Author's Note

This took me a bit to actually start on. I dunno why. I was on my computer all day, and just didn't really feel up for it. But now I am! Hopefully I don't go a day without uploading, I'm trying to at least upload once a day after all.

As a bit of a side note, this story is almost at 10k views and part of two communities! I don't think it's much compared to other stories about this length, but I'm still just glad people enjoy reading it.

TheLastNanaya: I do like making the plot chapters, just don't want people expecting smut all the time to be upset when there's no smut. I also like writing fucked-up-things. Just something people do. I'd like to think that everyone likes something fucked up, and it's either fictional or real. For example, people like to shit on what others like, and that's fucked up to me.

Kurogano Yokaze: Well, in canon, yeah, that's what they would have to do. Like I've said, there's a lot of different events that happened in the skip. It'll make sense at some point.

Guest (Alex): According to her, she's there under her own will, so it's not like the Hokage can punish him for it.

Warning! This story will contain language, sexual situations, and possibly fetishes that some people may feel uncomfortable with. If you are easily offended or disturbed, don't complain, you've been warned.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Chapter 23: Not A Fan Anymore

Itachi was a pacifist by nature. If he could, he would avoid fighting to find a better way to settle things, but in order to protect himself, his friends, or his village, he would not hold back. He was able to eliminate the Zetsu clones with ease with no remorse, helped by the fact that they weren't actual people. The only problem was that more kept coming after him and Yoichi.

Of course, they could have both just ran away, but there was the risk of bringing them all back to Konoha. A single one of them could easily be dealt with, but with the amount that continued to emerge, things were becoming more and more difficult.

"Itachi! I need a bit of help here!" The Uchiha took out a large group to give him enough space to look back. Yoichi had been trying to use the strongest wind jutsu he could muster, being able to slice through them, but there came another problem, as the pieces of the clones would attach themselves to other pieces, coming together to form amalgamations of whatever came together. Since Itachi had be focusing on using fire and didn't run into that problem, he figured it was an easy solution.

"Use fire!" He shouted, Yoichi letting out a groan of frustration.

"That's my worst element! Do you have some sort of huge fire you can use?" Of course he had the Amaterasu flames, but there was no guarantee that Yoichi wouldn't be hit by it as well.

"I do, but I'll need to make sure you're out of the way, and that we aren't surrounded!" He exclaimed. Yoichi thankfully already had a solution.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of that!" He yelled to him before retreating back to his side and placing his hands on the ground. Itachi stumbled as the ground beneath him seemed to move, quickly applying chakra to his feet to stand steady, watching as they both ascended into the air. "All yours!"

Itachi couldn't deny the convenience as he looked down, watching as several of the Zetsus tried to jump up to follow them. However, casting his Amaterasu on them turned them into firewood quickly, the fire passing to the next all the way to the ground where it engulfed all the clones in black flame. Letting it burn for a bit longer to prevent any more from rising up, he extinguished it.

"All clear." He stated calmly, Yoichi nodding and setting them back down, feeling a bit exhausted.

"Whew, that wasn't how I expected my night to go." He said, looking to Itachi, quickly rushing to him as the Uchiha stumbled, holding his hand over his eyes. "You okay there?"

"I'm fine." Itachi said, wiping his hand away, showing small streaks of blood on it, as well as from his eyes.

"I don't think bleeding from the eyes is a good thing. I'm getting you to the hospital." Itachi tried to wave him off, but the amount of chakra for the Amaterasu left him more exhausted than he thought, Yoichi having to support him.

"It's nothing. Just take me back to the Uchiha district." He said, glaring at him to get him to do as he said. Yoichi sighed and shook his head, the two heading off towards the village as fast as they could, not wanting to deal with more Zetsus.

"If I didn't and something happened to you, Satsuki would kill us both. Me for not helping you, and you for not getting help." As much as Itachi wanted to argue that, he felt he was right, complying with going to the hospital. Besides, they had to report that they were attacked anyways.

"For a genius, you're quite foolish as well." Tsunade said, having been called to the hospital, being told that someone had been attacked and that they needed to be examined. Itachi let out a sigh, Yoichi and Jiraiya there as well, the latter of the two having tagged along with Tsunade.

"You're lucky it's not worse. Tsunade probably wouldn't have been able to help you after a few more months." The other sannin added, Tsunade shooting him a quick glare before looking back to Itachi.

"As it is, I'll be able to help you. It's a rare disease caused by stressing your body out from using too much chakra at once, so you'll have to be kept here to make sure you're resting. Also, we'll have to go ahead with the transplant to ensure that your eyes don't make it any worse." Itachi nodded, accepting that he would need help, if not for his own sake, than Satuki's.

