Chapter 5: Naruto's Day of hell Part 2
(AN): Hello all! Be warned that updates will most likely become farther apart. To both apologize and compensate, I will try and make the chapters longer. Remember, I own nothing but my thoughts.
On with the story!
'Did she say beauty salon? Oh, God no! Please, anything but that! I would rather go without ramen for the rest of my life! Please, make it stop!' Naruto pleaded silently. Sadly, his pleading went unheard.
"Well while you do that, I have to talk to the Hokage. I'll meet you outside the salon when I'm done," Iruka said as we left.
"Wait, you're not coming with?" Naruto asked nervously.
"Nope! See you later!" Iruka said as he left.
"Come on, slow poke. If we don't go now, we may never get that hair of yours fixed," Hikari teased.
"Yeah, Naruto. I actually want to get my hair styled. Might as well go to throw off the Hokage, right?" Mikan asked.
"Yeah, Okay," Naruto said, resigning to his fate.
Hikari dragged Naruto to the salon, Mikan in tow. Before anybody could ask, she had Naruto and Mikan in chairs next to each other, waiting for her decision.
"Let's see, first off we need them clean. Then we'll give this one," pointing to Naruto, "gentle curls. The other one gets waves and a pony tail." Hikari nodded to herself several times, obviously pleased with her decision.
The salon staff did not hesitate. The twins were whipped up into a hurricane of hair conditioner and soap. Not once, not twice, not even thrice, but their hair was washed four times. Naruto didn't even know what hit him. He practically passed out from the embarrassment, while Mikan was loving every second of feeling clean. Before either of them could blink, they were placed in chairs to get their hair styled. Naruto held his tongue, fighting the urge to run as hard as he could. Mikan, on the other hand, said, "Oh, man am I loving this."
Naruto found his resolve right then and there. If his sister was enjoying this, he would not be the one to ruin it. 'At least they're ignoring the nails,' he mused.
~Meanwhile~
"Come in," Hiruzen said when he heard a knock at the door.
Iruka came in with a small sigh of relief. "I'm glad I got away when I did," Iruka mumbled.
Hiruzen gave him a questioning look. "Beauty salon," was all Iruka said in response. Hiruzen visibly shivered.
"You don't know how lucky you are," Hiruzen said under his breath. "Well, I trust Naruto is putting up a fight?"
"Oddly, no. He's actually trying to go through with this. At least, at the moment he is. I think his sister may have had something to do with it. Anyway, I came back here because I realized that Naruto has a single bed in his apartment. What do you think we should do?" Iruka explained.
Hiruzen furrowed his brow in thought. "Tell me. Is the apartment next to Naruto's empty?"
"Yes," Iruka said, not sure where this was going.
"Well, while they are at the salon, you are going to start remodeling Naruto's apartment to join with that one. And don't just put a door in and call it good. Give them a living room, and give Mikan a room to herself," Hiruzen ordered. 'Although, I sense something might just happen anyway. Well, you can't do everything.' Hiruzen told himself.
"Yes, Hokage," Iruka said. He disappeared to take care of the job quickly, wanting to surprise Naruto with some added bonuses for actually behaving.
~Back at the Salon, One Hour Later~
"Can I get up yet? My legs are going numb," Naruto whined.
Hikari looked at her watch and said, "Yep, you're all done."
Hikari guided Naruto and Mikan over to the mirror. "Whoa, is that really us?" Mikan asked excitedly.
Standing in the mirror were two stunning blond models. One had gentle curls framing her face and going down to the small of her back. The other had a loose pony tail that curled slightly towards the end, hanging down past her shoulders. Both had shocked expressions, and one could clearly see they were twins. The blue eyes and whisker mark combination wasn't too common in any case.
Mikan suddenly jumped Naruto, giving him a huge hug and said, "I love it! Thank you so much!"
"I-Its fine, Mikan. You're welcome," Naruto stammered. 'I am so glad I didn't say anything about the nails.' Naruto thought to himself. "Well, we have to be going. Thank you, Hikari for doing this."
"Oh, any time. And if you ever feel the need to do it again, I'll go easier on you next time. Okay, Naruto?" Hikari teased.
"I'll definitely keep that in mind. See you later," Naruto picked up the bags of clothing Hikari had brought with her from the store and practically dragged Mikan out of their before anything else could happen.
"Hey, Naruto? Where are we going next?" Mikan asked curiously.
"Well, first we're going to go drop off our clothes at home. Then we'll wander around town. Just remember not to leave my side, Okay? Some people are better to be avoided," Naruto explained
They both roof hopped back to their home, not knowing what was in store. Naruto was planning on just tossing the clothes on the table and leaving, but when he sensed something was off, he took a closer look around. "What in the hell happened in here?" Naruto asked.
