Chapter 13
Change in Wardrobe? Between Traditions and Motoko's Sunday Best
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Mid April XX, 1999, Sunday
|At the Hinata-sou|
-Flashback to an Earlier Incident-
There was a bit of mayhem with the pet turtle (which is a male, by the way) that stayed with the Hinata-sou, as a gift from Mutsumi, that can strangely fly like a bird and can dangle onto places, and almost became somebody's dinner. Keitaro, Naru, and Ruto went through every tenants' rooms while chasing the runaway reptile after Naru fastened her water-resistant watch to its front leg out of curiosity. Shinobu shrieked and ran into Ruto after undressing herself earlier, leaving her with only panties and an undergown on while squeezing him in the process, and found turtle markings on the floor. Kitsuné was getting frisky after Keitaro was searching through her sexy undergarments, but Ruto and Naru put a stop to the Vixen Kitsuné's flirty ways. Motoko screamed at the top of her lungs as the turtle went into the britches of her yukata before it flew into a secret hole in the ceiling.
(The 'victims' decided to go and take a bath in the onsen while Keitaro, Naru, and Ruto continued with the search.)
The trio then explored the hidden rooms interconnected to each other like it's a hidden ninja compound until they came across Kaolla's room; it's a real life jungle in the place. Ruto explained to them that this is a nice view of the room that is personally a climate controlled environment until they stumbled into a secret passage that has loose weapons lost during what appears to be from possibly the Sengoku (Warring States) Era that are still intact, despite being left there for hundreds of years. Ruto decided to wait until he gathered his scrolls and ink to contain the neglected historical pieces for later.
And as they trekked onward, they found a hidden spring with an unused modern machine that supposedly draws out the water from further underground. That's when they spotted the turtle and accidentally fell into the hot water and tried to pursue it through a tunnel that somehow leads back to the onsen near the Dorms. Keitaro got clobbered by towel-covered Kitsuné, Kaolla, and Motoko, while Ruto was 'forced' to join the bathing beauties plus Shinobu in the onsen (which was really at Kitsuné's behest) to scrub their backs and massage them at the same time, just to make it up to them; much to the sorrow, chagrin, and dismay of his older brother and Naru, who is left in the dark about the situation.
"Ruto-niisan, you lucky bastard," Keitaro grumbled while administering first aid to himself.
"Why didn't the girls just clobber that blond sneak for peeking in on them?" Naru asked herself as she was stupefied about something being wrong with the scene, "Why, oh, why, oh, why…?"
Later, there were instructions for the breed of turtle that turned out to be an Onsen Kamé (the Hot Springs Turtle) that must be bathed regularly and this breed prefers hot spring waters. And from this day forward, the turtle was given a name, 'Tamago Onsen' (or 'Tama' for short) and it enjoys being in the onsen as long as Kaolla doesn't eat it for her supper, thanks to Ruto's constant reminder: "Tama is a friend, not food, 'ttébayo!"
-End Flashback-
And why, you asked, is Tama somehow involved in this situation? Have a look...
|At Motoko's Room|
Now, it was warm and calm at the apartments as Motoko is in her uniform as she has a box with a letter addressed from her elder sister Tsuruko along with a few kimono sets that she once wore. The letter said,
To my younger sister,
I know it's been so long since I left the Shinmei-style School with my husband and my son, Ken.
"Son‽ I've got a nephew and Ane-ue's not telling me this‽" Motoko reacted from the first line on the letter and then she reads more of it,
Anyway, I found some of my old kimono sets while cleaning the other day, so I'm sending them to you. Motoko, you always wanted to wear them when you were younger.
I know I haven't seen you in a while, but I'm sure that you've grown into a fine lady that I probably wouldn't recognize you. When you have the time, please come and visit us. If not or if you are unable to go, I may stop by your residence to check on how you're doing.
With love,
-Your Ané-ué, Tsuruko
But Motoko just can't bear to be in her elder sister's shadow as it seems that her dream of being a civilized and refined woman is out of her reach since she has to complete school and bear the family name as a swordmistress. So she regretfully sealed the boxes away and put them in her closet.
-LNH-
|At the Dining Table|
The residents are eating their breakfast at the table. Naru is impressed with Shinobu's miso soup, which turns out that one of the ladies from the Seniors Club gave her some homemade miso. Kitsuné says that she'll make a fine wife to a certain beau.
But just as Shinobu put away the miso, she was frightened by something in the kitchen. Keitaro investigates what the fuss is about and finds one thing that even he doesn't like: a cockroach. The landlord panicked as he frantically tried to find something to get rid of the pest. He has a bottle of dish detergent and hesitantly aims the soap at the cockroach, but then the bug flew up onto his nose and he shrieked like a great big sissy. That was when Motoko pulled out her blade and smacked the landlord, sending him and the 'roach flying to the sink. The roach, still alive, scurries along onto a newspaper conspicuously sitting on the floor and Ruto stealthily and masterfully folded the paper with the vermin inside and smashed it without the girls knowing it and took it to the trash bin. (A certain housewife that he helped on some of his errands taught him the secret of exterminating 'roaches.)
"Don't-don't you think that was a bit much, Motoko-chan?" the landlord groaned on his back.
"Worry not, I only used the flat side of my blade," Motoko calmly replied as she withdrew her blade.
"That's not what he meant," Naru complained with disbelief.
"Hey, Motoko, how does that work?" Kaolla curiously asked.
"Swords do not particularly make the person a warrior, Kaolla-chan," Ruto explained, "It's the person that has the ability to make it work."
"Yes," the kendo girl agreed, "We, of the School of the Shinmei-style, utilizes one's chi (pronounced: khi) to seek and destroy targets."
"Chi?" Keitaro asked
Ruto explains further, "It's a spiritual power made possible through rigorous training and force of willpower. Motoko-senpai and I are of the few that are disciplined to harness the power responsibly."
"A weak-kneed fool such as yourself could never understand such ideals," Motoko harshly said to Keitaro as she walked back to her table and resumed eating her breakfast. But as she was about to use her chopsticks, Ruto noticed that Tama got into the utensils and waves at her.
"Myu!"
One moment, Motoko's face is regularly serious; the next moment was a face of sheer, utter dread as she shrieked with a high pitch that shook the inn as she cravenly hugged Ruto, like a toddler clinging to a security blanket, giving him a bit of a blush.
-Explanation-
This is the first time Motoko's embarrassing event happened in front of the crowd, including the clenching of the first person she can depend on, instead of just cowering in a corner.
-End Explanation-
Yep, Motoko still has that fear of 'you-know-what'.
"T-t-t-turtle!"
"Shame on you, Tama-chan," Shinobu scolded the flying turtle, "You shouldn't scare Motoko-senpai like that!"