He had been brought to the Hokage tower earlier where he spoke with Tsunade about transplanting his and Satsuki's eyes to each other. She also had Satsuki called in to meet with Itachi and discuss it further. She hadn't done a procedure for Sharingan users, so she wanted to make sure it was one correctly, but her time seemed to be much shorter.

"Yoichi, you head home to let Satsuki know she's to come by in the morning. As for the attack by… Zetsu, was it? We'll add a few extra patrols to keep watch. As an extra precaution, we will not be allowing either of you or any close to you to leave the village until further notice. We'll make sure to look into this further." Jiraiya said, to which Yoichi nodded, more glad than bothered from the decision. More time to do… whatever he decided to do in his spare time. Before he could leave, though, Tsunade stopped him by grabbing his collar.

"However! The Raikage and Tsuchikage will be made aware of your little con. Since you did not attempt it here, though, you can't be punished under Konoha's law. Just know that's the only reason you're getting away with it here." Yoichi nodded, being released. Itachi had gone into as much detail about what had happened as he could, even mentioning Yoichi's business secret. Thankfully when a way to as produce the water was discovered, they were able to come up with a backup plan.

The Mizukage would admit that it wasn't as they told them, but the effects were still the same. They would still be able to make it, but the price would have to be severely lowered. Besides, considering the location of Kumo and Iwa, if they did try to make their own, it wouldn't be able to be as good, taste as good, or be as easy to make as it would be in Kiri. He just hoped that they wouldn't request a large amount of compensation.

Quickly getting back home, he quietly went inside to avoid waking anyone up, being a good hour after they usually went to bed. He was surprised to see all the girls awake, though, Kin being the first to notice.

"Yoichi!" She exclaimed, the others turning to see him as he made his way over to where they were.

"Sorry about being so late. It's a bit of a long story…" He said, rubbing the back of his head, not wanting to explain things and head off to bed already. But none of them were having any of that.

"We've got time." Satsuki said, her eyes narrowed, mainly wondering what happened to Itachi. Yoichi let out a sigh before beginning to explain, knowing that beating around the bush with them would be pointless.

By the time he finished, he could already feel himself getting ready to pass out, his stomach rumbling too since he hadn't even eaten dinner, being pulled away by Itachi beforehand and the hospital visit taking up plenty of time.

"So, none of us will be taking any missions outside of the village for now?"

"You got that money from conning villages!?"

"You're not hurt, are you?"

These were among the questions they asked him, answering them each until they were satisfied. Thankfully they weren't too hard to take care of, hoping that if he would be able to go to bed soon. Sadly, tonight wasn't his night.

"Alright, well, since we're all going to be free for a while, we can adjust the schedule!" Ino said cheerfully.

"Wait, what schedule?" Yoichi asked, having heard nothing of the sort. Hinata, in turn, pulled out a notebook, Yoichi not liking this already.

"Well, while you were gone, Temari told us all about how you were going to be taking her out on Sunday and how you wanted to be fair to all of us. So, we've decided that to help you with that, we worked out a way so that we all get equal time with you alone." Hinata explained, Tayuya grumbling some, probably because she wouldn't be able to use her 'bodyguard' excuse for this.

"So, on the hopes that we won't have to do missions for a while, we'll be able to set out a better schedule!" Naruko piped up, Yoichi groaning since we wouldn't be going to bed soon, his stomach growling loudly.

"Oh, right, you didn't eat. I'll get you your leftovers." Kin said, getting up to do so, with Yoichi feeling very grateful to her already. Thankfully, it seemed most the debating over who got when was done earlier. Though, they had planned a bit further ahead than they had now, deciding to just plan for the next week.

Temari would keep Sunday as her day, since that was already established. Hinata, Naruko, and Satsuki were to be on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, due to having sex with him already, the latter saying she didn't care about this whole schedule, but claiming she would go along with it to keep things fair. Or something. Tayuya would pretty much get whatever day was left, not having a job schedule to keep p with like Kin and Ino. The debate between what days those two should have gotten took the longest time, Kin eventually settling for Tuesday, Ino taking Monday, leaving Tayuya with Wednesday.

"Alright! Now that that's out of the way, bed time!" He said, standing up, now full.

"Not yet, we need to establish a few rules first." Ino interjected. Yoichi groaned as he sat back down. "Since he's been gone for a while, I feel like for next week, we each get him for the entire day, as well as being the ones to spend the night in his bed. For that reason, I say that eight in the morning is when each day 'officially' starts. So eight on Sunday, he's Temari's. Then eight on Monday, he's mine, and so on." The other girls nodded in agreement.

