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Chapter 28

Hinata found herself standing awkwardly in the middle of the lounge room, self consciously tugging down the hem of a rather large shirt on her frame. It hung down a third the way of her thighs, but it felt way too short to her. Her respect rose a tiny bit for Ino, thinking about how brave that girl was for wearing such a short skirt everywhere. Hearing another bang, Hinata came back from her thoughts only to be then knocked flying by two equally airborne bodies.

Hitting the ground, the three of them slid a bit across the smooth floor before coming to rest in a tangled web of limbs. Tsunade's head popped out from the kitchen and surveyed the mess before her. Sighing, she walked over and picked the two giggling blonds off the blushing Hyuuga and gave them a shake.

"Honestly, can't you two calm down yet? It's nearly bed time so atleast start acting tired!"

The female of the two squirmed a little more, trying to escape. "But we're not tired! We've got so much stuff to catch up on and... and... just stuff to do!"

Shaking her head Tsunade raised them in front of her eyes. "Now listen here. You three have a mission tomorrow and unlike you, Hinata here doesn't have an unlimited amount of energy ok? So for her sake, calm down."

The shy girl blushed at the mention and struggled to put a sentence together. "N-no, it's ok r-really. I d-don't n-need that much s-sleep anyway."

She then shrunk under the gaze Tsunade laid upon her. "Don't you go try and rationalize their behaviour, Hinata-chan. Even if, on the off chance you don't need much sleep, I for one love my sleep and am not willing to have it disrupted by these two."

Throwing them into the couch, Tsunade tried to ignore the joyous laughter that came from the two as they bounced off the couch. One may have guessed that 1 + 1 of something equals double the number. In this case, it seems Uzumaki had defied logic again and somehow managed to be triple the handful they were when they were only one being. Hearing them getting ready to jump off the couch, Tsunade spun around and pointed a finger at them.

"Ah-ah! Don't you move. I'm just grabbing you three a drink and then you're going to bed."

Hearing them whine unhappily, the Hokage rolled her eyes and snatched the milk out of the fridge. Pulling three glasses from the cupboard she then reached into her medicine cabinet and dug around before finding a strong sleeping powder. Tipping liberal amounts into the milk, she quickly tucked it away and hurried back to the impatient duo. Thrusting the liquid into their hands, she stood back.

"Good now, drink."

She then watched as they all drained every last drop, satisfaction glowing in her eyes as her wily plan took hold. Lowering the cups, all three made a face before Naruto looked up at her.

"Hey Baa-chan, is this off or something? It tasted weird."

Seeing the other two nod, Tsunade quickly spun off a lie. "No, I put in it some active recovery powder that I had to help you be at 100% for tomorrow."

She then pointed at the beds in the corner that they would be sleeping in. "Now, get over there."

Seeing the blond duo yawn, she grinned internally, happy to see it working. Tsunade jumped slightly though when a thump sounded out behind her. Turning, she saw Hinata face down on the floor, snoring quietly. Scratching her cheek, Tsunade sweat-dropped slightly.

'Whoops, shouldn't have put so much in that third cup. Oh well.'

Scooping up the heiress, she dropped her onto one of the mattresses and saw the Uzumaki twins slide into their own, eyes drooping. Seeing them snuggle down under the sheets, Tsunade nodded once and flicked the lights off. Wandering into her room, she pulled the door closed behind her and began to change. Reaching out to grab her nighty, her ears twitched as they caught the very faintest of rustles in her bathroom.

'Oh hell no.'

Quickly slipping on the garment, she thanked her lucky stars that she had decided to wear a training bra and bike pants today in place of her usual get up. Sliding over to the door, she gently twisted the door handle before opening it as hard as she could into the face of the man behind it. Crying out, he clutched his injured nose as his note pad flew gracefully through the air to land with a soft plop in the toilet. Not a moment later, Jiraiya began sobbing as Tsunade quickly hit the flush.

"H-how could you? That was going to be a best seller!"

Tsunade growled at her insatiable old teammate and cuffed him over the ear. "That's what you always say you lecher."

Looking up through the tears he flapped the arm not holding his nose. "Well dah! The notepad with that big seller is always the one that gets destroyed! Why can't you just be grateful that you'd be the star of the next world's best seller?"

