Naruto: Tornado of Souls V2

Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or RWBY

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This chapter was unplanned and kind of wrote itself. I'm happy to say that chibi Emerald was well received. She does have an ten year old mindset which will be explained down the line. This chapter rotates primarily around events in Konoha so with the exception of the opening not much world travel in this one. Here is chapter 31. Enjoy!

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Naruto's Apartment

Soon Hinata was over at Naruto's Apartment with Emerald. Naruto was fixing some tea for the three of them. "So Em-chan is staying in the same place as my cousin and the Malachite twins Hinata-chan?"

"That's what I'm hoping for." said Hinata as she accepted her tea. "It all depends on Father of course. It isn't like the Hokage can order him to let Emerald live there."

"But I want to live at your house Hinata." said the mint haired girl.

"I know you do Emerald but we have to get my Father's permission." said Hinata. "He's the Hyūga Clan Head after all."

Emerald asked, "Is your Father like a Headmaster over an Academy then?"

"You are just full of questions Em-chan." said Naruto with a chuckle. "Hinata-chan's Clan is a huge family of cousins and stuff and Hiashi-sama is like the Dad in charge."

"Hmmmm…So Hinata's Dad is in charge of everything." said Emerald. "He must have lots of money."

Hinata got a flat look on her face and said, "I forbid you from stealing from my Father." 'Although robbing the Elders might be good practice.' thought Hinata with a mental round of evil laughter. 'Oh, those old windbags will never know what hit them. Bwahahaha!'

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Meanwhile, the Hyūga Elders each got a shiver down their spines…

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Chapter 31

Iron Country, Three Wolves Mountain Keep

It was cold as usual in the Mountain Keep but the Samurai of Iron Country were used to it. General Mifune was looking over the Hokage's letter regarding the Creatures of Grimm. He turned to his guest. The Old Samurai said to a tall, lanky young man, "We were fortunate to have met. I really hate to see you go again given how much you've taught us about fighting against the Creatures of Grimm. It seems ironic that we received that notice from Fire Country months after you helped prepare us."

"That's why I have to go to Fire Country and see for myself." said the young man. "They may have information that is vital about the Grimm…or perhaps about others from Remnant like me."

The elderly General sighed and said, "I just hope you survive. Your trip to Rain Country was a disaster and nearly got you killed. You even lost your special weapon you had crafted by us."

"Yeah, those Rain Country Ninjas were vicious and overwhelmed me." agreed the young man. Then he sighed, "Shame about Shear Trigger though…the blade you all made proved excellent but the grip was rushed and subpar. I should have been more patient like the smiths said before I set out. Anyway, my new blade is much better in every way. I can't thank you enough for it General."

Mifune brushed it off. "You are a huntsman and with what you've done for us providing a new weapon was the least I could do. Safe travels and know that Iron Country will always welcome you. Until we meet again."

The young man bowed. "Until we meet again General."

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Fire Country, Konoha, Training Ground 52

It had been three weeks since the failed Takumi Village mission and the genins and their senseis were working hard…

Jiraiya was standing under the tree at Training Ground 52 along with Kakashi as they observed Team 7 as they were getting ready to spar with Jiraiya's shadow clone. The Toad sannin said, "Now remember kids, this is a shadow clone so come at him with the intent to kill…anything goes so don't hold anything back…GO!"

Blake blurred into action first with her Gambol Shroud in its kusarigama form and launched herself at Jiraiya's clone with a flying kick. She accelerated so fast that she actually kicked up some turf in the process. The clone blocked easily but the impact allowed her to go airborne using his crossed arms as a platform. Her Gambol Shroud streaked down in a deadly arc from directly above but the crafty sannin had already dived clear and foot swept Pyrrha sending the redhead flipping back end over end into the dirt past Naruto…

Naruto was ready with the Shear Trigger in its gun form and kept Jiraiya at bay while Pyrrha regained her bearings. He knew the sannin was way too fast to shoot with a bullet barrage but the covering fire kept the Toad Sage at bay temporarily. Blake attacked Jiraiya from behind only to have her arm caught by the Toad sage and be thrown directly at Naruto. The blonde sheathed Shear Trigger in an instant and caught Blake so she wouldn't impact hard on the ground. He then leapt out of the way of the charging shadow clone of Jiraiya with Blake still in his arms by using the toad style to launch himself clear in an explosion of chakra and dirt.

