Kyuubi's Legacy

Chapter 8

by Night Kiryuu

I don't own Naruto.

Previously: ...the box opened, and a brilliant light flew out the box with astounding speed. He whistle appreciatively, a smirk slowly curling over his lips, 'Kyuubi really was a cunning old fox.' and as if it was reading his mind, it responded, "Those fools won't know what hit them." Naruto could only wholly agree.

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/Time skip-Last year of Academy/

Naruto had been watching the target for the past twenty minutes. He had a mission that he knew he would not fail, and he had planned everything to the last detail. This time there would be no interruptions, no mistakes, and even though, his feet were beginning to hurt from standing so still for so long, he would endure.

From what he had observed, Naruto knew what his target would be doing today, and for the next week.

That is, if the man had a next week, he thought darkly. The target's name was Shinbashi Kanari, probably a fake name, middle age, bland appearance, merchant, and no family to speak of.

In other words, boring. But also perfect for a spy.

During one of his secret outings, he had stumble across a conversation he was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to listen to. He would have left, but his curiosity made him hide in the shadows and eavesdrop. At first, he would have kept on going to his destination, as it seemed that the two adults were just normal people having a casual conversation, but his instincts made him reconsider.

Deciding to stay and listen, Naruto discovered that they weren't Leaf citizens, and while it wasn't obvious, he was smart enough to see the big picture, in other words: they were looking for cute girls in the village to send to the black market. He was lucky he wasn't caught, and he thanked his lucky stars for his excellent hearing. After that, Naruto made it his mission to find information on them.

While normally, he would not have cared for things like this, always opting to let the shinobi to take care of whatever problems were threatening the Leaf. He just couldn't pass up an opportunity to mess with someone, and he couldn't let them hurt Her if the manage to continue with this plan of theirs. He just couldn't. With that in mind, he decided to do what he knew best, and make their lives hell. Not for the kick he got out of it, but for Her. He was sure she would appreciate it. Maybe.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when his target went inside the shop for some water, it was a hot day after all. It was time to make his move. Swiftly, he jumped out of the roof, ran to the fake trashcan on the alleyway, and opened it to grabbed the bag with his disguise.

He jumped to the roof of another building and quickly changed into the black pants, white and black striped long sleeve shirt, and a white metal mask that looked silver from a distance. He wore a white wig, and put on a black hat. To hide his height, lest he give away his true identity, he put on black boots to make him appear at least two inches taller. Not much, but enough to avert the suspicion off of him. He would have worn the long, grey overcoat he usually wore with this outfit, but it was hot!

Making sure his normal attire was carefully hidden, he sped through the roofs abnormally fast for someone his age. Some of the ninja that got a glimpse of him chuckled, his appearance usually meant someone's day was going to the dogs ...

They were happy to let the lad go on his merry way, as long as he left them the hell alone

and kept the destruction to a minimum.

Having pranked several important people in the village, most of all the civilians, and half of the ninja population through immature and childish pranks for eight years tended to keep them on their toes. Which had the rather surprising side effect of make him a common sight to everyone in the village that could spot him. Not necessarily what he intended.

So far, nobody had caught him yet, and he wasn't planning on staining his perfect record of escapades.

His father's voice still echo in his mind, he would not get caught, no matter what.

After he pranked half of all the clan heads, people began to call him the 'White Devil'. Naruto found the nickname funny, so he decided to keep it. Resisting the urge to giggle at the insanity of it all, he concentrated on his self-appointed mission.

When he reached the top of the tall tree, Naruto took out the box Kyuubi had left for him all those years ago. He named it Khaos, with a k, after the effects it had on the world after being used, he found the name quite fitting.

It was awfully useful in an mind boggling way, and although, Naruto did not know what would come out of the box every time he used it (as it was quite random), he was always surprised when it was always something that would help him in whatever quest he was on .

It was very much like a toy box, but a billion times more impressive.

He channeled some of his chakra into it, and was delighted when a little something floated out of it.

Yes! He was glad nobody was around to see him fist pump. That would have been embarrassing.

XxX

Naruto was giddy, simple as that. He had already set out traps, and now the only thing left was for the target to take the bait. The traps consisted of paint sealed inside paper as bombs in the form of harmless looking cranes, he had practice his origami for just this moment.

