samui or Karin and she was thankful of that. He had no intention to force her to do anything she didn't want to. He flirted with her sometimes and did smack her ass once, but that was about it. He never took things too far and thankfully he never had sex with a woman in the same room as her again. The first time that happened, Tayuya ended up having his cum all over her. At the moment she wouldn't lie and say she wasn't extremely turned on. The way Naruto dominated the normally feisty Karui sparked a fire in Tayuya, however when the arousal passed away she was left with the musky smell of a man's seed and no matter how much she washed that scent stayed with her and his image in her memories. Tayuya was content with maintaining the current status quo she and Naruto set. They would both pretend they weren't noticing the people around them trying to push them into bed with each other. On the flip side, Tayuya felt a little guilty since before convincing both her and her master to do the deed, Samui was unable to further her relationship with the blonde. Samui had her feelings in mind and didn't want to hurt her by bonding with another while they were still together. Tayuya had told her time and time again that she didn't mind, but deep down she did and that was why Samui remained adamant. While Naruto was her master, she still felt extremely jealous when he flirted with or kissed Samui. Master or not, nobody would be cool with watching their partner do things with somebody else. Tayuya was in a dilemma because she understood Naruto wasn't just a scum and legitimately loved Samui and Samui probably loved him too, however she and Samui were in love as well. She couldn't be selfish and demand Samui end her romantic relationship with her master, she worried about his well-being too much to do something like that, and Samui had her feelings invested as well. She also couldn't be so selfless to be the one to take a step back. She knew Samui would be heart broken if she did and her master wouldn't stand for such as well. The third option was to complete the tri-couple relationship by falling in love with her master. That was easier said than done. Her master was a very good looking man and his character was exceptional too, however... He was still a man.

Tayuya picked up her phone and frowned. The caller wasn't any of the people that called her this morning and was in fact somebody she explicitly told not to call her unless it was something very important. "This better be fucking good." Tayuya said upon picking the call.

"It is. That lady you told me to keep eyes on, she's leaving the house."

Tayuya frowned. "So?. From your reports she goes out from time to time."

"Yes. But not in one of her husband's cars."

Tayuya froze. If she could remember correctly, when all the women connected to her master in this city were together in this house they had a conversation about driving. According to what she could recall Hinata was mostly silent through out and when she was questioned on this, she replied that she couldn't drive and frankly knew next to nothing about cars. Did she lie or...? "Is somebody with her?."

"Um no. She's on the phone though, her driving skills ain't the best but I don't think anybody could meet a tragedy moving at this granny speed."

'Some fucker must be talking her through driving on the phone. Who the fuck would do something so dangerous?!' Tayuya thought and quickly rushed to get redressed. "Keep following her. I'll be heading your way in a few."

"Okay, but uh... I know I probably don't have to tell you this, but, this is a little too suspicious. We should tell the boss, right?."

"Shut up. Follow her, that's all." Tayuya said coldly.

"Okay okay... sheesh."

Tayuya got off the phone and sighed. She probably should tell Samui. But the blonde was busy at the moment and said she would have her phone switched off. Right now whether she liked it or not, she only had herself to depend on. Tayuya left a message for Samui for whenever she put her phone back on and proceeded to the basement of the house. This room was her favorite room out of all others. This was where all the goodies were kept. Tayuya picked up a thin bullet proof vest. She wasn't going to war, but it was better safe than sorry. Somebody was clearly baiting Hinata somewhere, she was sure. None of Hinata's friends nor her husband would be dumb enough to talk her through driving like that. Only someone with genuinely no concern for the Hyūga's safety would do such a thing, and while Tayuya didn't know exactly how serious the issue was, she knew Hinata was in danger. Tayuya placed two pistols in her holster and packed a knife and some mags before leaving the basement. The red haired woman wore a black long sleeve loose T-shirt and a pair of jeans. A scarf was tied around her messy hair as usual and she looked like a casually dressed foreigner. If only her reason for leaving the house was a casual one. Tayuya also left behind a message for her master before leaving the house. She knew Samui wouldn't appreciate that decision, but with Hinata in danger the last thing on Tayuya's mind was Samui's feelings.

