Inspired by a comic by ICS called Naruto Merciful Punishment, if anyone has ways to find the original creator, please let me know.

The day had started out rather ordinarily for Naruto, he had gotten up, ate breakfast, and went to do some solo training before his team meeting at ten. So why was he waking up with a groggy mind while standing up? Looking around, he tried to find out where he was, until he noticed something odd about his bindings. They were pushing his breasts up against his ribs rather harshly.

Wait... breasts? When had he changed into Naruko?

"What's going on here?" he asked to no one in particular as he tried to access his chakra to break free of the wraps currently holding him against the pole, or at the very least to return to his male form.

"Ah, you're awake," a dark voice whispered from behind him, though there was something oddly familiar about it. "You've come a long way young Naru-chan."

"It's Naruto bastard, now let me go! When my friends find you..." Naruto growled, struggling against the bindings with renewed intensity.

The voice let out a chuckle as footsteps approached from behind the bound blond, after a few they stopped and he heard the sound of something being set on a table behind him. "Ah yes... that is the name you chose this time, is it not?" Again the steps drew closer, "Last I came to this village, you were being shunned in your youth."

"A merciful punishment, considering the Evil within you," the voice spat out, though Naruto could hear the capitalization even from here.

"But now, you're free. Even considered a friend..." the voice added like it was some kind of grand joke the universe was playing on the bound young psuedo-woman, stepping up behind her, and causing a wind to letting her know that she was naked save for the bindings. "Understandable. They needed your power. But considering you for Hokage?"

Again the voice broke off in that type of chuckle that told Naruto that there was some joke going on that he just couldn't figure out. It was really starting to bug him. "I'm afraid they've forgotten that your punishment must continue... anew. A new seal of sorts is needed..."

Finally the jinchuuriki could contain his building rage no longer and whipped his head towards were the voice was whispering sediciously in his ears. "LOOK YOU! I've come a long way since, and I wi-mmph!" unfortunately the rant was cut off as a rag was pressed over his mouth and nose, stealing the breath from the blond, and sending them into dreamland once again.

"Let us begin," was the last thing he heard, along with shimmering green eyes and a single feather drifting down over her eyes..

Alone in the room with the young lady he had been assigned to punish, mercifully as she had yet to commit any sins on her own, the figure began his work. "We must hide you again... a new form is needed..." he mused while brushing open her eyes to look at the pupilless and drugged blue orbs that reflected lifelessly at him. "Hmm... new hair first I think... brown... no aubern."

With the simple act of running his fingers through the girl's hair, he released it from the ponytails and altered the color to suit the new form. "Yes, that is better, a much more classical beauty, not this tart's skin you chose. Ah, new eyes as well... blue works best with blond, and emerald green would best suit you now."

A brushing over her eyes closed the lids, before he slowly opened them again, showing off that in place of the sapphire irises the body had chosen last time, there were now two perfect green eyes gazing out lifelessly at him. "Hmm... these whisker scars will have to go... and this tan."

A couple strokes of the cheeks later, and Naru-chan had a perfectly unblemished face, while a creamy skin hue slowly spread out over her still naked form. "Yes a new skin... completely unrecognizable... ah... the seal of the Yondaime... I cannot remove that, but I can adjust it... a birthmark will be good..."

Lightly with one finger it drew the seal up and away from the stomach over to under her arm and shrunken, where it would be hidden by a patch of red skin. "Yes, that will contain your evil taint better Naru-chan... ah but we will need to finish your alterations. Your little jutsu has already changed your body, now it's time for your mind..."

The form reached out and cupped the girl's head in his hand, giving her the memories that he wanted her to have. She would not be a kunoichi, but a civilian this time. She would also not get the option to hide behind the mask of being a boy, no she would be a proper young lady.

Enclosing his wings about her, he smiled as he finally understood the best way to give her a believable set of memories. It would be by leaving only a partial set. Let her believe that she was suffering amnesia.