As Jiraiya's clone pivoted to go after the speeding Naruto he was crowned by Pyrrha's shield Akoúo̱ which ricocheted off his head and back to her. She then charged in with a brutal taijutsu combo that had Jiraiya's clone off balance for a split second. Before he could right himself and recover; Naruto launched Blake who slid into the dirt beneath the clone and kicked the sannin as hard as she could skywards. As the Toad sannin came down Naruto roared in with an oodama rasengan and sent the clone hurtling though the air. He crashed and dispelled after a massive impact with the ground…

When the dust and dirt settled the three genins had already stopped and remained in the guard position until Kakashi said, "The spar is over. Well done Team 7!"

The three dirty, sweat covered genins cheered at Kakashi and Jiraiya's applause and then noticed they'd really torn up their sparring grounds. "Wow! We were really burning some energy there." said Pyrrha. "What a mess."

"We're a mess." said Blake looking at their uniforms. "We all look like we've been rolling in the dirt."

Naruto grinned. "But we won girls! Of course, Ero-sennin was taking it easy on us…"

Pyrrha and Blake's eyes got big as saucers. "That was taking it easy?!" they asked as one.

Jiraiya laughed and said, "I had to hold back a bit to gage you three. Naruto here can survive impacts that would kill most people. I didn't want to use that kind of power on you ladies until I saw how sturdy you two are. As it is I'd say both of you kunoichis are tough as nails." He unsealed some water bottles and said, "The three of you were going full steam there. Take a break and cool down a bit."

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Once the three genins were rested a bit Jiraiya and Kakashi began working with them individually. Naruto was sitting with Jiraiya working on his Typhoon Release and the pair was going over the scrolls together about the kekkei genkai Naruto proved to have. Jiraiya said, "The real danger with your bloodline is quite simply, mass destruction. Once you unleash it you could level a huge amount of property on everyone around you so your teammates could be in danger as well."

"Really Jiraiya-sensei?" asked Naruto. "I assumed I had to work up the power, not tone it down."

Seeing the blonde looked alarmed and worried Jiraiya patted his apprentice's shoulder. "Not to worry, I'm going to be teaching you some advanced meditation techniques before we begin to practice using your actual bloodline. One of the major keys to controlling Typhoon Release is a calm mind." 'He's too young for Sage Techniques. It's a shame because otherwise I'd ask Pa to help teach him.' Jiraiya continued. "Meditation is simple in concept but difficult in execution. Let's start with something basic like clearing your mind of thoughts… It will pay off no matter how boring meditation may seem at first."

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Pyrrha was practicing her Magnet Release with the help of one of Jiraiya's shadow clones. "You have a really good grasp of using the Magnet Release with great subtlety like deflecting a kunai or shuriken off course but you exhaust yourself when you use it over wide areas." said the white haired sannin. "We're going to practice by you moving objects with metallic properties that are progressively larger to increase your endurance. We also are going to practice smaller things like folding small metal pieces into shapes to increase your acuity with your bloodline. Understand?"

The redhead nodded. "So in essence we're going to build up my 'muscle' and at the same time we will work on my 'small motor skills.' Correct?"

"Exactly!" exclaimed the Toad Sage. 'Sharp girl.' "When you combine the two concepts imagine the possibilities. You could have a large number of projectiles coming at you and rather than deflecting them and being exhausted you could grab them out of the air and launch them back at the source."

Pyrrha got a look of determination on her face and said, "Let's do this!"

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Blake was sparring with Kakashi and building up her speed as well as incorporating different types of clones. "You tend to use shadow clones on instinct which is fine but the goal of this exercise is to switch the types of clones on the fly." said Kakashi. "We'll start with something simple where I call out the type of clone like 'ice' or 'mud' and you'll produce that type of clone. Once we are both satisfied with the results then we'll start incorporating them into actual sparring. Make sense?"

Blake nodded. "I understand Kakashi-sensei. What about my speed?"

"That's where these little babies come in." said Kakashi as he held up small weights with straps. He gave a double eye smile. "These are chakra weights. They increase in heaviness the more chakra you add to them. You can also deactivate them at will in an emergency situation. You will no longer be wearing the bulky conventional weights you and your teammates have worn up to this point."

"Shouldn't the others wear these too?" asked the feline faunus girl. "They seem to be a lot more flexible."

Kakashi nodded and said, "I intend to get them sets eventually as well but for right now we are concentrating on you. Like it or not, Naruto and Pyrrha will never match your raw speed."