Kicking the man through the door, she watched him land in a corner. Dropping down on her own bed, she crossed her arms under her chest and one leg over the other. Jiraiya's favourite, uber sexy, no-mucking-around pose.

"Because I wanted to become a ninja, not a porn star. Now, what do you have to say about Naruto's seals?"

Sitting up, the man rubbed his head gingerly. "What makes you think I'm here because of that?"

Tsunade leaned in, eyes growing cold. "Because you know too well that if you aren't, your balls are going in a specimen jar and being sent to Orochimaru."

Instantly paling, Jiraiya coughed and nodded. "A valid point. In that case, I'll just get on with it."

Mealy leaning back, Tsunade just watched as Jiraiya pulled a few notes out of his coat and sifted through them. After apparently reaffirming his discovery, he tucked them away.

"Alright, are we able to get the Uzumaki's in here?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Is this somehow related to the seal breaking within the next hour?"

Jiraiya threw her a funny look at the question. "Uh, no... but I don't see how this relates to – "

Tsunade quickly cut him off with a wave of her hand. "Then not a chance. I only just got those two to bed and I'll be damned having to do that for a second time."

Smirking, Jiraiya thumbed at the door. "It almost sounds like you're taking care of a couple of toddlers in there. Poor little Tsunade-Hime!"

Tsunade grunted. "Yes, poor little me. Those two are a nightmare. Now get on with it, I'm tired."

Smirk still in place, Jiraiya continued. "Alright then, well to start at the beginning of this all, I have to ask you a question, how do you think Naruto really created that masterpiece, Orike no Jutsu?"

Tsunade looked at him like he had a third eye. "Uh, chakra, hand seals, all the usual stuff?"

At this Jiraiya chuckled and raised a lecturing finger. "Yes, that's how, but how did he get all the physical parts right? He only just truly worked out everything about girls, so how could it have been so perfect?"

At this Tsunade paused. Having a quick think, she looked up at him. "This has something to do with the seal split and Naruko, doesn't it?"

Jiraiya nodded. "Very astute Hime. The fact that he created it when he only just started unlocking his chakra leads me to believe that it was the beginning of a kind of timer on the seal. That started things off and with that, Naruko was allowed out."

Tsunade nodded, but then frowned as something else came to mind. "But what about the fact that an adolescent could create a full grown woman? How do you explain that?"

Jiraiya nodded. "Good question. Until I speak with Naruto, I can't be certain but this is my idea. Henge was always Naruto's strongest point in the academy. Now, Naruto knew an adult wouldn't be susceptible to a naked girl's body..." both adults quickly shivered at the thought. "So when the mental image of the Orike no Jutsu came forth, he had the basic building blocks to work off. It isn't really that hard either. Everything below more or less stays the same from birth to death; the only major change is up top. So all Naruto had to do was check out a few bikini magazines, throw down a few seals, pump some chakra into it and let his imagination do the rest."

Tsunade hummed as she milled over the idea. It was quite plausible, once laid out like that. She then thought about the breast tissue that Naruto had begun to form just after his jutsu had gone haywire.

"So let me try work out the next bit. The seal had some form of timer on it, so that meant it was waiting for a specific moment to properly activate, like when he reached a certain point of maturity or chakra capacity."

Jiraiya quickly jumped in. "It could even have been slowly draining chakra and was just waiting till it had the necessary reserves stored to activate."

Nodding, Tsunade continued. "So, it activated, and that was when things started going silly. I'm guessing that that's because the seal was allowing Naruto to begin to adjust for the end split? I'm saying this because Naruto actually started developing into a woman upon each transformation. First breast tissue, then the rest later."

Jiraiya nodded slowly. "Yeah, that could be the case. It would also be a viable reason as to why his moods were changing. And on top of that, it would also explain why he was complaining about the fox's chakra leaking. His body was basically becoming too full in a weird way."

Tsunade closed her eyes and then mashed her palms into them, sighing as she did. "Well, whatever. This is some very good news, but too much for my head to fully take in just now. Come back tomorrow and we'll talk it over some more with the kids." Lying back, Tsunade flicked her hand at the window. "You are dismissed."

Sniffing slightly, Jiraiya crept a little closer to the bed. "But... that bed looks very big and your delicate body will take forever to warm it up. Perhaps I could just jump in and warm it up for you quickly?"