"Myu?" Tama chirped.
Kitsuné placed her hands on her hips and commented to her scaredy neighbor, "You know, it's strange that you're fine with roaches, but turtles, Motoko?"
"Onee~chan~, I've~ seen~ people~ with worse~ fears~ than~ just a sim~ple~ t-turtle~," Ruto shookly said from being hugged by the nervous-wrecked upperclasswoman. He remembers a show about people confronting fears and phobias from even the simplest things like birds, dogs, cheese, or even aluminum foil of all things. He turned to his dormmate and he reached and rubbed her back to calm her down and concernedly said, "Senpai, I thought we got over that problem."
"I still can't stand turtles, guys," the cowardly swordswoman shivers from her fear while still hugging her blond underclassman even further, "Ever since that elusive, defiant, audacious, insolent, high-roller for a turtle came here at the dorms, I still couldn't get a good night's sleep!"
"You're not making any sense, Motoko-chan," Naru doubted, as did Shinobu, "And besides, you're choking Ruto-san."
"Gee, I never knew you have a feminine side, Motoko-chan," Keitaro said as he entered the dining room, "...after being afraid of a little turtle like that..."
"Urashima!" Motoko growled in embarrassment as she removed herself from Ruto and then started to charge at the landlord, "How could you..." And prepares her attack with a held weapon (Key word: A), "...ever understand me‽" And she attacks - - with futility, as she holds not a sword, but with Tama by mistake.
"Myu? Myuu~!"
She shrieks as she reactively tosses Tama into the air and withdraws itself as it falls into Motoko's clothes.
"Not again! Get it off!" Motoko sobbed as she struggled as she tried to get the turtle out of her old-fashioned clothes, "Somebody get it off of me! I can't stand turtles!" Keitaro nearly ended up watching the awkward scene with Motoko's clothes unceremoniously loosened, but Naru socked him out through the window, busting it.
::That's going to be on your bill, Naru-senpai…:: Ruto inwardly grumbled, ::Well, it's about as good a time as any to replace those old windows with tougher, sturdier, and doubled-paned ones.::
Then Tama managed to get out of Motoko's chest area of her yukata as it escaped and landed on her head. She fainted from the hullabaloo and landed on her back. The girls were worried about their neighbor's health issue, and then Ruto helped carry the fainted girl to her bedroom to let her cool off.
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Wait a minute!
If you watched "A Goofy Movie" and the beginning involves a dream that turned into an age-progressive nightmare, then this is the warning I'm about to give you.
Also, there's a brief citrus moment included.
What you're about to see may be disturbing to some readers and the younger audience. Viewer discretion is definitely advised.
And now, back to the show…
|Motoko's Dream Sequence|
Tsuruko appears in the dream with a bird with a great wingspan by her side. She says to the younger (and shorter) Motoko, "Well, take care of yourself. I'm leaving you my sword, Shisui, so take good care of it. I want you to become a great swordswoman, Motoko."
"Hai, Ane-ue," little Motoko replied.
Then as her elder sister walks away, she instantly changes from her garbs and into a wedding dress while Motoko calls out for her name, but no avail of responding as she chases after Tsuruko wondering why she is being left behind as her husband joins her.
Then little Motoko is starting to experience what appears to be a nightmare as she sees herself without any clothes and her sword, and then her prepubescent body begins to change. Motoko's chest begins to burn as she sees her nipples and areolas becoming presentable and pointier as her breasts begin to develop. Then her feet began to grow bigger, followed by her legs, then her 'assets', her arms, and hands as she lost her balance. Just as things couldn't get more nauseous, her womanhood began to become plumper and she started to get curious about this strange feeling that makes her want to have... 'pleasure', but was interrupted when her thighs and calves became fuller. Then her spine made her body feel taller as her waist and hips became defined.
"This can't be happening!" Motoko exclaimed while her voice is still child-like, "Why am I turning into Ané-ué‽ I don't want to be a grown-up so suddenly... Ree~!" But too late, her tongue's gotten bigger as it swells and her voice begins to crack. And what's worse? Her mouth has a terrible sensation in her gumlines as she spat and coughed out all of her baby teeth (even down to her molars), some saliva and blood (from her baby teeth) while her adult set are quickly coming in as the rest of her body continues to fully develop and her hair on her head grew longer, right down to her waist, as she cried in a voice similar to Tsuruko's while she lies in a fetal position from the inward pain, "Ané-ué! Ané-ué! Sister... *sniffle* Please... Help me... *sob*"
But then she felt a tender touch from the hand of a boy with blond hair, that stands at the height of her hips, saying to her in firmness, "It's time to wake up and smell the roses, Motoko-chan." But then the boy turned to a man that is taller than her and said with a deeper voice, "One of these days, you may end up falling in love with a man and start a family, like your sister had done." Then Motoko was lifted off her feet and then was being kissed by the mysterious blond haired man and the 'chemistry' began to show and then they started making love to each other.
[[Skipping the Imaginative Sexual and Intimate Moments]]
The younger Aoyama felt the cum and semen drip from her vulva in her ecstasy.
But not long after that, she develops a strange feeling that is pulsing from her womb as she felt a growing fetus inside that's getting bigger at a fast rate of speed and then she started to feel labor pains like she wanted to push the baby out of her vaginal canal while being on all four limbs as she went into labor. The baby's head is crowning out, but is still covered from the amniotic sac, since the water hasn't been broken yet. She screamed and sobbed from all the pushing, "I'm giving birth! No! The baby's tearing my legs! Ahh~! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna di~i~e~!"
But the 'husband' calmed the 'expectant mother' down to let her catch her breath until she felt the next contraction and yelled, "Nnno-hoh~!" and then she hears a plop and a splash of liquid on the ground and then she blacked out for a moment. Motoko then opened her eyes and sees the 'husband' holding a girl, now the appearance of a 2-year old toddler (without the umbilical cord and placenta, but has a navel in its place) in his arms that looks too much like a cloned version of herself except for having fiery red hair and in a shorter hair length like the mother's childhood self. The red-haired baby babbled, "Mamamama!", as she wanted to hug her new mother.
Motoko was crying tears of joy as she was given the baby and then she was gently embraced by her 'husband' as they were holding their new bundle of joy.
And then...
Motoko woke up on her futon with tears in her eyes, a cold sweat and something unusually wet in her panties. She must've ministrated herself with her 'nether regions' in her sleep again.
(She's been having these lustful intentions with Ruto ever since she saw his 'turtle' the day they first met.)
This dream felt all too real for this to happen. Maybe the man in her vision was right. But after having that strange nightmare-ish dream, she decided to take a nice hot bath to get that dreadful thought out of her head. (Not to mention that she still has her phobia problem to be dealt with...)