He had also experience hell while making pure onion juice when he had found that the target had a great … distaste for it. Just thinking about it made his eye twitch. Hopefully this would be the last time he had to do that. Then there was the surprise he had as backup should his plan fail.

Which it wouldn't, not if he had anything to say about it.

He didn't bother to tell his parents, or his grandparents, and most important of them all Her, he knew that out of all of them She was going to be the worse to face. He could just picture the look on Her face, and the horrible guilt pooling at his gut should his family find out.

They would drag him to the house kicking and screaming if they were even a bit suspicious of his scheme, and most likely they would lock him up in his room after several hours of lecturing. Yep, he could totally see that happening. Sometimes his family could be really overprotective.

But it was so gonna be worth it.

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When he finished getting everything in place, Naruto moved on to step number one, and it was with a cheerful disposition that he performed one of his greatest techniques: the Sexy Jutsu.

A poof later, and in the place of a boy was an attractive young woman with a vulpine smile and long shiny brown hair.

He/she was so going to enjoy messing with the minds of those two suckers. Naruto decided then that it was the perfect opportunity to practice his evil laugh, and so he did. He cackled with malicious glee.

How fun, he should do it more often.

Meanwhile ...

On top of a tree there were two ANBU, a coyote and a mouse, who were stalking the kid, ahem, excuse me, were patrolling the area seemingly with contained amusement. That was in no way related to the scene unfolding below them.

"I think he has finally cracked," observed a timid voice. "You think," a sarcastic yet somehow cheerful voice answered.

They had a long day ahead them if this was going were they thought this was going. Hopefully not, but with their luck it probably was. Damn.

XxX

Many miles away, the revered Fourth Hokage was pondering his wife's sanity or rather lack of it. Early on the day, Kushina had presented him with pictures of her latest project. He wouldn't had have any problems with his wife's pastimes if it wasn't for one itty-bitty tiny detail. It was his son ... in a Lolita outfit complete with wig and everything. Strangely enough, said son looked quite at ease. Ten year old boys weren't supposed to ... were they? He resisted the urge to groan.

"Come on Minato, don't look so disturbed, besides just look at that face, doesn't it make your heart melt? Doesn't he make you want to hug him to bits at his sheer adorableness?" cooed one smitten mother.

"Kushina, you seemed to have forgotten that you already have a lovely little girl. Dressing Naruto like this is redundant, and children are not meant to be dress up dolls," said the blond man.

"Yes, but little Misaki-chan seems to disappear every time I bring it up."

"Huh, is that so, I wonder why?" he mused.

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It is said sometimes that deeds done by oneself often come back to bite us in the ass. This seemed to be like a lot of bull to one Shinbashi Kanari. However, he was slightly peeved to find that it might somehow possibly be the truth considering that for the past week he seemed to be followed by series of unfortunate events. It was slightly, no, it was very irritating.

It really was no wonder he hated this place so much, and did he mention it was hot?

XxX

Shusei looked at his watch. Tapped his shoe in the wooden door. Crossed his arms and sighed. 'Yep, he's late', he thought. Looking out the window, he wondered where his blond friend had gotten to.

Lunch break would end in fifteen minutes.

If Naruto didn't get here by then, someone would wonder, and whatever the hell Naruto had been doing for weeks would stop at the adult's intervention. He glanced to his left. At least he had Hyuuga to keep him company.

XxX

He was beginning to think that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to do this during lunch break. Yes, it did veer off unwanted questions, but as he was quickly finding out, he didn't much like to be pressured by time, or at all. So he made his legs go a little faster.

He still couldn't believe that the guy had fallen for his trick. All he had to do was act as the easily flustered damsel in need of a strong man to help her carry her heavy grocery bags. Some flirting and giggling later, and BOOM! He had a date, or rather she had a date. Nobody could say now that he did not know how to act, he thought smugly.

Of course he did made a big show of it and he might had been overdoing it a bit, but hey nobody said the other guy was smart. He beginning to think the girls of his class couldn't have pulled half the things he did with a little female charm. Which was indeed a disturbing thought and swore not to think on it too deeply. He wouldn't like the implications if he did. This undercover stuff was beginning to make him confused.

