Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Chained to the Whirlpool ❯ Chapter 31 ( Chapter 31 )

Chained to the Whirlpool

 

Chapter 31

 

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It was dark.

 

Darkness seemed to flow over him like fog in the breeze. There was no sense of time or space. No hunger, no thirst, no lust, or anything really. There was just the darkness. It was strange but Naruto felt at peace here. There was absolutely nothing but peace and quiet. It was relaxing in a way, like Ino's singing but not quite as sleep inducing. Naruto could live here. No worries, no hatred, no scorn, none of that.

 

But where are his pets?

 

No one was there, no thing. Just him. It was lonely being here in this realm. Naruto didn't like being alone, not even for a minute. Years and years of being ostracized caused Naruto to be very possessive of his possessions, including the slaves, and Naruto hated the feeling of being alone. However, the feeling of euphoria didn't last long as the realm suddenly `shifted' to something some dark, more...evil. Images started to flash before his eyes of his young years, the torture of the glares, the hateful words, and the rare beatings that occurred when he was alone.

 

They wouldn't go away, plaguing Naruto like a terrifying nightmare that you can't just wake up from. No matter how much he tried to run, they followed. No matter how much time passed, the effects wouldn't dull down and to add to the torment, there was a maniacal laughter that seemed to come from everywhere. `You can't run from me Naruto! I'm going to be free once again and this time, no one will stop me!' It was a different voice but it sounded a lot like him, but sprinkled with a bit of megalomania or something close to that. Naruto kept running, scared to stop. The voice seemed to follow him everywhere and slowly get closer and closer to him.

 

Naruto was frantic. He was really afraid and that fear was growing by the second. As he ran, he tripped and fell, but he didn't hit the ground, instead, he kept falling and falling when suddenly he landed with an oof and a groan but then realized one important fact. Instead of a hard surface, it was soft. Suddenly he heard a chuckle and looked up to see an inverted form of himself but super sized and he was resting in this thing's hand. `It's my turn to play.' He said before closing his hand, Naruto screaming as darkness engulfed him. He closed his eyes and covered himself and prepared himself for whatever was going to come but when nothing happened, he opened his eyes again and found he was alone again. Before Naruto could comprehend what was going on, he heard another noise behind him. His instincts were telling him not to turn around but he couldn't stop himself.

 

Naruto found himself staring into a red eye, with a silt like a beast and a furry eyelid.

 

“You stupid boy...” The eye seemed to speak to him, the voice deep and menacing, but not evil. It was like an elder speaking to a child. “You've grown so much to have it end like this?I don't think so. Let's hope you learn from this experience boy. The only time you should die is when you die of old age!” The eye widened as the voice boomed and Naruto flew back from a sudden, but powerful, gust of wind.

 

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In an instant, Naruto sat up and screamed bloody murder, the girl sleeping on the chair beside him jolted awake, screamed, and fell off the side, completely taken by surprise. In an instant, nurses flooded the room and tried to calm him down. Thankfully Naruto calmed down easily and they didn't have to resort to sedatives. They left soon after, leaving the panting Naruto and the terrified girl behind.

 

“Master?” Sakura asked in a soft voice, slowly approaching him. “Are you all right?”

 

Naruto didn't respond at first. He was still reeling from the incredible nightmare he just had. It was only when Sakura placed her hand on his face and turned it to face her did he snap somewhat out of it. “Sakura...what's going on? Where am I?”

 

“You're in the hospital Naruto-sama. You were attacked and nearly killed.”

 

“I was?” He asked, still in a daze. His mind was in jumbles and he couldn't think straight.

 

Sakura nodded. “Yes, Tenten, your pet, found you in time. According to her, you were awake and conscience at that time and you told her to pull the weapons out.”

 

“I...I remember.” Naruto stuttered, his mind and body calming down, allowing his memories to come back. “I-I was resting and it was upwind. I couldn't sense them coming until it was too late.” Naruto started to panic and his body reflected it.

 

Sakura, sensing that Naruto was starting to panic, tried to calm him down by placing her hands back on his head. “Look look it's alright. I'm here. They won't get to you again. They won't hurt you, I promise.”

 

“How?” He asked, terror in his eyes. “How do you know?”

 

Sakura sighed. “The minority of them were arrested and interrogated. The rest...well, they were slaughtered by Tenten.”

 

“Tenten?” Naruto wasn't sure he heard that right. Tenten slaughtered a bunch of people? That couldn't be right...could it?”

 

Sakura nodded, sitting down on the edge of the bed, taking his hand in hers. “She did. Remember back in the early years, when those drunks ambushed you and I came at that particular point?” Naruto nodded. “You remember how I acted? That blood thirst?”