---

Hinata hadn't ever felt so nervous in her entire life before. First a call from a person she didn't know came in and then said person told her he had evidence on Sai regarding the murder of Gio St Augustine. Hinata wasn't much of a local romantic movie person, so she normally wouldn't even know who that person was, but she did and this was through Ino. Gio St Augustine was a rival actress to Ino and was a woman she often told stories about. Even on Thanksgiving, Ino brought up something regarding Gio. She must've been real popular for Ino to care so much about her. Hinata had already somewhat confirmed the authenticity of the news. Gio had be declared missing for over a week and she was last seen in a party, one which Sai attended. Hinata had read this all herself, it made the news, naturally. The party was initially a big deal so Sai's presence was as expected highlighted. According to the caller Sai pushed Gio to her death and there wasn't any witness to this. However, he managed to put a wire on Sai's wife and had a recording of Sai confessing to the murder. He refused to say how he made to put a wire on Ino nor who he was. All he told her was that Ino was currently on the run and Sai was keeping this a secret from everyone. The blonde apparently had a strange relationship with Gio St Augustine before her murder and threatened to go to the police. Sai threatened her but the woman still fled the house anyway. Whether she went to the police was unknown. Sai was currently searching for her and hadn't found her yet, but if he did, it wouldn't really end well for her. Hinata sensed the many problems with this statement and questioned the informant on many things. The questions he answered he did so vaguely and for the others, he ignored them. He claimed he didn't know where Ino was and that she left the wire tap at home. His motive for doing this was still unknown to her and his identity naturally remained a secret. Hinata knew she was walking into a trap but she had no choice. She couldn't confirm that Ino was truly in danger unless she called Naruto or Samui, but the blonde woman was out of the question. Even if she found out and Ino was really in danger, Hinata didn't have an absolute confidence that she would take the risks and involve herself. Naruto was out of town and his number was switched off. It was the same with Karui's phone. Hinata had only herself to depend on right now and decided to take the risk and walk into this obvious trap. The person told her to come to the docks at the edge of town. He claimed the package (evidence) would be there waiting. He also said not to bring anybody else so an uber was out of the question. Hinata had to drive there and awkwardly asked the caller to guide her on how to operate a mobile vehicle. Surprising the person had no problems doing this and showed a great amount of patience and eventually, Hinata was on the road. She hoped she wouldn't run into any cops and to avoid such encounters, the person told her to take the more isolated route to the docks. It felt like hours, but it was barely one. Hinata was perspiring and had a nervous expression clearly painted on her face, however she braved through her nerves and made it to the docks. She parked in a random location and didn't know whether to get down or not.

Bzzzz

Hinata heard her phone ring and quickly picked it up. It was the informant again. "I'm here." Hinata said, trying to keep the nervousness and fear out of her voice.

"I know. Get down from the car and move towards the old toy warehouse."

Hinata glanced around and found the old toy warehouse, a multi colored disaster, in the midst of others. There were old containers everywhere, but that area in particular had the most free space. If Hinata didn't think this was a set up, she did now. "Where are you?." Hinata couldn't stop the shaking in her voice now.

"Around. If you got cold feet, leave. I'll give you thirty seconds to get out of the damn car, if you don't then deal's off." with that the informant dropped the call.