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Naruto had changed back to his normal attire, and was making his way back to the academy. He stopped walking when he heard his stomach growling. Oh, that's right, he had forgotten to eat breakfast too. Damn. He started walking again when he heard the academy bell ring. His thoughts wondered again. He shivered slightly before taking out his orange scarf out of his bag. When had it gotten so cold? It was extremely warm a few minutes ago. Anyway …

He had capture Idiot Number One the day before, and he was planning on capturing Idiot Number Two this afternoon. Which in his opinion was much easier. Seeing as the guy was pretty much a dirty pervert, and much liable to follow a pretty face.

Seeing as he was already in the hallway to the classroom, he readied himself for the next three hours of hell. As soon as he entered the room. The classroom got suspiciously quiet. Fixing a hazy smile on his face, Naruto made his way to the seat he usually sat on. To his surprise someone was already there. It was Uchiha Sasuke.

Still wearing a smile, he greeted the other boy with a lazy wave. He already knew that his greeting wouldn't be reciprocated by the dark eyed boy. What blasphemous attitude, he thought. He briefly wondered what the Uchiha wanted. He could make a few guesses, but frankly he didn't care enough to voice them. By the way Sasuke's eyes narrowed on him suspiciously, this encounter would most definitely not be pleasant.

As if proving his inkling right, the black haired boy opened his mouth, but before Sasuke could say anything to him, Naruto made a gran gesture with his right hand. His hand revealed to the young Uchiha to look around him. Indeed the whole class was staring at them hopefully. It was obvious the children around them expected some drama from them for their entertainment.

Such was the case in class 4-A, their lively spirits trapped in an environment so utterly dull that the poor unfortunate children were force to look elsewhere for their own amusement among themselves.

Oh! Pitiful souls of tormented children forever stuck on this dreary never ending chamber of mind-numbing torture. Set thou gaze upon the windows of freedom, where obnoxious teachers do not regard you with such contempt. I feel your pain.

All of this went through his mind before his expression brightened considerably, and while he might have over dramatized quite a lot, it did get him an idea. It was time to make things interesting.

Naruto waved his hand dismissively to their audience, firmly gaining the other boy's attention. "So … um … who are you again?" He questioned.

Sasuke blinked and exhaled in surprise. He opened his mouth to say something, but after a moment closed it, before opening it once more, only to close it again. Then proceeded to stare at Naruto in disbelief.

"Are you serious?" Sasuke asked after realizing how uncool he must have looked. Naruto looked at him strangely, "No, My name is Namikaze Naruto." Naruto replied.

An annoyed look flashed through the other boy's features. "I know, and for the last time my name is Uchiha Sasuke. How could you even forget it? I mean come on! We have been in the same class for years and you still don't remember?" He almost shouted.

"Never mind that, what I want to know is how you know my brother?" Sasuke asked already getting a headache, even his fangirls weren't this annoying

Naruto could feel a smirk coming on, but quickly suppressed it. "Sasuke-san" He began. "I really don't know you enough to know your brother, and even if by chance I did know your brother, which is improbable. Im sure said brother wouldn't appreciate that you're bothering his acquaintances to satisfy your unwholesome jealousy toward his activities away from home. If you need a therapist, I know a guy" Naruto said.

You could hear the 'Oh, no he didn't' or 'Jerry Jerry' in the background.

Sasuke could only gape before finally getting it together. "I do not need a shrink, and I only asked because I was curious. You're right however, as if brother would ever befriend someone as dopey as you. As for your offer, the one who needs to go to the shrink is you." Sasuke coolly replied.

Let it be noted that in the background there were also shouts of 'ooh, burned' and finally let us not forget the fangirls loyal cries of 'You go Sasuke!' which rang with their eternal derange love.

This was what Naruto had been aiming for, and just for that moment he let himself grin.

XxX

Iruka had heard rumors. Initially, he had dismiss them as nothing but exaggerated gossip between the staff and the teachers. Tall tales so to speak. That was three years ago. Now he knew better.