The cat eared girl nodded with fire in her amber eyes. "When do we start?"

"That's the spirit!" said the silver haired sensei.

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Training Ground 15

Mitarashi Anko was putting her new snake sword to the test. The snake mistress stood with her pupil-less brown closed and her hand on the hilt. There were six training dummies in a circle surrounding her. Each had a target upon it which her three genins randomly arranged. She had a chalk circle on the ground she could not step out of. As the wind blew Anko calmed herself and listened for her three apprentices to give her the go. Ilia had a stopwatch in hand and called; "BEGIN!" and the snake mistress drew her blade in a split second and opened her eyes…

Anko's eyes were hard as steel as she extended her new snake sword and channeled yin chakra along it giving the illusion of multiple blades writhing a few inches apart. The first target was the neck of the dummy and she cut the head off her target as soon as the blade was extended to its full length. Anko partially retracted the blade and went after the second target. It had a lightning bolt over its heart and Anko fired a chakra charge off which electrified her sword. Extending it again the snake jonin impaled her target through the heart leaving a smoking hole where the target had been and causing the smell of ozone to fill the air.

A training dummy behind Anko was equipped with a shuriken launcher and when Anko heard the whizzing stars coming towards her she pivoted in a flash and rapidly spun her sword to deflect the shuriken with electric sparks showering in the air. The dummy had three targets on it and Anko didn't pause for a millisecond as she diced the target to pieces before it could fire more. The next target said 'capture' on its chest and Anko turned her snake sword and wrapped the flat end around the dummy which shocked it "unconscious." as it fell over. As Anko spun towards the last two targets her electrical charge ran out and she saw that her next victim had a flame symbol and was holding a shield in its right hand.

Anko changed the direction of her sword to arc up and around the shield so she could hit from the opposite side. As the snake mistress's blade turned back towards the target she set a fire based chakra charge down the whip like blade and cut the dummy in half as two flaming pieces of debris. The last dummy had a target on its face and stomach areas and Anko split it from head to groin faster than the eye could follow. Releasing the fire chakra charge Anko retracted the blade and sheathed it.

Ilia clicked the stopwatch and said, "Nineteen point four seconds sensei." with a smile on her face.

Miltia and Melanie cheered and said, "You did it Anko-sensei! Less than twenty seconds!"

Anko looked down and saw that she finally stayed within the circle she was standing in. 'I can do it against stationary targets. Now on onto moving ones.' thought the snake jonin.

The snake mistress let out a breath as her genins checked the damage to the target dummies they'd set up. Anko saw Ilia checking the 'captured' dummy and the faunus girl said, "I think this person would be scarred for life but alive. The wig we had on it to represent hair is still smoking."

The Malachite twins immediately thought of the Hyūga Elders. They looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Anko smiled and asked, "What's so funny girls?"

Miltia explained, "Hinata-sama burned the hair off of the Hyūga Elders a few months back. The smoking hair made us think of that."

Ilia and Anko both looked dumbfounded and Melanie explained while laughing, "They've grown their hair out back to mop cuts now. Pffft."

Ilia didn't know Hinata well but the Hyūga heiress always was kind to her and she couldn't imagine Hinata burning someone's hair off. "Why…would Hinata do that?" asked the confused chameleon faunus.

"Nobody knows exactly." said Miltia as she brought her chortles under control. "All the Hyūga Clan really knows is Hiashi-sama approved of her actions. Everyone thinks it's hysterical behind closed doors."

Anko laughed and said, "I never realized that someone as stuffy as the Hyūga Clan would have such antics; especially Hiashi-sama."

"It's a whole different world living inside the Hyūga Compound." said Melanie with a chuckle…

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Hyūga Compound

Hyūga Hiashi was sitting in his office thinking about his daughters. Hinata had brought home a little girl named Emerald three weeks ago and the mint haired girl held Hinata in the highest esteem possible. She considered Hinata her savior from living on the streets. Initially Hiashi wasn't too thrilled about the situation but Hinata tactfully reminded him that he brought Uzumaki Tayuya and Melanie and Miltia Malachite home from the war so he had no room to talk about bringing home 'strays.' The Clan Head reluctantly conceded the point.