Hinata trembled and felt herself choking up with tears. She had never been so frightened in her entire. She wanted nothing more than to run away right now, but the smiling face of her friend Ino kept on flashing in her mind. If she left then the evidence that could keep Sai away for a long time would be lost and then she would be helpless to aid Ino. She didn't know if it was true, but if it was, Ino couldn't hide from Sai for much longer. If that psycho caught her then there was no telling what he would do. There was a chance that this was all a set up, by probably Sai himself to kill her. But what if it wasn't?. Could she just sit back and do nothing while Sai hunted down her best friend?. Hinata clenched her fists and made her decision. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, Hanabi-chan, Neji-nii-san, Karui-chan." Hinata said to herself, a lone tear rolled down her cheek. She pulled a gun out of her handbag and hid it in her hoodie before stepping out the car and walked towards the old toy warehouse.

Hinata nervously glanced around her surroundings. The she could hear the roaring tides of the ocean not far away, the area was incredibly foggy so it was hard to see anything. Hinata jumped slightly when the lights in the old toy warehouse suddenly came on. The old florescent lights were barely enough to illuminate the dark area. Hinata's eyes darted around in dread and she quickly took out her phone and fearfully waited for the informant to call but to her dismay thirty minutes went by and yet he hadn't called. Hinata contemplated leaving but quickly squashed the idea. Ino was still in danger.

Bzzzzzzz

'Thank goodness!.' Hinata thought in elation and quickly picked the call. "I'm here, where's the package?." Hinata asked impatiently.

"There is no package."

Hinata felt her heart stop as she trembled. "W-what?." Hinata asked dumbly. She saw this coming and tried to prepare herself for it. She knew this was most likely a trap, however, she couldn't help but feel devastated when her fears turned to reality in the blink of an eye.

"Let's not do this. You knew I was lying. I'm just calling to say this isn't anything personal, try to stay alive."

Hinata felt a cold sensation run down her spine. "...Stay alive." she repeated. Her head pounded like somebody was striking it furiously with a sledgehammer. Her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would rip out of her chest. She was trembling and tears were already streaming down her face. She was brought here to die. Samui was right. She was too careless. Sai had somehow found out she was snooping around and deigned her a threat so decided to kill her. This was always a possibility, but knowing your death was on it's way was far different than entertaining a possibility. There was a sudden sound of something moving, Hinata quickly pulled out her gun. Unfortunately her sweating her nervousness made her fumble and drop the weapon. Hinata felt her heart hit her stomach as she glanced at the gun on the floor and then upwards. There was a shadow of a person in the fog. This person was slowly stalking towards her. Hinata rushed forward to her gun but a sudden loud bang in the air made her halt in her tracks. That was a gunshot. Hinata quickly inspected herself and thankfully she wasn't bleeding. However, her relief was short lived as the figure in the fog finally appeared for her to see. It was a man, she didn't recognize him, but she could already tell who he worked for. He was dressed in a suit and wore a hat that cast a shadow over his eyes, making appear even more ominous. He had one hand in the air, he was the one who shot into the air. Hinata involuntarily stepped back as he lowered his hand to point his gun at her.

"Hinata Hyūga. I have a message for you from my boss." The man pulled out a folded piece of paper casually, as though as he wasn't about to kill somebody. "Yeah, here it is. 'Since you care so much about other people's business, maybe in your next life you'll be a therapist'." The man said. He had a strange accent and Hinata could tell he was a foreigner. The man chuckled slowly before breaking into a crazed laughter. "Damn, boss has one fucked up sense of humor." The man said and then smiled broadly. His eyes twinkled in amusement as he spoke again. "Do you know that he told me not to look at the contents of this paper until I met you?. Heh, there's an inside joke in this cuz boss said I need a therapist. Guess the jokes on both of us, huh?." the man laughed. Hinata would normally be greatly disturbed by this level of weirdness but right now she was too scared of her life to ponder on the sanity of her would-be killer. She heard the gun click and felt her knees give out and she was soon on her knees. "Damn even before death, you're one pretty doll. Heh, boss spaced out the 'T.H.E' from the other letters when he wrote 'therapist' a little bit. I understand him well enough but I'll do you a favor and let you at least keep your dignity before you die. I'm nice like that." the hat wearing man grinned. "Goodbye milkshakes." he pointed the gun just about Hinata's left breast as his smile turned devious.