In all Konoha history of the Ninja Academy there was always a class that was so incredibly hard to teach that only the toughest chūnin were allowed to instruct it. Not because the subjects were of higher level, but because the children in it were so wild.

A class like that was to be expected, yes, but it baffle the staff that every year of every generation since the founding of the academy it was always the students of classroom 4-A. In fact, last he heard there was a betting pool among the higher ups about what the students of that class would do next.

Past Hokages had often wondered if there was a conspiracy among past and current students of the class. There was something to be said about the way everybody treated that seriously. Sometimes the young teacher wondered if everybody else was having him on.

Still it wasn't a big surprise to anyone that the young teacher was a bit intimidated. For a brief moment he wished he hadn't accepted watching over the students in that particular class for Funeno-san, who had been called rather unexpectedly by the Hokage.

Standing a few feet from the classroom doors with lesson plans clutched in his arms, he took a deep breath and entered. The whole class was joining in some kind of fray and the whole place was in disarray.

That was how substitute teacher Umino Iruka official teacher to class 2-D met the infamous class 4-A. Not that he would remember that. But still...

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The chūnin could not help but gape at the children's audacious misbehavior. The chairs were flipped, desks were on their sides, and the children were … wait, was that a … fish? He really needed to stop this madness before anyone got hurt. That included the fish.

Iruka made a step forward to enter, but before his foot could touch the floor a blackboard eraser fell onto his head with a resounding loudness that could have impaired his hearing. The young teacher was temporarily blinded by the leftover chalk in the air. Rubbing his eyes off the irritating substance, Iruka notice that the room had gone quiet.

His his eyes finally cleared over to revealed the chaotic classroom, except that it wasn't anymore. The students were quietly reading their books, and the room was mysteriously clean and neat.

It was eerie. Now that he thought about it, his lesson plans were on the floor. He didn't remember ever dropping them.

Before Iruka could bent down and pick them up, a pink hair girl with a cute red dress and big shiny green eyes had scurried over to help him.

"Are you the substitute for Funeno-sensei?" Politely asked the pink haired girl while picking up the folders, "Because if you are, you're quite late. Two hours in fact," she said in an almost accusatory tone.

Wide eyed, Iruka turned to face her, "Two hours! But I was just informed half an hour ago! I came here right after lunch," he exclaimed.

Now it was the girls' turn to look at him in surprise, "But sensei, lunch ended two hours ago. School's over in an hour," she informed him.

'What? That couldn't be right. Was this some sort of prank? Well the staff did warned him this might happen. Just to make sure thought he checked the clock on the wall. Sure enough the pink haired girl was right. 'This didn't make sense.' Iruka thought.

"My name is Haruno Sakura by the way." she introduced herself. The now named girl-Sakura almost giggle at the chūnin's expression.

XxX

After School had let out, a nearly homicidal Iruka headed for the teacher's lounge. His hands were shaking and, he had the strangest urge to go to a bar and drink himself silly. What was it that put him so on edge? Class 4-A, enough said. The kids themselves didn't do anything wrong per say, but strange things kept happening. By the time class was over, the only thing the young teacher could say was " … the hell."

Now that he was out of that classroom, he began to note the odd things that stood out to him. For example, every time he wasn't looking his lesson plans would rearrange themselves in no particular order causing him to lose precious minutes of teaching putting them back in order.

Also, he couldn't help but notice the insufferable voice that came out of nowhere mocking him with childish insults. If he was called a poopy head one more time he would … he would, actually he didn't know what he would do. That wasn't the point, the point is that the worst thing was that only he seemed to hear it. Last time he checked hearing voices wasn't a sure sign of sanity.

There was more to it than that though. When the children believe he wasn't looking, they would trade knowing gazes and secret smiles. And just because he was a chūnin didn't mean he wasn't a good ninja. A class of possible genin weren't that much of a match against him. No matter how cunning and sneaky they might be.

But what stood out to him the most was one particular student. The Yondaimes's son: Namikaze Naruto, otherwise know as Uzamaki Kyo by friends. The only reason he noticed him in the first place was not because of his name, but by the look on his eyes. They were bright and full of mischief. He also wore a smile angelic in nature, but not innocent enough to cover the slight cheekiness that seem to surround it. Iruka could not help but be reminded of a fox.