Hiashi decided that Emerald could live in the Branch House the Tayuya lived in at the Hokage's suggestion and the redhead was impressed enough by the 'munchkin's' genjutsu skills that she agreed to help train the mint haired girl. The Clan Head was genuinely pleased with this. He was also pleased that Hanabi hit it off with Emerald. As it was Hanabi and Emerald had become friends in spite of the fact they were both vying to get Hinata's attention. Hiashi felt it was good for Hanabi to have a friend her own age as long as the pair stayed out of trouble…

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Hanabi's Room

Hyūga Hanabi welcomed Sustrai Emerald to her room under the supervision of her caretaker Natsu. Natsu smiled and said, "I'll leave you young ladies to play. Do call me if you need me Hanabi-sama."

"Thank you Natsu-san." said Hanabi courteously as Natsu closed the door behind her. Hanabi's Byakugan eyes narrowed and she looked around to make sure no one was watching. "Did you get it Emerald-chan?"

Emerald took off her backpack and set it down in the floor. The mint haired girl pulled a spiral notebook out and said "I got it Hanabi-chan!" with an evil chuckle. "Naruto nii-san will never know."

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Flashback…

About a week ago Hinata and Emerald were visiting Naruto's apartment having some treats that Hinata brought over for her boyfriend to try. "These are great cookies Hinata-chan!" said Naruto enthusiastically. "Don't you think so Em-chan?"

"Yep! All of Hinata's cooking is great!" said Emerald with obvious adoration in her voice. "Hinata is good at everything!"

Naruto smiled at the little girl and thought about his own life as a street rat when he was younger. 'Hmmmm, I wonder…' thought the orange loving blonde. He grabbed a spiral notebook off of his kitchen counter and said, "Here Hinata-chan; I'm writing my memoirs."

The byakugan princess smiled and quirked an eyebrow as he handed her the notebook. On the cover it said, Anarchy in Five Easy Steps: The Diary of a Prankster (Recommended for children and terrorists of all ages). Hinata burst into laughter and asked, "What is this Naruto-kun?"

Naruto answered, "Jiraiya-sensei said that a good way to practice my calligraphy for fuinjutsu is to do a bit of creative writing. Besides, I need to record my nefarious deeds for future generations."

Hinata started thumbing a few pages and exploded into giggles. "So that's how you pulled that off on Iruka-sensei! How old were we at the time?"

The blonde looked at the passage and snorted. "We were ten. We had just started the Ninja Academy and I was bored so I decided to launch my Career of Evil." said Naruto chuckling.

'Career of Evil?!' thought Emerald with big eyes. 'What is in that book?'

The orange loving ninja motioned with his eyes in Emerald's direction to Hinata. "Just think what kids could learn from my book here."

Hinata covered her smile and said, "So where do you keep that book Naruto-kun?"

"I keep it hidden inside the lowest drawer here." said Naruto mischievously. "No one will find it there and I don't check on it often."

Emerald subtlety looked over at the drawer Naruto was pointing at. 'It wouldn't hurt if I just borrowed it…' thought the mint haired girl.

Flashback End…

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The two ten year old girls opened the book and began reading in earnest…After a few minutes Emerald's big red eyes opened wide and she said, "This…this is brilliant! Naruto nii-san is a genius!"

"I never thought of such things!" said Hanabi with a look of awe on her cute face. "As insane as this sounds; all of this could work! Turn the page already; this is amazing!"

The dawn of a new age of pranking was about to begin…

Heaven help us all…

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Konoha Front Gates

Maito Gai and Team 9 came in escorting a pair of wagons from Takumi Village. The wagons were driven by some rather somber looking people from the Village of Artisans. Their Leader Hōki had royally screwed up three weeks ago with his little scheme to rip off Konoha Village and in order to smooth things over the Takumi Village Leader had to take a huge loss on the first shipment of weapons.

Sarutobi Hiruzen wasn't a heartless man though. After Hōki came personally to Konoha and apologized profusely for his actions the aged Hokage agreed to give Takumi Village more business at the original agreed prices provided there were no more shenanigans. Frankly Konoha need the weapons as much as Takumi Village needed income. If Hōki hadn't gotten greedy the whole mess could have been avoided…

As it was Lee was eager to see his girlfriend, the youthful spring flower Malachite Melanie. Neji couldn't believe that the green eyed, dark haired beauty had fallen for the likes of Lee but Tenten was very happy for them…As was Gai of course. Gai didn't even mind his apprentice growing his hair out again (it was just tied into a short tail for now) given it was Lee's Passionate Flames of Youth to do so…

Neji said to Tenten, "This was a rather sedate trip. We didn't even run into any bandits along the way."