Rolling over, Tsunade shook her head. Two words came from her lips and were plenty enough to convince Jiraiya to head for the exit.

"Balls, Orochimaru."

Having climbed out the window, he pulled it closed after him and peeked through one last time. Smiling to himself, he thanked whoever it was that blessed him with such a wonderful team mate. That last notebook may have unfortunately passed on, but the subtle jiggle of Tsunade's backside and breasts as she had changed was etched into his memory plenty good enough to start taking notes again. Pulling yet another pad from inside his jacket, he could only curse the fact she had decided to wear a training bra and bike pants today.

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Hinata's ears twitched the next morning as the soft calls of birds from outside the window gently roused her. She sighed contentedly, the covers tightly packed around her small form and holding the heat very nicely. If it wasn't for that odd breeze against her neck, she would have quite happily drifted back off to sleep. Shrugging her head in that direction, a soft tickly sensation brushed her cheek, making her giggle.

"...hmmm..."

Funny, she could have sworn there was a voice beneath the tickle. Cracking an eye, a couple of golden strands of hair came into focus, lying on her pillow. Lowering her eye, she saw them become a part of a much larger group, and then disappearing into the swirling mass of hair beneath that. Something squeezed her middle and Hinata was suddenly aware of two sets of arms holding her tightly. She tried to look over her shoulder, but being on her side, made things rather difficult. The cool sensation of breath on the back of her neck confirmed the presence of another human behind her. Trying to move, the arms just gripped her tighter, holding her very firmly in place.

Both eyes were now open as her mind started to catch up with what was going on. From the volume of hair that was in front of her, she could only guess that that was Naruko. Seeming that left only one other person to be holding her back, she began to heat up quite nicely at the thought.

Naruto. HER Naruto. In HER bed, with his arms wrapped quite tightly around HER waist. Granted, Naruko was also attached to her front, but she could only thank her ancestors that it was the girl that had her head so close to her chest. Had that been Naruto... well, she would have just been sent back for a nap that much faster.

Still, it left her in a rather torn state. One half of her was afraid that they would be caught in such an improper position, and that the ramifications could very well humiliate her into seclusion for years. The other half however was screaming violently back at the other half to just shut its face and enjoy the moment, to hell with the consequences. Besides, with the strength of those two separate grips around her waist, it wasn't like she was going anywhere soon. So with that, the blushing girl simply closed her eyes and tried to downplay the excitement boiling around in her tummy. Unfortunately though, a few seconds later came the sound of a merry click and a womanly giggle. Snapping one eye open, she saw Tsunade holding up a camera with a very satisfied smirk on her face. The red girl's face doubled in brightness as she struggled to get away from the embarrassing situation.

"Well isn't this precious?"

"T-T-T-T-T-Tsunade s-s-s-sama! T-t-this i-isn't wh-w-what you think it i-i-is!"

Tsunade just giggled again at the girl. Poor thing nearly had to be read by Morse code once she got flustered enough. Mealy waving one hand, the Hokage quietened the girl.

"Hush hush, its ok. Besides, you'll wake those two up if you keep making all that noise."

"Mmmm... Tsunade-baachan, why you talking so loud for?"

The lady rolled her eyes and smiled at the sleepy grammar. It was so cute. Seeing the prison guards beginning to open their eyes, the Hokage decided she'd better start up breakfast. A deal's a deal after all.

Back with Hinata, the girl fearfully looked down into the sleepy half closed eyes of Naruko. The blond and her had a stare off for a few seconds before the blond realised it wasn't Naruto she was holding. Looking around dopily, she failed to find her brother within the imitate vicinity.

"Where Naru-kun?"

Hinata said nothing, but rolled her eyes over her shoulder as a blond head appeared on top of it.

"I'm here. What's goin' on?"

"Nothin'..."

The two then fell silent for a moment, the only thing breaking the quiet being Naruko's rather large yawn. Looking down, Naruto then noticed the beet red girl staring up at him.

"Hey-ya, Hinata-chan. What ya doin' in our bed?"

Looking around, Hinata quickly determined that it was her bed. It seemed these two were rather restless sleepers and had jumped mattresses during the night. Her response to this however was cut off by a loud dry fart that ripped through the room. Two sets of arms or no, Hinata broke free from the restraints like they didn't exist and stared down at Naruko in horror as Naruto began laughing out loud.