Bang!

A shot rang out and a the thud sound of a body hitting the ground sounded soon after. Hinata had blood splattered all over her face and her eyes were still wide in disbelief as she stared the dead body of the hat wearing man.

"Rogue sniper!."

Hinata heard a voice ring out and felt despair. There was more than one person here trying to kill her. Her body felt heavy but she still struggled to move in as she broke into a mad dash for the old toy warehouse.

"Get her!."

"Don't let her get away!."

Hinata wasn't paying attention, if she was she'd have counted two other voices aside from the one who yelled out 'rogue sniper'. And if there was a rogue sniper, then that meant there was more than one sniper!. At least one was out to kill her.

"GET DOWN" Hinata heard a familiar voice scream at her and she was soon tackled to the ground. Rounds of shots rung out. Hinata covered her ears in fear and looked to her side and found a red haired woman lying beside her shooting at quickly approaching shadows in the fog. More shots rang out and one of the approaching gunmen shrieked in pain before keeling over. "Tayuya-chan..." Hinata recognized the woman.

Tayuya's eyes didn't leave her targets. "We're sitting ducks here. Make a break for the warehouse, stay low, I'll cover you."

"Tayuya-chan how did you kno–"

"SHUT UP AND GO!." Tayuya yelled, finally turning to Hinata with eyes filled with fury. Hinata shuddered and didn't argue anymore. She quickly did as she was told and ran into the warehouse. She heard multiple shots fire out between Tayuya and the other gunmen. Many of them hit the warehouse but luckily none touched her. Hinata quickly hid behind a container inside the warehouse and waited for Tayuya in fear. She hoped nothing would happen to the red haired woman. If anything happened to her she wouldn't be able to forgive herself.

Tayuya rolled across the ground and narrowly avoided a bullet that would've lodged itself inside her gut. Perspiration covered her forehead. She had no cover and knew she couldn't keep this up for long. If not for the fog and her vest she'd already be dead. "Kidomaru, you useless asswipe!. Help me out here goddammit!." Tayuya yelled into her receiver.

"My position's been compromised. Sniping support is out of the question after this, try to stay alive crazy bitch." Kidomaru laugh reverberated in her ears and immediately after sounds of reckless shooting followed. Yells and groans filled the air and Tayuya quickly ran towards the old toy warehouse.

"Motherfucker!. Are you trying to kill me?!." Tayuya screamed as she managed to get into the building in time.

"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!." Kidomaru laughed and went on blasting shoots in random directions.

'This asshole has lost it!.' Tayuya thought. She quickly found Hinata.

"Tahuah-shwan!" Hinata sob as she glomped the red haired woman in relief. She was alive!. Hinata held her tightly and cried into the woman's heaving chest. Tayuya glanced down at the crying lavender haired woman and would normally be irritated by sudden body contact but strangely didn't sense such an emotion rising. She instead involuntarily stroked the woman's hair.

"There there... We're both alive." Tayuya said. They were both alive... for now. That was the rest of the sentence that Tayuya left unsaid. She had no idea how many shooters were out there but they should exceed six at the very least. Also they couldn't use the fog to make a silent escape since everyone had heat vision goggles, including the sniper. Though she trusted Kidomaru to help as best he could, that wasn't a guarantee. As things stood they were pinned in a single location and were completely surrounded. Anything short of a miracle wouldn't be able to save them. Also...

"Blood... You're bleeding Tayuya-chan!." Hinata pointed out the blood leaking from Tayuya's left thigh in freight.

"It's a through and through. It didn't hit a bone or anything. Just a flesh wound, I'll be fine." Tayuya assured. She wasn't just speaking out of her ass –as she would say– it was truly nothing serious to her. However she was leaking, and if she didn't do something about it it would turn into a really serious problem for them. The wound also affected her current performance and that wasn't good news.