Tenten nodded. She said with stars in her eyes, "More importantly we have lots of high quality blades that Dad and I can work with." The weapons loving girl was on cloud nine and couldn't wait to play with the sharp and pointy objects in the carts.

Gai interjected, "The fire in your eyes shows just how much your Flames of youth have been stoked Tenten-chan. I for one cannot wait to see the fruits of you and your Father Tengoku's labors."

"Thank you, Gai-sensei." said the bun haired girl. "I'm making a very special pair of nunchakus for Lee-kun to use. My friends Blake and Pyrrha from Team 7 suggested the design and I just can't wait to try it out."

Neji wanted to ask for a bow or something like Hinata-sama's but couldn't bring himself to do so. The idea of following his cousin's lead abhorred the Branch house prodigy. Much to his amazement; many members of the Hyūga Clan were adding bows and arrows to their arsenals after seeing Hinata-sama's amazing skill with the weapon. Neji wasn't sure what to feel. Regardless, Neji knew Tenten could teach him how to use virtually any kind of weapon from a toothpick to a war hammer with deadly precision. Neji just couldn't figure out how to broach the subject…

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As the group signed in with the chunins Izumo and Kotetsu at the gates they saw several members of the Weapons Guild coming out with carts to requisition their part of the load. ANBU Deer and ANBU Lynx also arrived there to keep things under control as the genins started offloading the weaponry. Tenten's Father Tengoku came up and hugged his daughter. The big bear of a man was as excited as his 'little girl' about all of the weaponry. "Any problems on the trip Tenten-chan?" he asked.

"Everything went smooth as glass." answered Tenten. "There were no problems at all."

Tengoku nodded and said, "I hope we get some good blades out of this lot. The quality looks superb at a glance."

Tenten waggled her eyebrows and said conspiratorially, "I might have accidentally put some really good ones aside for our shop."

"That's my girl." replied Tengoku in the exact same tone as his daughter.

Gai smiled as he saw the two interact. 'Like Father; like daughter.' thought the Green Beast. "Come on Tenten-chan; there is still work to do!"

Tenten winked at her Father and turned to Gai. "Coming Gai-sensei!"

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Hyūga Compound, Hanabi's Room

Two girls were doing their best to keep from laughing uproariously at the passage about the Special jonin Ebisu being blown away by the Harem no jutsu. They also saw a passage in reference to Naruto's 'apprentice' Sarutobi Konohamaru and his friends Udon and Kazamatsuri Moegi which made both Hanabi and Emerald curious.

"Sarutobi Konohamaru is the Hokage's grandson." explained Hanabi. "I've seen him around the village but I've never talked to him."

"Maybe we should seek him out." said Emerald. "If he's Naruto nii-san's apprentice then he might know a few tricks himself."

Hanabi nodded. 'Hinata nee-chan and I already pranked the Elders with those photos we gave to Father of them in their turbans.' (giggle, giggle) 'I'm sure she wouldn't mind if we pranked the Elders again.'

Emerald smiled at her co-conspirator. "What's so funny Hanabi-chan?"

"I was just thinking of future targets." said Hanabi evilly. "I believe hiding Elder Majo's chartreuse wig from her might be rather fun. She was always been mean to Hinata nee-chan until recently. I believe a little payback is in order."

"Is she the Elder with the evil looking eye shadow that is always scowling?" asked Emerald.

"That's the one." said Hanabi with a nod. "Even Father called her an evil old witch when he didn't think I was listening."

Emerald smiled evilly and said, "We need to plan this carefully."

"Not to worry." said Hanabi. "Between your genjutsus and my byakugan we will be unbeatable. I wonder if Hinata nee-chan would help us."

"Hinata might find out we have Naruto nii-san's book though!" said Emerald with a worried expression on her cute face.

"Let's find Sarutobi Konohamaru tomorrow then." said Hanabi. "He may know secrets that we don't."

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Natsu would have sworn that she heard two little girls cackling evilly (or was that cute giggling?) from down the hall…

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Hinata knew about the book and could hear her little sister and Emerald's evil laughter down the hall from the opposite direction. She smiled and flames ignited in her byakugan eyes. 'It seems Naruto-kun was right. I'll have to help inspire the two of them as well in my own way…After all, certain people within this very compound need to be dealt with in a way that only an expert can do it. I'll have to get Naruto-kun's advice of course.'