"All day? That's almost fucking impossible! We all live in the same place, and some of us don't have any shitty jobs. Should we just stay in our goddamn rooms until they leave on Sunday or something?" Tayuya argued, arms across her chest.

"What about if it's fine for others to be around, but whoever's day it is gets priority of him. But, for dinner, he has to take us out for a one on one dinner." Suggested Naruko, also not liking the idea of trying to avoid them for the whole day. The others thought about it and agreed, not seeing anything wrong with that.

"Okay, now it's bed time!" He said, jumping up and quickly beginning to head out.

"Wait, it's still only Thursday. What're we going to do about tomorrow and Saturday?" Ino asked, the girls looking to each other, Yoichi already out of ear shot.

"Better question is, who gets to be in his bed?" No one could point out who suggested it, but after a moment, they all began trying to race each other, trying to get to him first. Satsuki was the only one who didn't, letting out a sigh as she walked behind them, half-wondering if things would be easier for her if she just moved her stuff back to the Uchiha district.

When Yoichi woke up the next morning, he couldn't help but sense the amount of people around him, even before opening his eyes. When he did, sitting up some, he saw that all the girls were snoozing around him. He didn't even know they came in, having stripped down to his boxers, slip under the covers, and promptly passed out.

To either side of him was Hinata and Ino, who both shivered from the cold air hitting them as Yoichi sat up, both of them grabbing onto him for warmth. Beside Ino was Kin, as well as Temari. On Hinata's side was Tayuya, with Satsuki a bit further away from them, not wanting to join the pile but not wanting to be the only one to sleep alone in the house tonight. Curled at his feet with an extra blanket over her was Naruko, who was also the first to stir.

She looked around tiredly, noticing Yoichi was awake, givng him a sleepy smile before stretching out. Then, she carefully crawled along the bed on top of him, doing her best not to wake Ino or Hinata.

"Morning Master~" She cooed gently before kissing his lips softly, to which he returned. He would have rubbed her back or ran his fingers through her hair as he usually enjoyed doing, but his arms were carefully restrained in the grasp of the girls to either side of him.

"Aww, I wanted to wake up first…" They broke the kiss to look to Ino who was just waking up, rubbing one eye. Her words weren't as quiet, the other girls stirring as they woke up as well. Naruko just stuck her tongue out at Ino, giggling softly before laying her head on his chest, not wanting to get up entirely just yet.

Not much in the mood for much friskiness, he simply gave each girl a kiss good morning, Kin and Temari heading to make breakfast as Ino, Tayuya, Naruko, and Hinata went to take a quick shower to wake themselves up. Yoichi noticed that Satsuki was the only one left to wake up, moving over towards her. Not wanting to wake her up, he gently and softly ran his fingers through her hair, noticing how smooth and silky it was.

"I'm awake, you know." She stated, Yoichi a bit off guard, but he chuckled, continuing to stroke her hair. She let out a sigh and sat up. "Annoying others is your past time, isn't it?" Although it was, he wasn't going to admit it.

"And acting like you've got a stick up your ass is yours, right? Makes a bit more sense after yesterday, though." She rolled her eyes, her cheek turning a bit red, fighting the blush as much as she could.

"That didn't mean anything. You just took advantage of my weakness. So, to find a way to get rid of it, I'm going to keep your mark. That's the only reason why." She said, looking away from him, crossing her arms. Yoichi sighed, lightly cupping her cheek, turning her to face him.

"Something's bothering you again." He said, looking into her eyes. They kept eye contact for a few seconds before she broke away, getting out of bed.

"I've told you before, I'm fine. Besides, it's none of your business." She took a few steps forward before stopping, feeling her legs lock in place on their own accord. Yoichi frowned, getting up and walking behind her, gently wrapping his arm around her.

"And I've told you, I can feel it. I just want to help you, but I can't if I don't know what's wrong. Anything I can do for you, or anything you just want to talk about, say it." She tensed up in his arms, part of her wanting to break free. Eventually she turned around, looking up at him.

"Tell me why. Why do you want to help me? To help all the others? What is there to gain? You've got your mark on all of us, what more do you want?" So many emotions were whirling around inside her at once. Yoichi tilted his head, Satsuki's onyx eyes widened slightly as his usual changing eye color stopped, turning a sad blue-grey.

"Why does there need to be a reason other than wanting you to be happy? Why can't you believe I just want you to live a good life, where you can enjoy as much as it as you could?" His arms dropped from around her, Satsuki not moving, trying to keep her usual defiant stare up but slowly failing.