"I know first aid!." Hinata said quickly fumbled through her handbag and brought out a canteen. "I took Kiba's flask to help with my nervousness." Hinata explained though Tayuya didn't ask. The silver flask looked out of place in her off-white bag. "Y-your pants." Hinata said, suddenly recalling that Tayuya wasn't like her and would probably feel more uncomfortable being asked to strip in front of a woman. However she was wrong. Tayuya was a highly trained mercenary and a former contract killer. She wasn't uncomfortable with many things.

Tayuya glanced out of the warehouse and as expected nobody dared followed them inside for fear of Kidomaru going crazy again. At the very least Kidomaru had bought them time. And if Hinata could really patch her up then the situation would improve by a bit. Tayuya didn't flinch and ripped her pants, exposing the bleeding hole in her thigh. To her surprise Hinata didn't freak out. While she flinched she didn't have an over-the-top reaction like what Tayuya expected. Hinata noticed her questioning look and rubbed her eyes cutely.

"I grew up in a Hyūga dojo. Compared to what I've seen done to the human body, this isn't that unsightly." Hinata explained. Tayuya nodded. She sometimes forgot that Hinata was a Hyūga. Not just her but almost everybody else, excluding Samui of course, she didn't exclude any possibility and never underestimated anyone. With Hinata's personality it was easy to forget that she was the former heir to one of the most deadly clans in the entire country. Hinata brought out a small first-aid kit from her back. Finally her training to always be prepared was paying off. "This is gonna hurt." Hinata warned as she uncovered the flask.

"Mm go on." Tayuya nodded. She hissed in pain as Hinata poured the alcohol on her fresh wound but didn't make much of a fuss. She had to suck it up and do her best not to unnerve Hinata. That way she would have a better chance of patching her up. Soon Hinata was done cleaning the wound and to Tayuya's surprise she carried out her actions with so much preciseness that Tayuya wondered if she shot Kiba and patched him up regularly as training. Thinking about that Tayuya couldn't help but chuckle.

Hinata was wrapping Tayuya's thigh with bandages when she heard the red haired woman laugh. "Did I do something wrong?." Hinata quickly asked.

"No no no." Tayuya waved her hands. She grinned before speaking. "I just thought you're so good at this. Could it be that you've been shooting Kiba's dog ass for training?."

Hinata stared at Tayuya for a little bit, making the red haired woman uncomfortable. Didn't she get the joke?. Suddenly Hinata broke into a hysterical laugh and had to use Tayuya as support. "Sorry... It's just I once contemplated doing exactly what you said." Hinata said and rose in laughter again. Tayuya sweatdropped. Where did sweet kind Hinata go?. Hinata exhaled and wiped the tears out of her eyes. That was a good laugh. "Tayuya-chan... Thank you." Hinata said with a bright smile from the bottom of her heart. Tayuya didn't say anything and simply smiled back. In truth she was a little stunned by how beautiful Hinata was. She never really paid much attention to others, but looking closely now Hinata was incredibly beautiful. It was almost unbelievable how beautiful she was and even more so that she actually didn't notice this before. "All done." Tayuya was knocked out of her daze by Hinata's words. She had totally forgotten where she was, totally mesmerized by the beauty of the Hyūga woman. She didn't even feel it when Hinata made the knots on her bandage. Those were supposed to hurt.

"Uh thanks." Tayuya said dumbly and quickly checked her leg. To her surprise Hinata did a very great job with the bandages and she felt a whole lot better compared to earlier. Not as good as new but still manageable and that was a good thing. "Wow, you're really good at this." Tayuya honestly compliment. Hinata smiled. Tayuya was going to turn away from the infectious smile before she fell into another daze but then noticed Hinata's hand was still on her thigh. The red haired woman couldn't stop a blush from reaching her face. "Umm your hand." Tayuya said.