"Hey, Naruto. You're home earlier than I thought you would be," Iruka said from the new living room.
"What did you do to my home?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
"Well, did you want to share a bed with your sister?" Iruka said smirking.
"Point taken," Naruto grumbled. "So, what do you change?"
"I combined your apartment with the one next door, put in a living room and some sliders in your rooms for privacy," Iruka explained.
"I have my own room?" Mikan asked incredulously.
"Yep." Iruka smiled at her excitement.
Mikan disappeared to check out her new room, only to come back seconds later and glomp Iruka. "Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou. Thank you so much, Iruka-sensei."
Iruka struggled to sit up straight, and said, "Hey, what else is family for, right?"
"Family?" Mikan asked.
"Well, yeah. Any family of Naruto's is my family, too," Iruka said sheepishly.
"Yay!" Mikan shouted, hugging Iruka even tighter.
Naruto just smiled at her antics, finding it to be a little cute. 'Wait, cute? Ah, whatever. I'm a girl right now, so what does it matter?' Naruto thought to himself.
"Hey, Iruka-sensei. I was going to show Mikan around town. Do you want to come along?" Naruto asked.
"Sure, I can come," Iruka said with a laugh.
The trio left the apartment and continued to wander around town. Naruto was extremely thankful they hadn't run into anybody from class yet, and he hoped against hope that his luck could hold out.
They wandered for a few hours, showing Mikan all the points of interest as they came across them. Suddenly, Naruto stopped and starred at the building to his left in apprehension. Iruka looked at him, wondering what was wrong. He looked at the building trying to figure out what it was. Then he realized he was looking at the hot springs.
"Hey, Mikan. Do you want to take a bath?" Iruka asked innocently. Naruto stiffened in fear.
"Yeah, but where would we do that?" Mikan responded.
"Right over there," Iruka said, pointing at the hot springs.
"Please don't, Iruka-sensei. You've made your point. No more. Please, I'm begging you here," Naruto pleaded quietly.
"What are you talking about, Naruto? Mikan actually needs a bath, and so do you. I have business elsewhere I need to take care of, so Mikan, I want you to make sure that Naruto doesn't get into any trouble. I'm counting on you, okay? I'll meet you two at Ichiraku's in about an hour and a half," Iruka smiled, then disappeared.
"Come on, Naruto! Let's go already," Mikan said, grabbing Naruto by the wrist and leading him inside.
'Oh, man.' Naruto whined to himself. 'If I try and get back at Iruka-sensei for this, I'll come off like I'm a jerk to Mikan.' "Mikan, slow down. I'm going, alright?" Naruto moaned.
They were directed to the girls' side, saying that it was their first time there. When Naruto hesitated to strip, Mikan used Hikari's strip technique on him, giggling when he blushed. Before Naruto could counterattack, Mikan stripped out of her clothes. They put the pile of clothes in a single basket and grabbed two towels before entering the bath.
When Naruto saw that the bath was completely empty, he thought, 'I must have used a lifetime's worth of luck. If anybody else was here I would die of embarrassment.'
They proceeded to wash themselves, and each other's back. Mikan teased Naruto by tickling him on his side. Naruto could not contain his laughter for more than a second, before he was rolling on the floor in hysteria. When he finally recovered, he tickled Mikan back. And so ensued a tickle fight the likes of which men could only ever dream of, one that reading does not do it justice.
When the tickling ceased, they rinsed of with cold water before entering the hot spring. "Aahhh, I didn't realize how much I needed to soak," Naruto sighed as he sank into the water.
"This feels really good," Mikan agreed.
Naruto noticed an odd feeling on his chest, before he realized that what he was feeling was a floating sensation. Naruto opened his eyes and looked down. He nearly fainted with what he saw. They were floating quite a bit, and to Naruto, it was both disorienting and annoying. Stealthily, he put an arm over them prevent any unwanted distractions.
Mikan noticed the subtlety with which Naruto performed this, and mimicked him without a word. Without warning, the door to the bath opened and two more girls walked in. Naruto resisted the urge to look and see who it was, thinking, 'I knew my luck couldn't last. Well as long as it's nobody from class, there shouldn't be a problem.'
"Hey, Ino. Pass me the shampoo, will you?" one voice asked.
"Here you go, Sakura," Ino responded.
'I'm so dead.' Naruto sobbed to himself.
"Mikan, whatever you do, don't get those two back there angry what-so-ever," he whispered to Mikan.
Mikan tactfully nodded in response, noting the sense of danger in Naruto's voice.
"Hey, are you done yet?" Sakura asked impatiently.
"Not yet. You go on ahead, if you want," Ino stated simply.
"Okay." The sound of someone dumping water reached Naruto's ears, followed by footsteps coming closer. Sakura jumped into the spring, creating a big splash right in front of Naruto and Mikan. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize anyone else was in here."