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|Later, at the onsen|
"Look, it's no big deal," Naru said to Motoko as she and the girls relaxed naked in the hot water, "Everyone has to have weaknesses, right?"
"I don't know what to say," Motoko sadly replied while not telling her friend of her unusual dream.
"If turtles are a problem, I could go ahead and eat Tamago, ya know?" Kaolla suggested with an appetite.
"Don't you dare eat him, Kaolla-san! You know Ruto-kun told you not to!" Shinobu chastises her upperclassman.
That's when Motoko leaves the bath and wraps a towel around her torso as she enters the dressing room. As she goes to her clothes basket, she notices something wiggling in her garments and reveals it to be Tama hiding under them. This made Motoko very angry as she said while still clutching her towel on one hand and holding her blade with the other, "Curse you, you lowly, stinking, [Reptilia Anapsida Testudines]!"
(Surprising how Motoko got the Latin name of the species of turtle right: the class, the informal group, and the order.)
Tama flew out of the women's dressing room and into the halls with the towel-covered Motoko pursuing it until she bumped into Keitaro, who accidentally grabbed her towel revealing her naked glory in front of him, making the loser blush blood red as he held the only covering in his hand. When Motoko was about to say something from the mishap, she felt a draft and realized that she is still butt naked and beginning to lose her sanity as she reflexively tries to use her blade, but Keitaro manages to do a barehanded blade block. Embarrassed, Motoko knocked the unintended peeper to the wall instead, with debilitated power of her fist.
-LNH-
Later, Motoko manages to put her towel (and modesty) back on and take her clothing to the laundry room and finds that her clothes have a particular odor, "Ugh! It stinks of turtles..." And she puts the dirty clothes into the washer.
(The dryers, however, are not respectfully in use whenever the weather is good.)
But then, Shinobu entered the room and yelled, "Wait! Don't wash that!"
Motoko wondered why her younger neighbor gave a sudden warning.
"Senpai, your other clothes and your underwear are drying outside right now!"
"Oh? Well, I'll just have to wear my uniform, then," Motoko said, but Shinobu also sheepishly explained, "Your uniforms are still in the dry cleaners."
The kendo girl just then realized that she has no garments other than her modern and old-fashioned underwear and wraps, and that's when Kitsuné has a wonderful (awful) idea Keitaro suggested and agreed while Motoko was forced to oblige and make a strange utter from the monstrous character from "The Grudge" as she is going to regret this.
"Uhhh~"
-LNH-
|Later, at Kitsuné's Room|
Kitsuné, along with Kaolla, try to hold Motoko still while putting on a girl's dress while the audience (Shinobu, Tama, Naru, Keitaro, Haruka, and Ruto) is waiting in the hallway. She cried to Ruto for help, but he said through the screens, "Gomen'nasai, Motoko. But I'm afraid that Shinmei-style isn't going to solve your situation, 'ttébayo. You've been in the overly masculine business for too long and besides, you buttered your bread when Aniki stopped you from slicing him like an onion..."
(Keitaro nodded in agreement.)
"...Now you have to lay in it by becoming more feminine at his request."
"No!" Motoko whined as she was given the finishing touches by her neighbor.
*Dojyaaa~n!*
"Introducing Motoko in a miniskirt!" Kitsuné announced as she showed the new look of the helpless Aoyama in a clothing set borrowed from the former's closet, Motoko is wearing a casual set and a skirt that's a bit on the short side due to her tall height; her long legs are showing. She has her hair in a sporty twin-tail style.
The audience is impressed by Aoyama's new wardrobe.
"Wow! You look cute, Motoko-senpai!" Shinobu swooned from the new looks.
But Motoko objected, "Mitsuné, this 'statement' just won't do! At least, let me use this hairstyle..." And she changed out of her current look and tied her hair to a ponytail and explained in a less... masculine tone, "I am taller than the average schoolgirl and this kind of fashion wouldn't suit me, let alone fit me. I feel a bit cold on my chest, it's like I'm not wearing anything in the front and my skirt is just too short..."
::She's finally showing her femininity!:: Shinobu happily broke into tears of joy.
"Oh, come now!" Kitsuné interjected, "There's nothing wrong with wearing this, Motoko..." And then she gave the now civilized girl a bit of a nudge, then turned to Keitaro and asked what they thought.
After a bit of stuttering, Keitaro finally spoke up, "You look very cute. Honest."
Motoko reacted with a drawing of her blade, but Ruto grabbed her wrist and said, "Ah-ah-ah! You know better than that! Remember, no blades until you make good on your promises."
"'A warrior must not deny what the master had requested'," Motoko regretfully remembered the Bushido code.
"Good," Ruto said as he commanded the kendo girl to kindly surrender her weapon temporarily until the need arises or when she had learned her lesson.
Then Kitsuné mentioned that right now, Motoko is not a warrior, but an ordinary, everyday woman. So she suggested other clothes before they go any further to her etiquette. So they closed the screens and later, Motoko is now wearing a sexy blue velvet cocktail dress that shows her legs and back (unzipped in order to fit her chest) and a fan, but she shrieked in her objections in front of her public as she covers her front, despite having her back facing the viewers, "No~! This looks embarrassing!"
(At least the boys are enjoying it.)
Then Naru has an idea of her own as she lets Motoko wear a different clothing set. This time, she wears a rather cute summer outfit with loose tube socks, a different type of a short skirt that is slightly longer, a short pink tube top that shows her midriff, and a summer hat. But Motoko...
"I refuse to show my navel!"
::Well, you've shown me more than just your navel in front of me in the baths plenty of times,:: Ruto deadpanned as he kept that thought to himself, ::I don't understand why must you be so shy about being beautiful in your own way. And besides, you don't have an「outie」::
Later, Kaolla lets Motoko wear her traditional hunting outfit from her native country. It looks more like a stage prop than casual clothing.
"Please, give me something that I can wear outside..."
And finally, Motoko wears a frilly lavender dress that looks adorable on her, just like a bisque doll. The audience is really in awe at the new looks on Motoko. Naru wonders whose dress it was, and much to everybody's surprise, it was Haruka's.
Keitaro questions, "Aunt Haruka, is that - -"
*Bam!*
Haruka reflexively hits her nephew on his nose with a back hand jab with a secret embarrassment, "Call me 'Miss' Haruka..."
"Well, it proves that we all have skeletons in our closets," Naru commented and she's right; Ruto with his ninja life, Shinobu with her stuffed toy collection, Kaolla with her hidden jungle and her past, Kitsuné with her drinking problems, Motoko with her traditionalism and weapons, Keitaro with his porn magazines, and herself with her MMA habits and reflexes.