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Naruto's Apartment

The orange loving ninja got home feeling exhausted after the hard work out that Jiraiya-sensei and Kakashi-sensei had Team 7 do and immediately hopped in the shower. He thought to himself, 'It's a shame Blake-chan and Pyrrha-chan were both so tired. They could have showered with me and stayed the night…' Naruto heard someone knocking at the front door and sighed. 'Who could that be?' He made a shadow clone outside the shower and said, "Henge into some clothes and see who is at the door."

The clone opened the door and saw Hinata standing there with a big smile on her face. She hugged him and said, "Naruto-kun; I'm glad you're home!"

Naruto's shadow clone smiled back and said, "I'm glad you are here Hinata-chan but boss is in the shower."

The Hyūga Heiress thought to herself, '(Sigh) A perfect opportunity to shower with Naruto-kun but I just don't have enough time…I can't go home with wet hair. It would be way too obvious. Not to mention I told Father I'd be back in time to have dinner with him and Hanabi-chan.' "Please tell Naruto-kun I'm here. I'll ummm –sit on the couch."

The clone smiled as he closed the door behind her and said, "You're so adorable Hinata-chan." Then he dispelled.

Hinata blushed slightly and thought with a smile, 'How does Naruto-kun always make me feel this way?'

…

Naruto came out of the shower wearing a black and orange yukata and said, "Hinata-chan, I wasn't expecting you but I'm happy you are here." She stood up and the two embraced before they kissed each other deeply. When the two separated for air they smiled at one another until Naruto asked, "What brings you by my byakugan hime? Did you want some dinner? I can whip up something simple for us."

Hinata said, "It's okay Naruto-kun, I have to eat dinner with my family tonight. Besides, you look tired." She kissed him again and cupped his cheek. "You must have worked hard today."

The blonde smiled softly and asked, "Is it that obvious?" Seeing her nod Naruto said, "I'm beginning to learn about Typhoon Release. It requires total focus because I could accidentally blow down a building or something."

Hinata's eyebrows raised. "Typhoon Release is that powerful?"

"I'm afraid so Hinata-chan. Meditation is the first step and it's a lot harder than I imagined. Anyway, enough about me. Did you need me? I can get dressed."

"It's okay Naruto-kun." she said. "I need your help with a little prank. Emerald and Hanabi-chan have your book like you planned and I wanted to give them a little inspiration." Her eyes ignited at the last part.

Naruto chuckled and said, "I'm always available to help with a little prank my lady. Who do you need killed?"

Hinata giggled. "Not killed, just embarrassed to no end. I want to prank Elder Hiraku for general principles. He's been getting pompous again lately now that he has a bit of hair. I want Emerald and Hanabi-chan to see how it's done."

The orange loving ninja stroked his chin and asked, "He has access to your clan accounts doesn't he?"

She raised an eyebrow and said, "Yes, all of the Elders do in case of an emergency."

Naruto smiled and said, "Can you get his autograph so I can forge it?"

The Hyūga heiress asked, "What is Elder Hiraku going to buy? I can't afford to bankrupt the clan." Her eyes were a bit wide.

"So my idea of a troupe of male strippers or shirtless go-go boy dancers in his quarters is out?" asked Naruto.

Hinata covered her mouth with both hands before she burst into giggles. "Oh. My. God. It would scar the clan for generations! Went can't go that far! Pffft!"

The blonde laughed and said, "Okay, let me get my Fire Country Mail Order Catalog. I have a special item in mind." Naruto sat down on his couch and started flipping through the pages with Hinata looking over his shoulder. Soon Naruto turned to the page he wanted and asked, "What do you think would happen if Elder Hiraku ordered a cartload of these?"

Hinata's evil laughter rang throughout the apartment complex…

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Sarutobi Compound

The next day Hanabi and Emerald decided to find Konohamaru and went over to the Sarutobi Compound with two Hyūga guards watching over them from a distance. Hanabi squared her shoulders and knocked on the front door. It was Asuma that opened the door and saw the pair of ten year olds. He said with a grin, "Hello there little ladies, can I help you?"

Emerald was a little intimidated but Hanabi said properly, "Hello sir, I am Hyūga Hanabi and this is my friend Sustrai Emerald. We came over to see if Sarutobi Konohamaru is here. We wished to meet him because of a mutual friend."