"Morning farts are the best!"

"N-NARUKO-CHAN!"

The accused girl herself began to get the giggles and pretty quickly, both blonds couldn't contain themselves. Tsunade briefly appeared at the doorway, an eyebrow raised in surprise.

"Who was that?"

Hinata just pointed at Naruko, still shocked into silence at the foul bodily function. Tsunade however just whistled, quite used to that kind of thing through being a medic. "Well that was an absolute ripper. Let's hope it doesn't smell."

Disappearing back into the kitchen, Tsunade left the mortified girl to herself. Looking back down at the now settling blonds, Hinata began to back away, just in case it did carry a fragrance. The twins however just wiped away the tears and looked up at Hinata.

"Oh, it's ok Hinata. It wasn't that bad. Besides, everyone does it." Naruko looked at her brother in amusement after addressing Hinata. "I guess I'll start doing it each morning though if you really find it that funny."

Naruto just rolled his eyes and grinned as he pushed himself to his feet. "Of course you know I'd find it that funny. Now, let's eat!"

Dashing for the table, Naruto and his sister brushed past the still stunned Hyuuga and battled for prime seating position. Successfully knocking his sister flying, Naruto took his well earned seat and didn't flinch the slightest as Naruko appeared beside him in a flash. Sharing a grin with his sister, they then looked at the kitchen and shouted out. "So what's for breakfast, Baa-chan?"

Tsunade's distracted voice came back a moment later. "Same thing as yesterday. I don't have anything else that I can make that much of."

Shrugging, Naruto settled back into his chair as he readied his tummy for the influx of food. Just then, he heard a window open and he saw Jiraiya climb in. He heard Tsunade growl from the kitchen and grinned at the old man.

"Must you really? Honestly, the door is like RIGHT beside that window!"

Jiraiya didn't answer and just dropped himself down beside Hinata. Stunning the already quiet girl into silence with a heartbreaking grin, Jiraiya leaned to the side to try catch a glimpse of Tsunade cooking.

"How'd how end up cooking for these two? You know how much they can eat."

The woman just shrugged despite being hidden. "Don't ask. I gotta do this for the rest of the week."

Jiraiya let out a bark of laughter at the predicament. "You too aye? Seems Naruto is getting everyone to buy him food this week. First Sasuke, now you." He looked down at the widely grinning boy. "How do you do it?"

Naruto just tapped his nose. "Sasuke, I can't tell you. Tsunade, I could tell you, but I don't wana. Oh, and that reminds me, you still need to pay off that tab at Ichiraku's."

Tsunade let out a snort and Jiraiya paled. "Hang on, when did I do that?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "You know, yesterday when you dashed off after Tenten worked out the seal secret for you."

Jiraiya paled further. "Oh yeah... I forgot about that."

Tsunade then appeared, stalling any further talk about Jiraiya's soon to be much smaller bank account. In each hand was a plate, piled high with what looked like close to 100 pancakes on each. Dropping them in front of the blonds, she quickly slapped away their hands as she pulled out another plate from behind herself.

"Ah-ah, some of these are Hinata-chan's."

Grabbing 3 from the top of each pile, she dropped them onto the plate and then dropped it in front of the surprised Hyuuga. "H-Hokage-sama, you really didn't have to!"

Tsunade just shrugged it off and returned to the kitchen. "Nonsense. It's bad manners to feed these two pits and not feed you as well. Besides, your apart of the team so we need you full as well."

Unnoticed, Jiraiya looked around at the vast amount of food as his bottom lip trembled. "What about me, Tsunade-hime?"

Tsunade's uncaring voice floated back. "What about you?"

"I'm hungry too! I've been working non-stop on this case for you and Naruto, so surely you can spare a pancake to two for me?"

"Fair enough. Get some off Naruto, if he'll let you."

Looking down at the boy, the little blond growled viciously as he pulled his plate in closer to his body. Raising an eyebrow, Jiraiya simply used his vastly superior ninja skills to throw the boy out the window faster than he could register. Quickly stuffing several pancakes in his mouth, Jiraiya struggled to swallow the lot just as Naruto reappeared, twigs and all.

"Oi you cheap old frog! That was so not fair!"