"But I look absurd in this dress," Motoko whined, but Ruto stood up and asked her straightforwardly, "Would you rather be an exhibitionist while going outside in public?" The residents, excluding Haruka, blushed at Ruto's awkward question while thinking of an all-nude Motoko being humiliated in front of the crowd as he continued, "Then grow up and get real! We got a lot to teach you about being casual. Life isn't all about swordplay and blades, dattébayo. You have to go with the flow of things."
"All right, Ruto-kun," she defeatedly said, "But let me change into that previous outfit." And she closes the screens to switch back to the first set, but with a slightly longer skirt from the third outfit and then they walk to the Roof Access.
-LNH-
|Hinata-sou - Roof Access|
Ruto, Kitsuné, and Naru are sitting near the railing with Kaolla and Keitaro in front of them. Motoko is between the teachers and Shinobu. Then Kaolla (now puts her hair in a short twin pigtail style) begins her lesson on how to talk like a cute girl. "Motoko, you gotta pay attention-ya!. Now, Lesson 1: 'How to wake Onii-chan by Nee-chan!' For example, you walk into your sleeping older brother's room and ya just finished with making a hearty breakfast. You talked into his ear and calmly said these words to him-ya, 'Onii-chan, you're still asleep and you're going to be late for school. If you don't wake up soon, your pancakes will be getting cold...'" And she rubbed her cheek against Keitaro's as he got unnerved from the closeness and she coos, "...Onii-chan.💕"
"Su-chan, you're scaring me..." Keitaro nervously said with a sweatdrop. (Naru sarcastically smirks at her former study partner's predicament.)
"Must I go and do that, Su?" Motoko reluctantly asked.
"Of course-ya!" Kaolla simply answered.
As Shinobu tries to have faith in Motoko as she recites the same lines to Keitaro, "O...Onii-chan...you're still... asleep... and you're... you're going to be la-late for school. If you don't... wake up soon... your pancakes will be getting c-cold..." But then she couldn't stand it any longer and hammered her 'brother' on the noggin, knocking him out.
Ruto used an imaginary whistle in his hand and said in a referee's accent, "«FOUL!» No score for unnecessary roughness!" And he holds a 0 point sign in his hand.
"Likewise, ya goofed," Kaolla agreed as she held a 0 point sign of her own.
"It's like I said, I couldn't take it!" Motoko makes a pitiful excuse.
Ruto turned to the dazed brother and asked if everything was alright and Keitaro woozily answered, "I'm okay... As soon as I stop seeing stars and spots before my eyes..."
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|In the kitchen|
Shinobu takes Motoko into the kitchen for her next lesson as they are preparing dinner in the kitchen. Ruto thought to himself as he helped arrange the table, ::Give Motoko-chan a blade and she's one fighting swordswoman, but give her a kitchen utensil? This is going to be troublesome, just like Shikamaru's frequent complaining during classes, dattébayo…:: And he sweatdropped with uncertainty as he witnessed the scene with the girls.
"I never used a kitchen knife before," Motoko said as she gripped the sharp utensil, "I can handle any weapon, but I never handled those shorter things..."
"No way, Senpai," Shinobu said as she was preparing the kurobuta sausage, "You have to know how to use a chef's knife." And she demonstrated her technique with her knife and her sausage is now shaped like an octopus, fit for a bento box. Motoko was amazed at her kohai's skills and then was eager to try.
"Careful, Senpai! Don't force it too hard..." she warned and the 'trainee' finished her octopus... eh, more or less.
"Is this an alien?💧" Shinobu nervously questioned with a sweatdrop and Motoko felt disgraced because she still couldn't get it quite right. (At least, she didn't cut any part of her hand off; otherwise, it's the end of her career.) Is the life of a modern woman still out of her reach?
Then Kitsuné came over and suggested another idea, "Why don't we skip the kitchen stuff for now, so how about you go grocery shopping with the boys?"
And Motoko obliged as she went with Ruto and Keitaro to the streetcar on their way to the supermarket, but she grumbled to Keitaro, "This is all your fault since I lost to you."
"Sorry, Motoko-chan, but you brought this on yourself," he explained to her as the trio were on their way to their destination.
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|Inside the 517 Streetcar|
Motoko is standing in the middle and grips a ring to keep herself steady while the boys give her some space. Unfortunately, she's nervous that the public are looking at her like she's a new kid in town.
Keitaro, positioned a little far from Motoko, is thinking about the passengers that are looking at her because of her pretty face and her 'stature'.
Ruto, (who's in the middle), on the other hand, senses some unwanted attention on the other side of the seats that are searching for their classmate.
That's when the dressed-up Motoko asked a rather awkward question, "Keitaro-san, Ruto-kun... how exactly tall are you?"
"About 171cm (about 5'7")," the older brother answered.
"Close to 169cm (about 5'6½") for me," the younger brother added.
Motoko can't believe that she's still taller than the Urashimas and she's currently standing at 175cm (close to 5'9"). But just when it couldn't get any worse, the fangirls from Raika High came near Motoko and ignored the boys' presence (as usual).
::Seriously‽ I mean, can't they go fangirling somewhere else?:: Ruto inwardly complained as one fanatic began to say to get their senpai's attention.
"Aoyama-senpai? Is that you?" the tallest fangirl named Kikuko questioned while her compatriots Sachiyo (the short hairstyle) and Emi (the twin bunned ponytails) ran next to their ringleader. (Unfortunately, the fangirl trio inadvertently got a little too close to Ruto and Keitaro while in the middle of their obsession.)
"Kyaa~! Senpai, why are you dressed like that?" Emi squealed in excitement, "So cu-u-u~te!"
"Amazing!" Sachiyo remarked, "You looked just like one of us!"
Then Kikuko said, "Your usual traditional masculine outfits are nice, but you look fabulous in feminine clothes!"
And kept yammering on and on about the Aoyama's 'new' clothes until one blond Urashima got their attention, "*A-hem!* Ladies! Would you mind? Our stop is nearby and you're driving Motoko-senpai nuts!"
Kikuko turned to Ruto and noticed a sense of familiarity with a boy that used to be a bit shorter than them, but her feelings get the best of her as she rudely exclaimed, "Who are you and how did you know about Aoyama-senpai, punk?"
"Yeah! And what makes you so special to her, huh?" Sachiyo and Emi questioned their foe's motives.
Ruto stood his ground with a more serious look and said, "It's simply elementary. She lives with us at the Hinata-sou. Or rather, we're the current residents of the dormitory."
"What‽" the 3 fangirls chorused in surprise. They know that the Hinata-sou has always been the dormitory segregated only for women, but now they have men living there? But just when they got out of their stupor and wanted a piece of their mind, the Hinata-sou residents made good their escape as Ruto said to them in a funny manner, "Goodbye, now! It's been surreal!"