"Oh s-sorry!." Hinata quickly apologized and retracted her hand. They spent a few minutes of awkward silence. Tayuya tried to contact Kidomaru but got no response and finally spoke up.

"Eventually they're gonna come in, and by then things won't be looking so good for us." Tayuya said.

Hinata's expression turned gloomy. "Can't we run?." she asked. She knew she sounded really pathetic, but if it was to save both hers and Tayuya's life she didn't mind it.

"We're completely surrounded. Even if we found another exit there would be shooters waiting there for us. Best we can do right now is make our preparations and hope to come out of this in one piece. And I'll be real with you Hinata. Our chances ain't good. I wasn't expecting this much action. Who knew Sai would send so many people just to kill you?. My partner Kidomaru stumbled upon the a sniper by chance and took him out, that's how I even got a chance to make it so far. I'm fucking low on ammo and my weapons aren't powerful enough." Tayuya said with a sigh. Hinata expression turned gloomy and she struggled to find the words to say. "I promise I'll do my best to make sure you come out of this alive." Tayuya said. Hinata looked up to see her smiling. "Just tell that big knockered bitch Samui I love her." Tayuya said. She didn't wait for Hinata's reply and immediately pushed herself to her feet.

"What are you doing Tayuya-chan?." Hinata asked in dread. After saying stuff like that she obviously wasn't planning anything good.

"Gotta guarantee one of us gets out of here alive. Thankfully you didn't park too far from here. I'm gonna make as much as a ruckus as I possibly can, you make a dash for your car and once you get to it drive outta here as fast as possible." Tayuya said.

"Hell no!." Hinata immediately disagreed. "How can I leave you here. And what's all this talk about making a ruckus?. If you go out like this they'll kill you!."

"No shit Sherlock." Tayuya said with a frown, matching Hinata's defiant gaze with a cold one. "I don't have much of a choice in this. I'm gonna die here anyways. It's not like I can give you my guns and hope you'll turn into fucking prime John Wick and create enough cover fire for me to escape. This is the only way one of us can get outta here. It's our shitty luck but fact is, either one of us survives or we both die." Tayuya said. Her expression didn't fluctuate and her words were logical, it was hard to rebut against them.

"Then we die!. What do you think of me?!. Do you think I'm gonna let my saviour sacrifice her life for mine?!. So what if I'm not good with a gun, how hard can it be to throw my life away so you can run away?!." Hinata rose to her feet to match Tayuya's stare.

The red haired woman growled. "Stop being fucking stubborn. Fucking growing guts to die?!. You might as well have no guts at all. Shit, you think I wanna die?. This is literally our only chance. You can't hold those guys off for a second, it'd pointless if you took the guns. So stop arguing with me and just do as I say!."

"No. I won't. Either we both get out of here alive or we don't. And don't forget that I can't drive. If I go fast I'll crash and going at my own pace, I might as well run all the way home!."

Tayuya froze. That was true. Hinata was a terrible driver. She wouldn't be able to get away even if she had a twenty minute head start. Tayuya groaned. She totally forgot Hinata couldn't drive to save her life!.

"See?. I'm totally useless so I might as well go out with a bang... I'm sure you're a good driver, you have a way better chance of getting out of here alive than me. I'm the one who got us in this mess in the first place." Hinata said in a whisper. She struggled to maintain her stubbornness and voice but she was just unable in the the face of certain death. To Tayuya, she could see Hinata shaking in fear and the despair in her eyes. She was trying to put up a tough front but it was clear that she was terrified. Tayuya sighed. Did they really have no way to survive today?. She hadn't heard from Kidomaru so he was probably trying his best to stay alive as well or maybe he was already dead. She had no clue. Was waiting for death all they could do?. 'Our ending can't be so pathetic... right?.'

Bzzzzzzzzzzzz

Tayuya's eyes lit up in excitement as she felt her phone buzz. Was there hope for them yet?. Tayuya quickly took out her phone. Hinata was also watching with desperate hope "It's master!." Tayuya said. Hinata covered her mouth as she felt her emotions whelming up. It was Naruto!. Tayuya quickly picked the call. "Master!." Tayuya answered.