So much work to do... so little time to save this girl's immortal soul.

Tenten sighed heavily as she waited for her partner Neji to finish his sweep of the area. It had been three months since Naruto Uzumaki had disappeared from Konoha, and everyone was still on high alert. Sasuke Uchiha himself had posted a million ryo reward for the anyone finding his teammate in the mission room, ensuring that everyone spent their free time searching.

Not that anyone needed a reason to look for him, every life the blond had touched seemed to dim without his presence. It just wasn't Konoha without the prankster prince around. "Anything yet?"

For once Neji's look of superiority changed to one of confusion before he pointed off to the west. "Not Naruto, but there is someone about fifty meters that way. A civilian woman... it looks like she's been raped."

"Go get the medi-nins, Sakura preferably, I'll go and do what I can," Tenten ordered, already heading for the trees to go and help the woman. Normally, Neji would have bristled at being ordered around by his teammate, but this was a situation where she was performing the appropriate actions. Reaching up to touch the throat microphone, he signalled to Gai and Lee about the findings.

Finding the woman in the middle of the clearing, Tenten searched around for signs of her attackers. Other than for the fact she was naked as a jaybird, the auburn woman seemed to be perfectly fine. Finding no traps waiting for her, she eased herself into the clearing and slowly approached the sleeping woman. Getting to her, she knelt next to the naked girl and with a pang of jealousy noticed that she was a good deal more developed than she'd ever be. "Hey... you alright?"

Slowly the woman stirred, looking like she was coming out of a pleasant dream. As her emerald eyes opened, she blushed and tried to cover up her ample assets, while balling herself up. "Who are you? Where am I?" she asked in a panic, looking around.

"I'm Tenten Higarashi, and your in the forest just outside of Konohagakure," Tenten offered, trying to placate the woman. Reaching behind her, she pulled out a scroll and rolled it out in front of her, summoning a plain pink and black wrap dress from within. "Here, get dressed, some medi-nins will be coming soon, and I can't be sure they'll be female..."

Hesitantly the woman took the dress and slipped it on, looking at Tenten nervously the entire time. Once she had the dress on, she slowly tried to stand, gaining her feet with only minor assistance from her new brunette companion. "Konohagakure? Medi-nins? I... I don't understand..."

"I'll explain in a moment, but first..." Tenten started, trying to keep the woman calm, while looking around carefully, she could have sworn someone was watching them right now. "What's your name?"

The woman blinked blankly as though surprised by the question. After a moment she seemed to be straining her mental faculties to come up with an answer, before tears began stinging the corner of her eyes. "I... I can't remember... I can't remember anything..."

'Amnesia... great...' the weapon mistress groaned inwardly as she held up her hands soothingly, "Hey now, don't worry, it'll come back to you. Just calm down."

"Sorry, sorry..." the woman answered in a whisper, looking down at the ground sadly, while rubbing her left arm with her right. "It's just... I don't... I can't remember who I am... where I am... or anything..."

"I'm sure the medics will be able to help with that, we have some of the best in the Elemental Nations," Tenten offered kindly as she continued scanning the area, she could almost swear a pair of eyes were boring in on her, and she didn't like it. As she turned back to look at the auburn-haired woman, she found a strange gleaming white feather captured in her hair. Reaching out slowly, she pulled it free and held it up to the woman for inspection.

This seemed to calm her down more than Tenten's promises of things being alright. Slowly she reached out and ran a finger along the alabaster edges, smiling slightly at the tickling sensation. "Miu... my name is Tenshino Miu..." the girl whispered after a few minutes, "I... I remember my name!"

Tenten laughed as the woman hugged her and rubbed Miu's back. It was a nice name, but she couldn't help but wonder if that this Angel's beautiful feather didn't have more to her than what met the eyes. "See, I told you it'd come to you Miu... and you have a beautiful name."

"Thank you Tenten..." Miu answered in a whisper as a blush coated her cheeks. "Thank you for everything."