And the doors shut between the incoming and outgoing passengers and the fangirls are stuck inside the streetcar as they see their idol leaving with the boys and they scream and yell for them to let them out... but with little to no avail.
Motoko thanked Ruto and Keitaro for getting herself out of this mess in her own manner, but she wasn't so sure if the underclasswomen don't see that sort of zoo; she's never going to live it down.
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|1 hour and a few lessons later|
Motoko and the boys have taught her about how to handle going to the grocery store and learned about budgets, how to handle carrying and sharing the load of groceries, and more importantly, how to control her temper and habits in front of people.
As they were exiting the streetcar, the Aoyama wanted to quickly get back home. But the boys forgot one more particular detail as Keitaro said, "Motoko-chan, you're not in your training garbs! If you run like that, people will see your..."
Motoko forgot that she wasn't wearing any panties at the time and thought that Keitaro must've peeked under her skirt, showing her womanhood in front of the onlookers, so she reactively smacked the hapless ronin with a conveniently loosened street sign nearby. Ruto cringed at the display that the Raika student had done and remembered that last forgotten detail, "A lady should be elegant in her stride."
(In other words, a girl wearing a short skirt must not take long movements such as running or let other people see under it.)
So Ruto used his Shadow Clones to put that sign back the way it was and render first-aid to his brother, while the original helped comfort the depressing Motoko as he took her to the lounge to let her be alone for a while.
|At the Hinata-sou|
Motoko is sobbing from her previous actions against her landlord as she lies down on the couch. ::Dammit! I always taunt the older Urashima to be more like a man with backbone, while I've been such a fool for not acting like a woman in front of him and Ruto-kun.:: And while the brothers briefed to the tenants about their situation, the kendo girl retreats to her room, puts on her underwear, and tries to regain her confidence by looking at herself at a full-bodied mirror and tries to act gracefully in her current, non-warrior, civilian clothes and tries to learn how to smile. But in her own 'hypocrisy', she thinks that she was fooling herself, "I can't do it! My smile looks horrible for a girl at my height! *sob!*"
But just when it couldn't get any worse, the main roster except Ruto were watching at the looksee and they (except for Kaolla, who waved as she was greeting) began to double over in laughter while the kendo girl 'turned to stone' from her embarrassment.
*Bi-ki-ki... (Crack-crack-crack)*
She blushingly asked Keitaro how they found out about the dramatic scene and the landlord said while still chuckling, "So... Sorry... It's that you still didn't secure your bedroom again..."
That little mistake made Motoko run away to hide her shame as she headed towards the roof access.
-LNH-
|Hinata-sou, Roof Access|
"That was most embarrassing!" Motoko sobbed as she leaned next to the railing with a ceremonial seppuku knife in her hand, "Even Urashima-san saw me... *sniff!* I'm finished..."
"It'll be too late to amend your mistakes if you kill yourself, Motoko-chan."
She hears the melodious voice of Ruto who heard what happened from downstairs.
"Ruto-kun... Don't come any closer!" the Kendo girl protested with the knife, as if she wanted to commit the stomach cut herself, but Ruto swiftly and effortlessly knocked the weapon off of her grip and said, "Don't ever do that! We didn't mean to make fun of you just because you look cute."
"Lies!" Motoko barked as she hid her face with her hands, feeling ashamed, "I only know the world of mysticism and martial arts and I never have done a thing on my own! Just forget it! I'm just an unusually tall Senior High School Junior that doesn't look good in a miniskirt! Leave me alone! *sob* Please..."
Ruto then whispered in Motoko's ear to calm her down and said, "When we wanted you to be more like a woman, we didn't mean it to be like that. For that, I'm sorry. And Motoko-chan, you're still you even under a different set of clothes and make-up. Besides, I still like you just the same."
Motoko turned to her slightly shorter colleague and embraced his arms endearingly and then said as she wiped her tears, "Ruto-kun?... You're right. I'm still me. What's the use of being miserable over just a simple thing."
"That's better, Motoko-chan," he said as he removed himself from the embracement, "You can still be a kendo user and still learn how to start a living. After all, it's like an old saying: 'Rome wasn't built in a day' and neither does caretaking, 'ttébayo. But there's always tomorrow. So what do you say? Want to try harder from now on?"
"Yes," Motoko answered, and then she felt that unusual feeling in her chest as she hugs Ruto into her bosom, giving him a somewhat undeserving comfort that nearly makes him try hard not to have a nosebleed while the former's distress begins to melt away in ecstasy. But cue the record scratch, when some party poopers named Keitaro and Naru came by and saw the out-of-characteristic display as they tried to explain what happened and then she thanked the landlord for teaching her an important lesson. And what happened next is that she challenged Keitaro for an official spar as she grabbed her blade that Ruto just returned earlier and then, she successfully won the match by sending the hapless landlord flying and landed on the platform, just as the other tenants witnessed the scene.
Then Motoko said as she sheathed her blade, "Keitaro Urashima, besides Ruto-kun, you're the only other man that got past my sword technique. I won't forget this."
"Hey! Don't go around casually killing me!" Keitaro snapped back after recovering from the tumble.
"So, Motoko-chan," Naru asked, "You still want Landlord-san to endure your style of training?"
"No," she answered while Kaolla gave her her training garbs, "There are some girls that don't act all feminine in the world. But that doesn't mean that this man has to be completely unmasculine. But, I'll let this slide for now." And then she wears her garbs over her casual clothes and says, "But you know, I still feel more natural while wearing this."
-LNH-
Well, the ordeal of being a fair lady is over for now. Motoko began to develop what was missing in her overly-sheltered type of life and learned about being optimistic about the other paths in life. But right now...
*Whap! Whap! Whap!*
Keitaro, being a bonehead, picked the wrong place and time for him to do cleaning and he just had to enter Motoko's room while she undressed herself and then she chased him with fury in her grip... while still half-naked.
"I guess some things will never change, believe it," Ruto said as he watched the pursuit.
"You can say that again," Naru and Kitsuné agreed.
§
To be continued…-»
The next day, Motoko decided to cut open the tape in the boxes and decided to wear her elder sister's kimono set. Maybe the path to womanhood isn't so far away, after all.
Omaké
A Nighttime Moment
(Warning: Contain brief 'Lime' moments. Don't say I didn't warn you...)
|Night at the Hinata-sou|
Motoko still has that dream in her head after that fainting spell earlier. So after cleaning herself off before bed, she came to Ruto's room and asked him for a personal session, while working on her last bit of homework. Ruto consented as he set up the table. (He just finished his homework already and assisted with Shinobu's and Kaolla's assignments.)
Motoko undressed herself down to her birthday suit and laid down on a towel-covered mat. Ruto then noticed some problems with his upperclasswoman's fashion statement and said, "Dubhe-chan, you got to stop using those wraps around your chest like that. It's not just your breasts being unsupportive while wearing them, but they could mess your ribs, so you couldn't perform properly."