"I-It's no problem," Naruto said quickly.
"Hey, you look familiar. Have we met before?" Sakura asked.
As much as Naruto was glad she didn't recognize him, he was also a little sad for the same reason. 'Oh, wait. She's seen our faces now. If we go back to class like this, I'll just get a worse beating later. Might as well get it over with now.'
"Actually, we have," Naruto sighed.
"Wait, Naruto, you know her?" Mikan asked.
"Yes, Mikan. I know her. Sigh. I'm sorry about this, Sakura. Before you hit me, could I at least explain?" Naruto pleaded.
"You have ten seconds," Sakura stated, containing her rage.
"TurnsoutIhaveatwinsisterandiwasbornagirlandtheHokagerefusestoturnmebackintoaboyunlessiactlikeagirlforaweek," Naruto said as fast as he could with his hands up in surrender.
"What? All I caught was 'twin sister', 'born a girl', and something to do with the Hokage. Start explaining," Sakura commanded.
"Mikan here is my twin sister. Apparently I was born a girl, but sealed as a boy. The Hokage refuses to turn me back into a boy until I have acted like a girl for an entire week. Iruka-sensei roped Mikan into taking a bath here with me before he ran off," Naruto explained, keeping his hands up. "Sakura, please understand that this is hell for me. I have enough on my plate as it is."
"So this isn't a clone?" Sakura asked suspiciously. She pinched Mikan on the arm, sufficiently enough to disperse any normal clone. "Sorry, I was just checking."
"It's okay. So are you the one who Nar-" Mikan was cut off by Naruto cupping a hand over her mouth.
"Not. Another. Word," Naruto whispered into Mikan's ear. Mikan nodded slightly.
"You know, we should probably tell Ino. Don't want her calling you a pervert out in public, right?" Sakura teased.
"Well then, can you do the honors? I have a feeling she'll slap me to the moon and back before I have the chance to explain," Naruto commented.
"Sure. I'll be right back," Sakura left the bath and walked back to Ino. Nothing could be heard for a few minutes, until a scream of rage cut through the silence.
"NNAARRUUTTOOOOOO!" Ino shouted.
"Calm down, Ino. It's not his fault. The Hokage is to blame for this one," Sakura explained.
"And yet he's going along with it!" Ino shouted back.
"But if he doesn't, the Hokage will refuse to turn him back into a boy!" Sakura shouted back.
Silence reigned for the next couple out minutes. It was deafening. Sakura started walking back to the bath with Ino in tow. Ino had a look of shock stuck on her face, and she had to be guided into the bath.
"Is it true?" Ino asked, once she was settled in.
"Unfortunately, the Hokage will not turn me back into a boy unless I live as a girl for a week. Believe me when I say that I am hating every minute of this," Naruto said quietly.
"So, is there anything we can do to help?" Ino asked after a few moments.
"Well, I have the strangest feeling this won't be the last time, so I might as well learn all that I can that's relevant to clothing and bathroom basics, I guess. Mikan will need to learn everything, but I ask that you not introduce her to Sasuke, or anyone else from class," Naruto said carefully.
"Well, might as well start with clothing when we're done here. Do you have any?" Ino asked.
"Actually, we met Hikari…" Naruto trailed off. Ino and Sakura just looked at each other.
"Okay, you're covered with selection, but can you put a bra on by yourself?" Sakura asked.
"Didn't have a chance to," Naruto said quietly.
"Well, I'm pretty much done in here. What about you three?" Ino asked after a long silence. She was met with mumbled agreement. "Well, come on, then. I'm getting hungry." She grabbed a blond in each hand and dragged them off to the changing rooms, with Sakura following close behind.
"Alright, underwear check!" Ino called out. Naruto and Mikan held up their respective underwear for inspection. Ino looked closely at each set, before her eyes went wide. "H-How big?"
Naruto hesitated before saying, "I think Hikari said I was a D-cup? She said we were the same size, anyways."
'They're huge!' Ino thought furiously.
'I wonder when I will start growing.' Sakura thought to herself. 'Don't worry! You be just as big as Tsunade-sama one day! CHA!' Sakura's inner personality told her. 'Yeah, like that'll ever happen, Rose. But thanks for trying.'
"Man, these things just keep getting in the way. I don't understand why girls want them to be so big. I wonder if it's something similar to guys when they compare sausages," Naruto mused.
The four girls continued to dress in silence, and then they all made their way to Ichiraku's for dinner.
(AN): Another long chapter. And just to clarify: They are all still twelve. -Looks at clock- Oh. Dear. God. It's nearly 1 in the morning, and I haven't slept since Wednesday. I'm tired…
Until next time…(yawn)