Butterflies
"Me? I'm nobody. I'm not skilled like Uchiha-san. I am not passionate like Haruno-san. I am not smart like Nara-san. I'm not as strong as Chouji-san. I'm not as collected as Aburame-san. Or as pretty as Yamanaka-san. I'm not as confident as Inuzuka-san. If anything, I'm like Hyuuga-san, socially awkward. Oh wait, no, she's just shy. The socially awkward one is me." OC! Team 7 remix!
Chapter 79 – Much needed downtime
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-Hey, Sasuke, sorry about ignoring you.-
-Asami's been keeping me up to date.- He says, sorrow in his tone. Well, for an Uchiha at least. -Only you could ever find what every orphan wants in a way that no one would want it-
I snort. -I know right? Did you hear about Kin and Hitomi?-
-Asami's been keeping me up to date.- He says again.
-So that's a yes?-
-Aya.-
-Sasuke.-
-You've been hanging out with Naruto.-
-Been!?- Naru-nii jumps in. -Sasu-chan, I'm hurt! We're hanging out right now. She's almost in tears from laughing so hard, by the way.- Completely true! I am!
-Hnn- No matter how much time I spend talking to him, even now, I can't help but feel amazed at how much information he manages to squeeze into his Uchiha-speak noises. Seriously. I can tell he's annoyed with Naru-nii calling him that and amused with my reaction of his annoyance even before he shows it. -So what's it like?-
-She… doesn't like talking about it.- Naruto-nii answers, no doubt noticing how my good mood just evaporated. -She's cool with her little brother and sister, but…-
-I figured.-
-Yuzuki's really glad to have someone new to play with. And by the way, am I the only one noticing that Asami all but adopted her?-
-Slow as ever.- Sasuke says, a smirk in his tone. -So, Aya. How do you plan on dealing with this? What are you doing to Terumi?-
-I have no idea what you're talking about.-
-She's grinning.- Sasuke doesn't ask.
-She's grinning.- Naru-nii confirms.
-I want in.- Asami? Oh yeah, she can actually hear us talking like this.
-That requires me admitting I'm doing something.- I point out.
-You're grinning. You've already admitted. And we both know you're going to include us anyway.- Naru-nii points out.
-… Sometimes I wonder why I bother.-
-I wonder that all the time. I mean, you know I need to do some major pranks so that Konoha will remember who the prank king is, 'ttebayo!-
-… The fact that you summon kitsunes just makes that thought even scarier.- I point out.
-I know. I'm quite proud of that. So what are we doing!?-
-Well…-
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I get called into Senju-san's office the next day. Naruto, Asami, and I. Finding Terumi-san there… makes whatever punishment we're about to get totally worth it!
Her usually red hair is now neon orange. Her eyebrows are highlighted pink. Her teeth are green – I can only tell because of the intense scowl. Her eyes look more like a cat's. And her skin looks blue-green.
The fun part is. She keeps trying to undo the genjutsu, but that just switches up the colours, making new –and far more amusing– combinations each time.
"… You know. For three Anbu Operatives. I'd expected so much more from you." Terumi-san tries.
"Who says we're in Anbu?" As agreed, Naruto-nii's the spokesman. He's dealt with this more than we have, after all.
"There's no way you could sneak into my hotel room without me and two jounins noticing what's going on otherwise." She tries releasing the genjutsu again, turning completely orange. And I mean COMPLETELY orange! "Look. I'm all for a good prank now and again. I understand that you want to let off some steam. And I'll even grant that I should have seen this coming."
She's glaring at me. Just me. The Seal we'd placed on her is… acting up. And it's… just randomly changing colours now. Polka dots. Spots. Plaid. Strips. Geometric shapes. All in bright, neon colours that are guaranteed to grab your attention. But that's not why she's glaring at me.
Oh no.
She's glaring at me, because I'm in tears from laughing so hard!
Not giggling. Not chuckling. Not a hyuck and call it a day.
I'm bawling, holding my sides, tears trickling down my face, face turning red, about to keel over from the lack of oxygen laughing in her face.
"… Would you… please just… undo… whatever…" There's my seal kicking in. It was designed to activate once it registers laughter. My laughter, specifically. Her voice is mutating with every new syllable. It's switching between accents, voices, and the last thing she tried to say sounded like a frog croaking – that was Asami's example to learn how to make the seal.
On hearing how well it works, even Senju-san and Katou-san are fighting to keep a straight face. Somehow Asami's still keeping a straight face, but Naru-nii and I are clutching each other, trying to keep the other from falling over.
Terumi-san tries saying something, but when the seal keeps clucking instead, she starts losing her cool. She starts shouting – bleating instead. And yes, the disco style colour dance is still happening. And, to show how well Naru-nii planned that seal, it's reacting to mine! The animal she now sounds like, is the exact pattern of colours she's sporting – with little silhouettes of that animal too!