"But Ané-ué wears them all the time," Motoko complained, "She always wears them under her uniform."
"Motoko-chan, you are not your sister and this isn't the Sengoku Era, 'ttébayo. Maybe we should ask Naru and Kitsuné about trying to learn about wearing a simple brassiere."
He talked about how to measure things to make sure they are not too loose or too tight, because to err is woman when it comes to these things. Motoko groans about imagining herself in a bra like her upperclassmen and her classmates whenever she changes clothes. But now, she has other problems, being exceptionally tall and gangly doesn't make good on the joints, so occasionally she asked Ruto to help massage her muscles to help alleviate her 'growing pains' and from overworking her sinews.
Motoko tied her long hair into a high ponytail and then lay down on her front with a towel covering her 'assets', as Ruto prepared the operation with massaging oil and lotion as she told him to start with her neck. With each oil-slicked fingered rub, Motoko felt relief in her body, but then she began to feel a sense of 'pleasure' as he slowly moved downward to her shoulders and arms and then down to her back. In the midst of the massage, Motoko requested her friend to include her butt and her breasts as she removed her towel from her modesty. Ruto blushed as he saw his rival's curvatures, but tried not to get a red-out from his nose and asked if that's what she wanted and his client consented.
So Ruto guided his fingers towards Motoko's flanks and she started moaning and whimpering as she felt the 'magic hands'. Her inner workings are beginning to show signs of being aroused as the hands move even lower to her calves and then her legs. Then Ruto helped flip the partially refreshed Motoko with his double. And just as he was about to use the towels to cover her breasts and privates, she panted from the sensation as she said to forget them and said to "just do it".
So Motoko is feeling like her touch sense of pleasure is taking over the sense of pressure as she is letting out moans and shrieks until suddenly, she lets out an orgasm and her juices burst onto the towel, Ruto, and herself. It left a unique wafting scent (and taste) of a woman in Ruto's room as Motoko felt extremely relaxed and fainted on the floor. Ruto thankfully made an arrangement of seals in his room (such as a self-cleaning seal, the air purification seal, and an active soundproof seal) to make sure nobody else knew of his little secret. However, it was getting late in the night, so he takes one of his really oversized nightshirts to cover Motoko's body and decided to sleep is his spare foldaway bed, (Ruto rarely uses it unless he is uncomfortable or when he has a guest), but Motoko unconsciously grabbed his body, as if she told him to don't leave her all alone. So he carried her in a bridal style onto the full-sized bed and he positioned himself against the wall and he wrapped his arms around his bedmate to help her sleep better.
But while Ruto was sleeping, Motoko was having one of 'those' strange dreams as she caressed her 「beau's」 face and mumbled endlessly, "Suki, suki, suki..." and she began to kiss his lips and began to tongue wrestle in love. Ruto knew that his true archrival isn't such a bad romanticist if she puts her mind to it. They kissed and frenched until they stopped and let themselves catch their breath and then they fell into the bliss of slumber.
When the dawn broke, the first person who came into the room to see the precarious predicament was none other than Kitsuné, who opened her squinty eyes and saw Motoko hugging Ruto in her sleep. Trying not to disturb them and the neighbors, Kitsuné whispered to the already awakened Ruto, asking why Motoko was sleeping in the bed with him and he quietly replied, "Because Senpai wanted me to help her with a massage session. It worked a little too well as you saw what happened."
Then he and Kitsuné helped Motoko upstairs without waking the others. He then suggested his sister-figure take her to the lingerie store to get her to measure her chest and bust before shopping for bras and undergarments. He also mentions [sports bras] because she's more of that category than Naru's selection, to which Kitsuné agreed to the suggestion.
Since the day fell on a weekend, Naru and Kitsuné decidedly took the somewhat stubborn Motoko to the lingerie shop after dealing with a bit of measuring. By determining the length of her perky breasts and the difference amount of the band length it turned out that Motoko was an *aho-aho!* C-cup. She's not as big as Naru's, let alone her older sister's, but she is beautiful, no matter how other people (or fangirls) put her.
At first, Motoko didn't like those ordinary bras or panties, but when Kitsuné suggested trying the sporty section; Motoko began to fall in love with this kind of fashion, including the sporty bra that helped her movement as she tested out her stride and imaginary swordplay. She decided to grab herself a good set of sports bras and boyshort panties, but Kitsuné also suggested trying other styles for things besides sports, so Motoko took some strapless bras as well, for wearing other clothes such as important appointments.
All in all, Motoko got a much needed wardrobe change in her lingerie drawers. However, she can't help but wonder about the kiss with the man in her dreams to be felt quite real in the back of her mind after falling asleep in Ruto's room...
Wait a minute. Ruto's room‽ Motoko's face and body began to turn red in her embarrassment. And then she remembered the shirt that she normally doesn't wear when she woke up and why she felt energized after the numbness left her body.
Maybe not all men were so bad, after all…
Extra Story
A Day in the School Life 3
|At the Konoha (Central) Academy, Junior High|
April XX, 1999
There are many schools where the locals called them the Elemental Schools, based on the symbolic icons. Most of them were private academies, but there were 5 major schools that stood out the most. Their locations aren't exactly at their precise areas, but the name's been stuck since the revival of the 60's.
Ruto Urashima had been into the kendo tournaments since his introduction to Tsuruko's teaching. He and his team had faced different schools that may try to match or outwit their opponents' skills. Schools like Suna West Academy (positioned due west), which has a most troubled student (Gaara Sabaku), along with his older siblings (Temari and Kankuro). But after facing each other in combat, Ruto put the Sabaku siblings and their overzealous father/principal (Rasa) in their place and the siblings soon became fast friends after that.
Kiri South (more to the South-southeast), has a bit of an internal "civil war" issue until Mei Terumi, the recently appointed principal, told the blockheads for students to "shut up before she (literally) kills them" and they and even her personal aide (Ao) were put in their places. There's a student with a feminine/bishoujo face for a guy named Haku Hyoton (who was coached by the ruthless Zabuza Momochi) and Ruto barely won by the skin of his teeth, but still pulled through in the end.
Kumo North (to the North-northeast), the school that his late mother had problems with in her younger days, and also involved a famous hometown rapper named Killer B that tends to say things that give the old Mr. T a run for the money.
And Iwa West-Central (between Konoha and Suna), where the school's denizens that still has a grudge against Ruto's late father about a deadly car crash and a deep rivalry between the headmaster's granddaughter and Ruto and Motoko in swordplay) among many others. There were wins and a few losses with the team overall, (although Ruto technically has zero losses on his stint due to experience, ingenuity and strategy, but he's still a great sportsman).