A wicked, cunning, fox. In other words, a trickster.

Among the slight disturbances was a turtle. Yes, a turtle. One minute it wasn't there, the next boom. Right on the middle of his desk too. He didn't notice it until a girl let out giggle. The turtle peed. On. His. Lesson. Plans. If that wasn't enough another one appeared, and another one, and another one. Until there were enough to lose count.

He had stepped out of the classroom in order to informed someone. Took a while to convince that 'no he wasn't on anything funny' and that 'yes there were wild somewhat cute turtles loose on the classroom'.

When Iruka and the jounin arrived, they could only stared in disbelief. Something that he seemed to be doing quite a lot of in the past hour, and wasn't too keen on doing anytime soon. The students, no, the little demons were turtle racing. From the looks of it, they were taking bets too. The Namikaze boy seemed to be winning.

By the end of the class, he had taught nothing. Something which greatly displeased him. And the turtles stayed. The little imps seemed determined to keep them. There was something odd going on here, and it wasn't the little goldfishes in the plastic cups under his desk that tipped him off. Nor the singing turnips.

Singing turnips...

Although Iruka himself came out of that classroom without so much as a scratch, he really couldn't say the same thing about his lesson plans. They were completely ruined. And he worked so hard on them.

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"What in the world were you thinking! Do you realize what could have happen if anyone had seen you? Arg! Why do I even bother trying to tell you to be careful, you'll just do your whatever you feel like!" shouted Shusei to the blond boy sitting next to him under the tree.

"But, but Shusei," he sniffed. "It was so much fun, and you had fun and everyone else did too and nobody went crazy and ... and ... stop trying to make me explain myself, it makes me feel awful." Said Naruto with big fat tears coming to his eyes.

While Shusei would usually make fun of his blond friend for his ridiculous dramatics, this time he was annoyed enough with him for going on to do who-knows-what kinds of things to not do so. He could bet his entire piggy bank saving that Naruto had been doing something he wasn't supposed to do. Naruto tended to do that a lot. Shusei briefly wondered when and where his blond friend had learnt his new trick. Tears weren't supposed to be that eye catching, nor were eyes supposed to widen that much...

Sigh "Fine, fine, but next time give us a little warning here, it was really weird, and I am not even going to ask how you did it because I'll probably go mad with all the bull that comes spewing out of your mouth" said one very irritated boy.

"You're so weird Shusei, you know that right?" asked Naruto. "Yeah, well you're weird too," the other boy mumble.

"That's wonderful! Now we can be weird and too weird" Beamed the blond boy.

Shusei resisted the urge to bump the blond boy in the head. Sometimes his friend could be too much.

XxX

-Several Hours Later

-Location: Underground

…

The room was dark, no, everything was dark. To the left, to the right, up, down, and even sideways. It wasn't cold nor warm. In fact everything was in a muted stillness that the men found unnerving. It could have been hours or perhaps a few minutes since they had been dumped there by that madwoman.

In fact, the slight beat of the footsteps that were getting disturbingly closer to their cell with every passing second was perhaps the only sound both could hear. The heels the woman was sure to be wearing echoed loudly in the stone floor, the sound made them flinch. They both knew that the woman would not hurt them, at least not physically, however, that did not stop them from fearing her in the least.

Before they knew it she was standing in front of their cells. Shinbashi Kanari knew she was here for him. The chakra absorbing seals grew stronger in her presence. She entered his cell, Kanari could no longer hear the hushed whispers the other in the next cell was trying to communicate to him. And then, she snapped her fingers. The sound was harsh against his ears, and a white flame hovered above the palm of her hand.

The light let him see that incredibly beautiful woman that had tricked him, and the white light only made her seem lovely despite the harsh shadows. And then, she talked, and her voice was just as lovely as appearance. It made him remember just how easy it was for him to fall into her trap. So, so easy. His boss would be furious.

She smiled at him, "Hello Shinbashi-san, I was told by my assistant that you have not being very cooperative in answering her questions, have you? Do you know how utterly disappointed I am?" at this she put on a hurt face. It was very convincing.

Feeling agitated he answer " I don't know anything of what she is talking about."