"Because… because I know! I know you're hiding something! No one would ever do this for so many others! I don't believe you because I can't believe you would act this way with all of these girls falling over you! I want out!" She yelled, tears stinging her eyes. Yoichi closed his, stepping away.

"Alright, if that's what you wish. I'll pack up your things while you're at the hospital. You can talk to Tsunade and Itachi about where you'll stay and I'll make sure they get there." He said, Satsuki balling her fist up.

"You're just going to let me leave like this!?" She almost screamed.

"If you're not happy about being here and you want to leave, then I can't make you stay." He turned around, lightly taking her hand that had the mark, placing his finger over it. Pulling his hand away, the mark was gone. "There. If you don't want it on you, then I can't keep it on you either." She looked down, back at where just yesterday it had been put on her.

"You really don't care, do you? You'll just put it on and take it off any girl you see, won't you!? Now I'm glad I decided to leave!" She stomped out of his room, heading to her own to put something else on before heading to the hospital. On her way out of her room, she ran into the others.

"Satsuki? What's wrong?" Naruko asked, the four of them noticing that she was distraught.

"Take me off that damn schedule." She told them before walking away, the others looking to each other confused. Getting dressed quickly, they went to the kitchen to see what was wrong, thinking she had just went to eat, but didn't find Satsuki or Yoichi there.

"Oh, hey, breakfast isn't quite done yet. But what's up with Satsuki? She just left without saying anything." Temari said when she saw them. That only further confused them, Ino heading back towards the rooms.

"I'm going to see if Yoichi knows anything." She called out. She opened his door slowly, looking in to see him with his eyes closed, meditating with his eyes closed. "Yoichi! Do you know what's going on with Satsuki? She left without telling any of us." He opened his eyes, Ino almost letting out a gasp as she saw his eyes a solid blue-grey.

"I know she left. And she might not be coming back."

4 Months, 14 Days since Yoichi Left Konoha

"So, the nine-tails junchuuriki has been turned into a girl, and the seal is gone? And you're finally getting this to me now, why?" Tobi asked the image of Pain, his visible eye glaring.

"Sasori's spies don't reach to Konoha. They had to find a way to get there, then also gather information. However, we don't know what this means for the beast itself, so we still need time before making our move for the nine-tails. They also say that she had gotten close to a group of other girls who were best known to be the concubines of the new head of the Sakata clan, who has been living in Konoha but left for reasons we don't know yet." Pain reported. Tobi thought for a moment.

"Sakata, hm…? If he's the clan head, he'll be stronger than any other family members… and with his technique, it could make luring out the female jinchuuriki much easier, even if he isn't that strong… Have Konan go alone to speak with him. Have her find out anything he knows about the Nine-tails, and see what it might take to require his services." Pain was a bit surprised about that. Would he really be that useful?

"I don't mean to question you, but knowing his clan's technique, wouldn't sending her be a risk?" Tobi shook his head.

"I have confidence she'll not fall to such an uncouth technique. Besides, she'll be the best possible candidate, since I would expect for him to fall to any sort of temptation. Have her do whatever is necessary to get what he knows." While Pain didn't like the idea, he still knew better to question the other.

"I will do as you say." The apparition said before vanishing. Tobi waited a moment before turning to the side.

"Zetsu!" He called, the plant man emerging from the wall. "Follow after Konan. If she does fall under his control, eliminate her. If this boy does not take the offer, you are to watch over him closely to make sure he doesn't reveal anything to anyone. Only leave if you are needed." He stated, getting a nod from the half-black, half-white thing, who sunk back into the wall without a word.

4 Months, 21 Days since Yoichi Left Konoha

It had been a month since he finally was able to rid himself of the foul emotions that had clouded his mind. He had already written to the girls that he was sorry and how he was doing, and he quickly got a response from most of them. For now, his training was focused on ridding himself of unwanted emotions and pain, while also trying to keep his usual emotions in check.

His clan didn't have a real dojutsu, but it could considered one. The ever changing color of their eyes would become a solid color should they feel a strong enough emotion, with the color matching said emotion. Like a mood ring, except an opponent can use that knowledge to try and take advantage of those emotions. His clan more than anyone knew the advantage you had over an opponent if you knew how they felt at any given moment.

His meditating was interrupted by his grandfather, who he knew would only do so if necessary. Meditation was an important part of controlling ones emotions, after all.