But nothing so strange has happened when Ruto has come to the office to be briefed about the case of sabotage within the schools. Hiruzen is deeply troubled that Danzo is up to no good as he leaves his office without care or even notice. He just got up and left. And why's that? The 'warthog' had rather carelessly left his plans to kidnap certain students and their families on his desk to get what he wanted: to take over the Kanagawa Prefecture and to turn it into an area full of black market trading and to tear important places into what he sees fit. He also knows that Orochimaru (who was Principal Sarutobi's former student back when he was a teacher) is involved as well, wanting to make his statement in the parliament. He pleaded to Ruto to help find a way to stop them from doing any more harm to the people, the cities, and the country of Japan.
He consented to the plea, considering that he needs no just reward except to help make the country a better place to live in.
Then Hiruzen mentioned that the elections are underway and he needed a volunteer to find evidence of their crimes involving a 13½ year old cold case of one and a 4 year old case of another. Thankfully, Ruto has some of the evidence that was overlooked by the police that involves a tape recording of Orochimaru, Danzo, and later with Sasuke, plotting to have their revenge against the blond trickster that gave them a bad name and reputation. They listened to the tape and heard that there will be a plan involving the kidnapping of Sakura Haruno, Baby Sarada, Shinobu, Kaolla, the other girls in school, and the residents of the Hinata-sou.
That's when Ruto has an idea. At the elections, he'll make the atrocities of the crooked congressmen and dishonest people come to light. And how exactly they are going to pull it off will be the element of surprise.
-LNH-
Later, after a good session in training, Ruto was about to head for home at the Front Entrance when he heard a sound of crackling electricity and then some footsteps coming across the street as a man tried to attack Ruto in broad daylight. (Keyword: tried). But then the perp realized that he didn't attack his target, but a log with a small burn mark that was substituted in his victim's place and the trickster made good his escape into the Hinata-sou.
The perp and his 2 accomplices are chasing the disappearing Ruto as they wanted to have answers from the boy. He seems to have a grudge against the young student as he pursues into the former inn. But the trio didn't even take off their shoes nor did they mannerly call out for intruding on the big residence, thinking the old place is not what it appears.
As they trekked across the halls, searching for their targets, they went into the rooms that are surprisingly not a soul in sight. Just as the trio were heading towards the annex, they were taken by surprise, not just by Ruto, but with Haruka who doesn't take kindly to the intruders and she seems to be acquainted with them; she's also a pretty good fighter in her own right and a sureshot with her .38 Special. Thankfully, no casualties have happened on both sides as the intruders were tied up with Ruto's chakra chains plus an oddly shaped kunai (that he saw on one of his friend's Yu-gi-oh! cards) to lock them in place.
('Kunai with Chain', anybody?)
Ruto learned about his innate ability after reading his late mother's diary and how to utilize them properly and imaginatively. He and a few clones practiced the technique for a while until they got it right. He now uses them for many figurative situations, but that doesn't mean that the chakra chains can solve all his problems, no siree.
When the others arrived, they noticed a familiar face or two. That person was Kakashi Hatake, homeroom teacher of 7-1. (He was previously reprimanded by Principal Hiruzen earlier for not properly teaching his students overall last year, since his class ended up in last place in the class exams.) His partners are revealed to be Suzume Namida (wavy black hair and mirroring eyeglasses; a faculty member) and Asuma Sarutobi (ape-man appearance with a moustache-less beard; a Class 8 teacher and chainsmoker).
Deciding that enough's enough, Ruto interrogated Kakashi first and questioned, "Why, «MR. HATAKE», can you kindly tell us why you intend to follow me into my family's property?"
"We just want to have an understanding," Kakashi tried to explain, "We didn't know that this is the Urashima residence."
"Oh?" Ruto interjected, "Then why did you attack me from behind with that tazer of yours like a big fat rat?" (He has the stun-gun in the gloved covered hand in front of Kakashi and some intent). Kakashi tries to hide his shame by biting his tongue behind his dust mask, but the student presses, "Does Danzo Shimura ring a bell?"
Kakashi was stunned by the 8th Grader's tactics as he found that he got himself cornered. Then the blonde Urashima questioned further, with the reason why the warhawk wanted him.
"He... He promised me a better lifestyle after I lost my older brother figure and Obito-san from the drug war incident years ago by capturing you and then rewarding me for these duties..." And Kakashi confessed more of Danzo's dirty deeds as well as Orochimaru's crooked ways (however, he still harbors hatred of Kushina Uzumaki for her being in the way of his older brother-figure; not to mention he's delusional that Naruto is not Minato-sensei's son). Suzume and Asuma, too, confessed to the involvement behind the warthog's foolish mission.
Ruto senses that the 'scarecrow' is withholding something, so he asked, "Are you hiding something, sensei? It's about my okaa-san, isn't it?"
Kakashi was green with envy and admitted, "She was hanging around with Minato-sensei like she's his best friend. I was betrayed by that Uzumaki woman, always meddling into my teacher's life!"
-Explanation-
Kakashi was around 13 at the time when Minato was constantly hanging around with Kushina in the after school hours, making him extremely jealous that he wasn't getting the right support after his own father, Sakumo, was dead. He wanted the teacher to be his big brother figure and for Kushina not to get into his 'world' in a selfish kind of a brother to brother relationship. But when he heard that Kushina is pregnant, he wished for them to disappear. Unintentionally, the orphaned scarecrow didn't realize that he got his wish in a worst way possible; Minato and Kushina ended up dead and then 12 and some odd years later, Ruto Urashima showed up with a face like Kushina's and has her olive-tanned complexion and Minato's spiky, unkempt blond hair and blue eyes. The grudge he carried in his heart still eats him inside every time that 'little demon' crossed paths.
-End Explanation-
Ruto said, "Now let's move to a different question. What in the world are you trying to do just to get my attention, 'ttébayo‽"
Suzumé unknowingly said that Ruto hasn't turned in his homework after being in the kendo classes.
(Which is another lie being fed by that dirty rat. Also, they're not really Ruto's main homeroom teacher. They are the alternative teachers for other subjects.)
::Obviously, that scoundel has gone too far just to try to kick me out,:: Ruto thought, ::One of these days, I'm going to fix that Danzo-rat!:: And then he explained to the bewildered teachers that he always kept up with his homework with his homeroom teacher before going to the kendo activities, hence why his grades are top-notched; not quite perfect, but at the high tier of the class.
Then the teachers asked questions of their own: Why is he living in a dormitory for women with his brother, why is it that Shinobu and Kaolla hang around with him like he's the passionate one, and what was that secret that Danzo was ranting about?