"I saw your message. Are you and Hinata-chan alright?."

Hinata couldn't stop her tears when she heard Naruto's voice. He sounded nervous and afraid. "Yeah, for now. I got hit, it's not life threatening and Hinata helped patch me up but I'm no good like this. We're currently pinned in an old toy warehouse in the docks. There are probably more than six shooters outside the building and I'm low on ammo. My partner Kidomaru is out there, I don't know what his situation is." Tayuya didn't spare the details and made sure Naruto knew exactly how desperate their situation was.

They heard a sigh before Naruto's voice rang out again. "I see. He's probably alright. Sit tight. I already tracked Hinata to the docks and help is already there. Just stay where you are, he'll find you guys."

Tayuya's eyes lit up. "Is it... Him?."

"Yes. When my women are in danger I'll spare no effort to make sure they're saved."

Hinata broke into a smile and Tayuya blushed. He just called her his woman again. Did he really consider her as his woman even when they hadn't done anything?. Or was it because he 'marked' her with his cum th– 'Jesus Christ woman calm down!. What the fuck is this, Ero-Ninja?. Why is my imagination running so wild?!.' Tayuya thought. Tayuya gathered herself before replying. "Okay master, we'll do as you say."

"Good. Tayuya..."

"Yes master."

"Thank you for protecting Hinata, but never you put yourself in danger like that again. Make sure to contact 'him' if you encounter danger. I'll be back as soon as I can, bye for now."

"Bye..." Tayuya said and didn't even realize she was smiling in a really dumb way. Hinata saw this and didn't say anything. Perhaps Tayuya just realized Naruto never saw her as just a mere aide and as one of his own instead. Tayuya sat down again. Hinata followed her action.

"Will it be fine if we just wait here?." Hinata asked.

"Yup." Tayuya said. Suddenly acting very casually like their lives were no longer in danger.

"Is it because of this 'him'?." Hinata asked. Suddenly shouts of pain rang outside along with shots. Hinata jumped in fright. She heard the shooters outside curse loudly before their voices gradually begun turning silent.

"He's already here." Tayuya said, looking totally disinterested with what was happening outside.

"Who is he?." Hinata asked in curiosity as well as a bit of fear. It was hard to believe that one man was able to take on so many people alone. And the level of confidence Tayuya and Naruto had in him was astounding. Who exactly was this person?.

"You already met him before, during Thanksgiving at Karui's place. But if you wanna know more you can ask him yourself." Tayuya said and suddenly pointed her gun upwards at something. Hinata looked up and to her surprise there was a man crouching on top of the container they were hiding behind. Tayuya was right, Hinata had seen this man before. He was a the short individual who managed to unnerve even Yastura Aimui. Right now he looked even more intimidating compared to back then, dressed in all black with a bulletproof vest on and blood stains all across his clothes and some sprinkled on his face. He had two guns in his hands and two swords hanging horizontally at the back of his waist. "I might be injured but that doesn't mean I'm useless." Tayuya said.

"Scary." the man said in a dry and casual voice. "I heard someone wanted to know about me so I dropped by."

"You done killing everyone out there?." Tayuya asked.

"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't." the man said and wiped the stray blood on his gun on his shin guards.

"My partner?."

"Safe."

Tayuya nodded and didn't say anymore. She pushed herself and Hinata quickly ran to support her. Tayuya smiled lightly at the lavender woman and didn't say anything. Hinata turned to the man who was now standing not too far from them. She didn't even see him come down from the crater. "Who are you sir?."

The man blinked. "I'm definitely not a sir to you." he said and holstered his guns. "We'll talk as we walk, what exactly do you wanna know about me?." he asked.

"Um... Your name?." Hinata asked.

"Levi Ackerman."

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