Jiraiya shrugged. "Life's not fair. Get used to it. Besides, you still have ninety something left."

Fixing the man with a poisonous glare, Naruto stuffed himself another mouthful, his eyes never leaving Jiraiya's. Unintimidated, Jiraiya just leaned back and looked down at Hinata, who was slowly making her way through her own meal. She looked up at him cautiously, wondering if her small pile was next to be robbed.

"Hey, once you're done with that, I'll actually have to ask you to leave the room. I gotta talk with these two alone. Secret ninja business 'n' all that."

Satisfied her food wasn't in danger; she nodded and picked up her pace a little. The room fell into silence then as the group finished off, the only noise being Naruto and Naruko's loud slurps and occasional burps as they ravaged the towers before them. Tsunade appeared close to the end of the meal, a cup of tea in hand.

"So have you worked out anything further?"

Jiraiya shook his head. "Nothing new. Just more stuff to cement what I said last night."

Hearing the clatter of plates as the three Genin finished up, Jiraiya pointed at the Uzumaki twins. "Alright, you two come with me. Hinata, just head back out to the lounge room. We'll be back in a sec."

Motioning for all three blonds to follow him, he walked into Tsunade's room and shut the door. Locking it and placing a palm on it, he sealed it and turned back. "Alright. Naruto, Naruko, I actually have a few questions to ask you that will hopefully spread some light on why you're as you are."

Hearing the unusual seriousness in their teacher's voice, they nodded. Tsunade dropped onto her bed behind them, quietly listening in.

"Alright, this may surprise you, but I actually have a theory that Naruko was sealed inside Naruto."

Both twins' eyes widened as they heard this. "Really?"

Jiraiya nodded. "Yup. The first question I have for you is in regards to when you started swapping genders involuntarily. Did anything feel weird while that was happening? Did it feel like there was any form of pulling or pushing on your bodies?"

While Naruto shook his head, Naruko nodded slightly. Jiraiya cocked his head in interest. "Really? What happened during that?"

Naruko's brow furrowed as she tried to find the right words. "Well... I duno, it just felt like something was pulling at my body. Only bits and pieces at a time but towards the end it was all over me, like it was trying to drag me through a wall."

Jiraiya nodded. "That would make sense. It was actually Naruto's body getting ready for the split. Bits of you were being moulded into his form to make sure that when you split, everything inside the seal was correctly replicated outside the seal."

Naruto took a moment, but then piped up. "But... if that's the case, why did I need to actually go through that? Wouldn't it have just meant that whatever was inside the seal would have just been unsealed, like a standard kunai or something?"

Jiraiya shook his head. "I have a theory for that as well. I'm thinking that due to Naruko never actually having any physical exercise, she would have been rather stunted in her growth."

He pulled the seal papers out again and pointed at a section of them. "See this bit? It acts as a major part of the containment seal, but when written by itself, it actually is a kind of copy-and-paste symbol. It was one of the first bits of the seal to distort, so I'm thinking that what it was doing was copying all of Naruto's strength and stamina, to you."

The twins mouthed a silent 'oh' and left it at that. Continuing, Jiraiya slipped the papers away. "Now comes the tricky part. Why do you both have a seal on you? Wasn't the fox simply sealed into Naruto? So my question is, did you both see the fox exactly the same every time you were dragged down there?"

The twins shared a glance before Naruko spoke up. "It seemed the same I suppose... I never really noticed anything."

Jiraiya threw a cautious glance at Tsunade. "If you're able, could you go down there now and see what it's like?"

Tsunade's eyes thinned, but could see the point. Sharing another glance, the twins nodded.

"Uh, yeah, we s'pose so."

Nodding, Jiraiya motioned for them to sit on the bed. "Well then, please, go down there and see if you can get anything out of the fox."

Silently crawling onto the bed, the twins nodded before closing their eyes.

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Opening their eyes, the twins found themselves standing side by side in the usual dank drain. Swallowing, they moved forward, towards the dark end of the tunnel, where they knew they'd find it. A few minutes passed before they came before the cage. Not too long after that, a set of giant red eyes appeared, quickly accompanied by an equally huge malicious grin.

"My my, to what do I owe the pleasure of my captors?"

Naruto took the initiative and stepped forward. "We're actually here to ask you about us, and what's going on with the seal."