Then it happens. The vein in her forehead looks about ready to pop! Asami cracks a smile. This can't be good!
A low powered genjutsu! Showing subtitles! Only, I'm sure it's not what she's actually trying to say. I swat Naru-nii, telling him to calm down a bit. He looks curious. He was shaking me so much that I can't read the words, so I had to.
#I'm Terumi Mei! I love it when complete strangers spank me!# The subtitles read.
I lose it! I just lose it!
#Ooh, do that again, big boy.#
Even the Anbu in the background can't hold in their laughter this time.
"You know… Mei…" You know things are bad when a Kage is fighting not to laugh. "I don't know what you did… but I'd try to apologize."
The sound of a two alley cats getting into a fight shows she's trying to say something, but the, #Only if you have whipped cream.# subtitles, aren't helping much.
"I'm not sure what whipped cream has to do with it, really." Senju-san says, her eyes lighting up with joy and amusement.
Terumi-san looks confused, then I hear two donkeys complaining to one another, and… #But honeykins, I need something to lick and suck on.#
It takes her a second. Reading backwards in Japanese isn't the easiest thing, after all.
The sound of two women orgasming together can probably be heard halfway to Mist. #I'm not wearing any underwear.# And yes… Naru-nii is well prepared for this one too. The little silhouettes, are little animations of different sexual positions, all designed for lesbians. And her face is carefully coloured to give you the impression she's a gothic Lolita.
"Alright… alright… enough… I think you should deactivate and remove the Seals now." Senju-san says, trying to look stern, but… failing. Miserably. And I think she's crying from laughing so much too.
Asami swats both of us, giving us her stern look – or trying to, at least. It takes another minute, almost two. But the three of us share a look, shrugging. We make the Ram handsign, and the seals deactivate and fade.
"Nn." Terumi-san tries, looking for another colour change, a funny sound, or erotic/suggestive subtitles. None of it comes this time. "Than-"
"Just like that, baby! Only harder! HARDER!" Sasa-nee and I swat Naru-nii at the same time, knowing that just came from a seal he made and stashed somewhere. He holds up his left hand, revealing the seal on a paper he's holding, and grinning like mad.
"… Thank you. For ending that… situation." Terumi-san says, bowing stiffly and walking out. I don't think she wants to know what could happen if she blows up on us. I mean, this was all fun and games. If we were trying to harm her? And when we left, we certainly know that she didn't notice a thing. Genjutsu induced dreams of your own memories are really good for things like that.
"I think we made a new friend." I say, offering Naru-nii and Sasa-nee a lopsided grin, laughter twinkling in my eyes.
"… I don't even want to know how the three of you pulled that off. But frankly, if you weren't already in Anbu, that would almost guarantee you'd get in." Senju-san says, dismissing us with a twinkle in her eyes that tells me we just made her year. Or decade. Maybe even century. It's possible.
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What can you possibly do with your day after pranking a foreign Kage? Honestly, not much. Life will all be downhill from here, I'm sure. So I drag Asami, Tsu, Hitomi, Hinata, Ikoku, Minori, Haku, Ao-chan (in a girl's kimono) and Kin shopping. I just feel like shopping. It gets old quickly though. After all… Asami and I end up having to retell the tale over and over again as we go, and that's just so much more interesting than…
Then… I notice giggling. And not from anyone in our group. A familiar giggle though. "Yokoe, what have you done?" I ask. The familiar kitsune, kimono and all, fades into view.
"It's now what I've done you should be asking about… Yokoshima is… creative. And… it would seem Naruto-kun is encouraging her." She says, laughter in her voice and eyes.
"Nothing about us?"
"No."
"Our pack?"
"No."
"Our den?"
"No."
"Then I say have at. It'll never top what I saw this morning." I tell her plainly. She smiles, waves and disappears again. She no doubt knows exactly what I'm talking about, or she'd have asked. "I think Naruto-nii is really trying to live up to what he said last night."
"Uh huh. And you know we're going to be blamed, right?" Sasa-nee sounds almost defeated.
"Nope. That's why we're in a group full of witnesses that can vouch for what we're doing. Now, who's up for junk food!?"
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End Chapter 79
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A/N: More of a mini-chapter, really. But it says what it needs to. This is also my official announcement that one of the Spin-offs has been decided! That's right! Naruto is getting a Spin-off! Pranking every character that hasn't gotten enough airtime, but not of their pack. Aya and the Uzumakis would kill Naruto if he tries pranking them. It's not the only Spin-off decided on, but seeing as Aya needed some downtime, this just seemed like the right time to squeeze in the announcement too ;)
I hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!