Asuma's smile widened and thought, 'So this is the younger Hyūga Heiress.' He motioned in a small wave to the two Hyūga guards watching a ways off and they both nodded in respect of the jonin. "I'm Sarutobi Asuma; Konohamaru's Uncle. So who might this mutual friend of yours be?"

Hanabi said, "Our friend is Uzumaki Naruto. He is a genin on Team 7 under jonin Hatake Kakashi. Naruto-san said we should meet Konohamaru-san because he would be a good person for us to be friends with."

Emerald added, "Naruto nii-san was going to introduce us but he is unavailable today so we came over ourselves."

"So you know Naruto eh? He's becoming quite a ninja." said the chain smoking sensei. "He is friends with my genins on Team 10. '…. And Ino is head over heels for him….' "Anyway, Konohamaru and his friends are playing out back if you'd like to meet them. Come in and I'll take you back there to see them."

"Thank you Asuma-san." said both Hanabi and Emerald in unison as they bowed.

Asuma nodded and hand signed to the two guards, [I'm taking them out back if you wish to follow.]

One of the guards simply signed [Understood.]

'I'll never understand the Hyūga Clan.' thought Asuma ruefully. "Follow me ladies." he said to Hanabi and Emerald.

…

Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon exchanged formal greetings with Hanabi and Emerald and found out they all had a mutual friend/hero in Naruto. Soon the five were sitting at a picnic table where Emerald broke out the cough*Necronomicon*cough otherwise known as Naruto's Memoirs.

"Kore!" said Konohamaru. "This is Boss's Memoirs he told me about. Unbelievable! How did you get it?!"

Emerald said smugly, "I know where Naruto nii-san secretly hides this so I snuck it out while he wasn't looking. I can't keep it long because I have to put it back before he notices."

"With this I believe we could prank people who deserve it." said Hanabi.

Moegi held out her hand to shake with Emerald and Hanabi, "Friends?"

"Friends!" said Emerald eagerly. Hanabi eagerly echoed Emerald's sentiments and five little pranksters made a pact that day.

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Somewhere Naruto felt a burst of pride knowing more acolytes had joined the ranks…

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Hyūga Compound

On Monday the five little pranksters were sitting with Hinata having snacks outside at a picnic table in the compound courtyard listening to an angry conversation nearby…

A cart had arrived and soon the two Hyūga guards at the front of the compound were arguing with the driver of the cart.

"I know nothing of the Elder ordering such things!" said the straight laced guard.

The other guard said, "I had no idea that Elder Hiraku used these. Now I know why he wears a wide obi with his robes."

The driver face palmed and said, "Look; all I need is for Hyūga Hiraku-san to sign off on these and I'll offload them wherever he needs them."

"Can't one of us sign?" asked a third guard.

The driver said, "The invoice is to Hyūga Hiraku damn it! Just get the guy so I can unload these things! This is taking forever and I have other deliveries to make!"

Hiashi poked his head out the sliding doors to see what all of the ruckus was. He slipped on his sandals and marched over to the gates. "What is going on here? The entire compound can hear you."

"This driver refuses to let anyone but Elder Hiraku sign for this delivery." said the straight laced guard.

"Hyūga Hiraku is the name on the invoice!" said the frustrated driver in a strangled tone. "He has to sign for it!"

Hiashi looked curiously at the boxes on the cart and nodded. He said to the third guard. "Go to the dojo and fetch Elder Hiraku. Tell him Hiashi-sama commands it."

Hiraku came storming out of the dojo a few minutes later and said, "What is this foolishness about a delivery for me?! I-" He saw Hiashi standing there with an invoice in his hand. The Clan Head had his byakugan eyes active and a ferocious look on his face.

"CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU ORDERED A SIX MONTH SUPPLY OF ADULT DIAPERS ON THE CLAN'S ACCOUNT HIRAKU?!" roared Hiashi.

Pandemonium ensued and it went downhill from there…

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Five ten year olds with stars in their eyes thought, 'Naruto nii-san is the true master…'

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POSTSCRIPT:

Well, it seems that Naruto has set a new precedent to inspire his little group of followers. How is Hiraku going to get out of this one? Will he ever live it down? Do any of you care? Putting that aside the genin teams and their senseis are training hard and learning new skills to add to their arsenals. We've also (partially) learned where Shear Trigger came from. What will become of that? See you next time. Blue out. 12/14/17

Updated 4/7/22