"Why, haven't you heard? I'm living here with Aniki. I've been living here since October of last year, 'ttébayo," the junior high school student explained, "This was originally Hina-obachan's place before she went on a globetrotting trip around the same time we arrived. My neighbors are pretty good people, despite our... unusual differences."
The tied-up teachers had forgotten that Ruto and Keitaro moved from their old residence. But then they noticed Shinobu and Kaolla standing next to him by his side wondering why did the faculty do such a thing as the boy continued, "Why are Shinobu-chan and Kaolla-chan doing here, you asked? They live here, too. And we've been friends for a long time."
The teachers couldn't believe it. A male student being friendly with two girls, along with a company of older women of his peers.
And finally comes the last answer, "As for my secret?" Ruto came close to their ears and then he said, "My secret to the old goat is... YAAAAHH~!" (The infamous scream in the ear gag; never fails.) The teacher's ears were ringing as they reeled from the yelling as Ruto explained, "The real 'secret' to my success is that there really is no 'secret' and it won't give back your money's worth!"
The teachers realized that Ruto is more than just an ordinary student. He's honest, loyal, kind, funny, generous, and has the strength to back up his bravado and conviction. Not to mention that he has one extra trait that shouldn't be said in public.
"Oh, and there's just a few more little things," Ruto gave a reminder, "I found a letter from my late father who wanted to apologize to you for the deception as a teacher."
(Ruto gave a copy of the confession to Kakashi.)
"And if all of you teachers want to have a real understanding, all you have to do is ask. That's all you'll ever need."
Then Kakashi asked Ruto for forgiveness for not treating him the way he should have done. 'Minato' was like an older brother to him when he lost his father, who was a posthumous lieutenant, when he gave his life in the incident to save his fellow officers from a dangerous situation.
Asuma also asked for amnesty, too, as he was jealous that Kurenai is spending more intimate time with her students after the incident with Sakura Haruno and her baby last month.
And Suzume? After being convinced by Kakashi and Asuma to join in on the suspicion of a delinquent student, she then changed her mind and begged for clemency.
Ruto forgave them, but then he said, "Unfortunately, Kaka-sensei, Asuma-sensei, Suzume-sensei, I'm afraid you'll have to take your medicine since you lack manners upon entering our property." He turned to the men in uniforms and said, "Okay, officers. Do your duty."
The police (that were called earlier by Haruka), came by and cuffed the guilty culprits and took them to the cars to be booked on suspicion of trespassing and illegal use of entry, after they were placed under citizens' arrest. Kakashi was also charged with improper use of a defensive weapon. They were later charged with fines and the judge told them to swear to never do those deeds again and not to be coming at the wrong side of the courtroom the next time it happens.
(Kakashi Hatake, 27, Class 7-1 teacher. Decided to take his job more seriously after last year's fiasco. Since then, there are now fewer troubled students in his roster.)
(Suzume Namida, 25, Faculty member and part of the PTA council committee. Learned to not to be overly fixated on not focusing on the real tasks at hand. She later married Ebisu (Elementary Class 3 teacher, 26) not long after they went through awkward hardships involved with Ruto Urashima.)
(Asuma Sarutobi, 28, Principal Sarutobi's son, and neighboring class 8 teacher, had learned his lesson of not to be misinformed on Ruto's background or anybody else's. His girlfriend, Kurenai Yuhi had a bit of a lover's spat after the incident, but they eventually kissed and made up before being engaged in marriage months later. And after that, he decided to quit smoking and instead use some nicotine patches to surely help kick the habit.)
(The subjects were also given an earful from Principal Hiruzen Sarutobi for their foolish decisions. Just for that, their salary will have to be cut for a few months until they behave like model teachers.)
(A little side note is that Haruka Urashima was also a former classmate in Kakashi and Asuma's class in her younger days. They are not exactly what you call on 'friendly terms'.)
After that incident is over, Ruto told the residents that Danzo Shimura is on the move, wanting to kick them out and turn their family's inn that was passed down from many generations ago, into something that is absolutely degradable. He found some documents hidden in the passageways that prove that they are the legitimate owners of the piece of land since the city's founding in early 17th century A.D. (or the 1600's in layman's terms). The students, college ronin, the teahouse manager, and one moocher learned about the histories of the annals of the Urashima family tree. And surprisingly, one name stood out among the rest, a woman that helped gave the city and inn's name: Hinata Urashima, ex-Hyuga, (Grandma Hinata or "Hina" was named after her) and her husband Naruto Urashima (likely the reason the successor was named after him); and there's a recent name of 'Arashi Urashima' with a wife named [?] Uzumaki and Baby Urashima is in there, too.
But for right now, we'll just leave them alone for a more private, family moment together while looking further into the mysteries.
A/N: When I read the reviews about when I was disappointed when I said that this is not exactly a Naru/Hina pairing. It's like I said before, we can't all be choosers or winners in making a good dictatorship of crossover stories (meaning it's none of our business to tell what I can or cannot change. I'll decide what's right or wrong with the story). If you don't like it? Well, that's too bad, so deal with it.
In this story, Hinata Hyuga (a coincidental name) plays the role of the Urashima's ancestor that helped found the city along with her husband. She has no Byakugan powers in this story, but she became a staple to the Urashima family tree after being banished by her haughtily proud father, a nobleman. She is married to a man who is ironically and coincidentally named Naruto Urashima. He's a nobleman and warrior who founded and claimed the stretch of land and named it after his wife. It wasn't called a city (or even a suburb) until the beginning of the Meiji Era. The family inn was building its foundation on a hill around the same time the new era began. And after the inn was finished, upholstered, and furnished, it was formerly used as a hideout for the refugees and a family of self-taught ninja to protect its sanctity from mobsters, yakuza, and, incidentally, the Shinsengumi (AKA: the wolves of Mibu). Later, the inn was renovated to include the wiring, the electricity, the plumbing (including the toilet), and finally, the gas line. (The internet system wasn't properly installed yet, since it's the end of the 20th century; so they have to rely on the library's/school's computers for access or have to rely on Kaolla's technological ingenuity until they have the computer and routers fixed.)
Also, a little side note is that Rin Nohara (distant relative of the Inuzukas) had moved to a Witness Protection Program by a certain officer's request under the alias of Inuzuka and she moved to a different part of town not far from Hinata City. She is working at Tsume Inuzuka's pet shoppe and Veterinary Services.
As for Obito? Well, we'll just wait and see about him.
And if you know the references to Finding Nemo, A Goofy Movie, MLP: Friendship Is Magic, My Fair Lady, Tiny Toons, Kiddy Grade, Ranma ½, and a doujin with Princess Peach involving age progression, then I salute you for finding them.. (Though I'm not revealing the title of that particular doujinshi, just keep it to yourself).
That's all for now, but the heat of the night will be on!
- blukmage19