She looked at him slyly. "Ah, you're lying Shinbashi-san, that's not very nice of you."

Irritated he said, "It's not very nice to abduct people and keep them in cells either, you bitch."

Her eyes flashed. "You are a known associate of a man named Gatō."

He looked away, disinterested, "That's a first."

"What is?"

"That I know him".

Her face showed a confused frown, "Know who?"

"What?"

"That you know Gatō?"

"Yes."

"Then you do know him?" She asked.

"Yeah." Then he quickly corrected himself. "No."

"So you don't know him?"

"I, no, no, I never heard of him."

She raised a perfect eyebrow. "That is amazingly unconvincing Shinbashi-san, very, very unconvincing."

She could see the panic in his eyes, and she allowed herself to bask in the feel of the victory that was nearly achieved.

"I already said NO! I don't know him, never even heard of him, Gatō, Gatō who?" he asked, eyes wild.

She adjusted her position so she could observe the proceedings better, it was about to get interesting. Oh, how she loved interesting things. She almost grinned when she felt 'her' kage bunshin appear silently, disguised as 'her' other self. A teenage girl, every bit as beautiful as 'herself'.

"Now, now, no need to panic. If you won't cooperate as I have asked you many times before, than all I can say is that its out of my hands now. I am sure you recognize the young lady behind you."

Startled, Kanari whirled to see. His eyes now showed fear. He recognized her all right, as that mysterious woman that silently observed him without blinking for hours on end. He wondered just how strong she was, he didn't even hear her, let alone sense her presence.

"That there is Nana-chan. Or perhaps you may know her as the the Shadow Mistress. She is renown in the shinobi elite circles as a data collector. Everything that you hide, she will know. She has never failed before, and she is not about to fail with you." Her insult made him glare at her.

Shinbashi looked a little worried. "Really and how exactly does she achieve that?"

The older woman smiled. "She has the power to enter your mind, and read your thoughts as she pleases. She has been watching you for a long time now you know, even before you got here, observing what kind of person you are." She was pacing now. "And she knows. She likes the trill of the hunt, guessing how close to the mark she got. Then she will enter your mind and find out. It will be extremely unpleasant. For you, that is. It will hurt."

"But that is impossible! You're bluffing." He accused.

"Very well, Shinbashi-san, you have left us with no choice." Then she called out to the other girl. "Hey, Nana-chan, why don't you show him exactly how possible you're ability is, eh. I am sure Shinbashi-san is dying to know."

"As you wish … Akito-Sama." Spoke 'Nana-chan' for the first time.

XxX

Location: Konoha Forest, Wildlife Preservation

Time: 11:15 PM

…

XxX

'Akito-Sama' and 'Nana-chan' were sitting in a cherry-blossom tree. The shadows of the taller trees made the cherry blossom fall in the darkness. It would have been difficult for anyone to see the two girls up close, let alone from a distance, it was a pre-chosen location made from that reason alone.

The two 'girls' did not stood up when a new person arrived. They were really too lazy to do that. He would have to have a chat with them about their lax vigilance later. Now that would be an unnerving talk, those two girls were him after all.

The first to speak was 'Akito-Sama'. "Hey boss man! Fancy seeing you, come here often?" She grinned deviously. "We got the info you requested, though it took a lot of bluffing to do it boss. I swear if you ever make us do something like that again at least have the decency to give us clear and precise orders. Hate to say it boss, but your hand writing sucks."

'Nana-Chan' gave a curt nod her agreement...

Naruto ignored the comments of his 'playful' self and continued to inspect the recordings given to him by the complaining 'girl'. Once he saw everything was in order, he turned to his 'stoic' self and reclined his head in acknowledgment. Moments later, both shadow clones dismissed themselves and two sets of memories flooded his mind.

Naruto reclined against the tree bark and closed his eyes. When he opened them, his eyes were filled with purpose. In the shadow of the trees, Naruto's eyes glowed and his fangs gleamed like pearls.

It was time to get started.

End of Chapter 8

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Author's Note:

This chapter took a while to post and correct. It would have been published earlier since I already had it typed out for months, but my computer took quite a few vacations. Anyway, I hope all of you like it and take some time out of your valuable day to Review it.

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