The fox's grin dimmed somewhat at the mention of the seal. "Ah yes, that horrible thing. Aside from that, what makes you think I'd know anything about your problem?"

Deciding to rub him up a little, Naruko stepped forward too. "Well, you always tell us how much more advanced you are than us humans, so seeming you are so great, we thought you'd know what's up."

The fox looked somewhat chuffed that the child acknowledged its superiority. "Don't think I don't know what you're doing. But for your efforts, I suppose I could shed some light on it all."

The twins nodded, not willing to say anything lest they anger the beast.

"While you two may very well be separate now, I still am one. I am simply held in two halves."

Naruko frowned as she tried to understand it while Naruto just spoke his thoughts. "But how is that possible? Nothing can be split in half and still think as one being, can they?"

The fox growled. "Do not limit me to your own restricted understanding of time and space. I am a creature of the ages; a chakra construct of infinite possibilities. So do not think that just because there is now 'two' of me that I do not retain my singular consciousness."

The response flew over both blonds heads by several feet, but they memorised it never the less, in case Jiraiya could make heads or tails of it.

"So, what did it look like when we came to you before? Like, before we separated?"

The fox rolled its eyes. "Particularly bad, I must admit. In a way that you could understand, it was like two solid bodies trying to coexist in the same space. Due to this cursed seal and the fact this is technically your mind, it is possible, but it didn't look any better. Now that you are of two separate bodies and as a result, two separate minds, your consciousnesses have separated, thus allowing you now to view each other."

Still thoroughly in over their heads, Naruko tried to make sense of this. "So, why could you see us while we couldn't when we came and saw you?"

The fox shrugged. "It seems the human mind does not allow you to see what it cannot comprehend."

Their minds boggled through and through, the twins just nodded dumbly. "So why didn't you tell us this earlier?"

The fox let out a bark of laughter that blew the kids back a few paces. "What reason did I have to tell you? That you looked even uglier in here than you did out there?"

The twins blushed slightly. A little angry, Naruto stepped forward, his fist raised. "W-whatever! I think we look real good! I bet we did even when we were together!"

The fox snorted. "A matter of perspective. Now leave me, so I can get back to figuring out how to break this damnable seal."

And with a solid mental thrust, the twins were forced out from their minds.

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For all the time spent inside, it was only a few minutes that passed outside before they opened their eyes and stared back at a curious Jiraiya and Tsunade.

"Well?"

Both twins faulted, before glancing at each other. "Uh, we're not too sure what this even means, but this is what was said."

And with that, the duo replayed the scene between them; each reminding the other of certain things said that they forgot. Once they were done, Tsunade looked as dumbfounded as the twins felt, while Jiraiya had a thoughtful look on his face. Looking up at him, Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

"So? What was said?"

Jiraiya looked at the three of them. "Really, what they just said is the simplest way to say it. Because I've worked with seals and other things that play with space and time, I can grasp it. To someone like yourselves, I think the only way to work it out is to just repeat it in your heads several times over until it clicks."

The younger two of the three shrugged, unconcerned with it. They didn't think they'd ever understand, so why bother if it'll never be a problem? Tsunade kind of had to though, seeming she was the Hokage and all. Biting her nail, she frowned. After a moment, she sighed. "I give up. For now, let's get you two back out with Hinata and ready for your mission. Jiraiya... just be ready."

Rather surprised with the out of place comment, the man looked at Tsunade innocently. "For what?"

The evil grin that came from not just Tsunade, but the Uzumaki twins as well instantly had him on a razors edge. "You'll soon find out."

Very much not wanting to find out, Jiraiya quickly jumped out the window and disappeared into the bushed without a further word. Laughing, Tsunade dropped a hand on each twins shoulder and walked them out.

"Naruto... Naruko... this could prove to be one of the best days since I took up the title of Hokage. Do your best to make me proud, you hear?"

Two high beamed smiles were shone back up at her as they left the room.

"Yes sir!"

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A/N – Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you all had a fantastic day and Santa got you what you wanted ;)

Anyway, this rather long, plot filled and descriptive chapter is my late present to you all. I would have had it uploaded earlier, but I've been having alot of internet troubles at home lately -_- not fun.

SO! I hope you all enjoyed it and do please remember to drop me a little review! That could be your Christmas present from you to me =D

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