"Yoichi, someone wishes to talk with you. They'll be waiting in your room." He stated, confusing the boy. He didn't know anyone nearby, but if they were in his room that must mean it must have been important enough to talk in private.

Heading to his room, he was surprised to see an attractive woman with neck-length blue hair, accentuated with a blue rose waiting for him. He could tell she was female from the way her black coat folded around her as she sat on her knees patiently, the red clouds adding a surprisingly nice touch. His room was fairly bland since he hadn't intended on staying forever, but there was a table there for such private meetings, a hot kettle of tea sitting there, most likely provided by Ichiro.

"You'll have to forgive me for making you wait and my casual appearance. I wasn't expecting to see anyone." He said, taking a seat on the other side of the table. She nodded politely.

"I understand. I must apologize for coming here out of the blue, but I had to speak with you." Her expression was steady, completely calm and serious. Yoichi couldn't read her at all, but had a small feeling he knew why she was here. As was customary, he poured them both a cup of the hot tea.

"You are from the organization known as the Akatsuki, correct?" If she was surprised he knew, she didn't show it.

"You have heard of us?" He nodded, placing the kettle down to sip his tea. He had to admit, it was just to his personal liking.

"I'm familiar with Itachi's sibling. They told me about when they encountered him, they wore robes similar to yours. Lord Jiraiya told us what the cloak signified. Other than that, I don't know anything." That was the truth, after all. He was told to be careful of them, but she didn't seem out to get him.

"Then I'll get straight to the point. We are set out to make the world a better place, and we wish to ask for your help in doing so. We want the help of your technique to lure out the female holders of the tailed beasts for us to capture them. We are also aware that you know one of them." She said, her face still unchanging. Yoichi of course knew she meant Naruko.

"I have to say, I'm a bit surprised that you just laid it all out. I mean, I could easily say no and then have it reported to all the villages so that they can keep a closer eye on them. What are you playing at?" He asks, setting his tea down. In doing so, Konan began to slowly remove her robe, letting it fall behind her as she stood up.

Beneath the robe, she wore long, dark pants, and a top that had a triangle cut, showing off her stomach, revealing her pierced naval as well. The top was cut in a way that it left her shoulders and arms bare, half of her side being shown off as well as plenty of side boob, letting him get a good glimpse of her C-cups that she usually kept hidden under the cloak. Moving beside him, she knelt down to whisper into his ear.

"We are willing to give you anything you desire in exchange for your help. Should it be within your liking, I am willing to give myself up for the cause, to be yours once our goal has been reached." It was a bluff, of course, but one she was willing to pull.

Yoichi, however, wasn't buying it. He did find her attractive, as well as the still emotionless tone, somehow still seductive, to be a nice turn on as part of her natural charm. What made him not buy it, was when she pressed herself against him, all the emotions she had kept suppressed and hidden being exposed to him. He felt all the pain she had felt her whole life, and so much more she had tried to keep away.

"Anything I desire, hm? Well, that certainly is a good offer… What's your name by the way?"

"Konan." She replied simply

"Ah, Konan! A lovely name. You see, Konan, since you've been blunt with me, I'll be blunt with you. With my clan's technique, I can see all the negativity inside you, and you hold a lot. I can feel you hurting, and as nice as the offer is, that pain is too much for me to ignore." She narrowed her eyes and began to back away, Yoichi gently taking one of her hands in both of his.

"As it is now, this is something I can't just ignore. I can't say I'll help your cause because if I do, I won't be helping you. So, I'm going to make you a counter offer. In order to buy my silence and not reveal the plans of your group, I want you to stay the week here as my guest so I can help rid you of your grief as well as assist me in my training to do so. At the end of the week, no matter what ends up happening, I will decide if I'm able to help you. Can you agree to that?" Konan hesitated for a few moments. Would this be allowed? She was told to get his assistance in any way possible, and he seemed set on doing such.

"Very well. One week."

Author's Note

Another no-smut chapter. Why? Couldn't think of one just yet. But no worries! I've got six chapters in a row with smut up ahead. Maybe more, maybe less. This has taken me longer to write than I thought. I wanted to throw in two extra scenes from the time skip to make up for missing an entire day, but they took up like, half the time!

So, Satsuki left. Why? Uchiha stuff. Konan's also spending a week with Yoichi. Why? Akatsuki stuff. Why do I have the Akatsuki manipulator as Tobi when he's been revealed in canon for a while? Fanfic stuff. I know, several questions keep popping up for people, and I do hope I remember to answer them all, but I will say for sure that I will be trying to make sure all questions are answered. Just know that as the point of the genderswapping, events are no longer correlated to how they occurred in canon.

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