 

“I remember you fisted a woman to death. You got right up to the shoulder if I remember correctly.”

 

Sakura looked away for a bit, that memory coming back to her for a moment before she pushed it back. There was no time to dwell on the past right now. Right now, she needed to focus on Naruto. “Yeah, well, Tenten had a similar reaction but this one was more violent, more controlled. Despite the witnesses, she focused on the ones who wronged you and stopped when they died.”

 

There was silence for a few minutes as Naruto digested this information. He was calm enough to understand what Sakura was saying and it surprised him greatly. Despite her remarkable progress in her recovery, he never expected her to do something like this. He was quite familiar with the bloodlust that surfaced in his pets from time to time and he knew that there is a specific trigger that causes it and that's why he's so confused. “Why did she do this?” He asked, turning to Sakura, who seemed to stiffen for a moment at the question.

 

“I'm...afraid that I can't answer that. Only Ten can answer that, not me.” Before Naruto could continue asking questions, Sakura stood up and gently pushed him back on the bed. “You need your rest master. I sent the girls home to clean the place up a bit. I'm going to get the doctor. You stay here.”

 

As Sakura walked away, she couldn't help but huff. There were few times when she was angry at Naruto and this was one. Before she stepped out of the room, Naruto spoke. “Sakura...I'm sorry.”

 

Sakura stopped, her hand on the door frame, but didn't respond at first. “Sorry for what?” She asked, turning around, a cold look in her eyes. “Sorry that you almost died? Sorry that you let yourself get lost? Sorry that you left yourself vulnerable? What was that you always tell us? Always keep on our guard? Well, why in the hell did you go somewhere where nobody can find you?”

 

“I just wanted to train...”

 

“Bullshit!” Sakura shouted, marching up to him. “You never go anywhere where there aren't eyes nearby. You never go into the secluded training grounds; you always stick to the ones near the roads. What in the fuck possessed you to go deeper? I don't know what possessed you these past few days but it's caused you to stray from your paranoia, the same paranoia that kept you alive.” Naruto stayed silent, Sakura's words cutting deep into him. Once again, she was right. “You're sorry? Think about what you've done. Think about what might have happened if Tenten hadn't found you and then apologize to me. You would be dead right now and you know what, it would be all your fault! The past few days, we either had to carry your ass home or watch you stumble in and collapse onto the couch. It's not just you anymore Naruto. You have us now and you have a lot of responsibilities. You...”

 

Mid-rant, someone knocked on the door and Sakura turned to find Azumi peeking her head in. “I'm sorry to interrupt but I need to examine Naruto.”

 

“Fine.” Sakura nearly spat out and turned back to the downcast boy. “We'll finish this later.” Sakura turned on her heels and walked out of the room but before she stepped out, Naruto called out to her again. She looked back at him. “What?”

 

“Has Tenten been arrested?”

 

The pink haired girl took a deep breath before answering. “No, not yet, but I'm going to make sure she's not.”

 

The girl could've sworn that Naruto smiled. “Thank you.”

 

Sakura sighed and brushed her hair out of her eyes. “You're welcome. I'm happy that you're okay master. I really am, but if you keep this up, you're going to end up losing something you really don't want to lose.”

 

Sakura stepped out of the room, Azumi shutting the door behind her, she took a deep breath and stuffed her hands in her pockets and started walking away, her eyes catching her reflection in the window. Ino had a clone drop off some extra clothes for her so she wouldn't have to wear those scrubs all the time, but she didn't pay attention to her clothing. She was too focused on her previous thoughts. She should've done something when Naruto first started pushing himself far beyond his limits, but she hesitated, thinking that he'll snap out of it soon enough and that hesitation almost killed him.

 

But Naruto was still alive and well.

 

Sakura huffed at the `well' part. He's obviously not well if he decided to go off on his own. Once they get alone again, she's going to give him an earful. The girl ducked and weaved through the crowd in the hallway, her destination the cafeteria. Naruto's exam was going to take awhile so she decided to get something to eat while she waited.

 

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“We took too fucking long.”

 

Tenten muttered as both she and Ino dodged though the crowded street of the market section of the massive village. Her sister couldn't help but nod in agreement. In their desire to make sure Naruto comes home to a squeaky clean house, they completely lost track of time and when they realized the time, they nearly screamed and made a mess of things all over again, but thankfully they were able to finish, but that was no excuse for taking such a long time. They were slaves and they were supposed to get things done on time or earlier than that. So to make up for it, they made a pit stop to the stores and picked up some of Naruto's favorite snacks in the hope that the better food will put him in a good mood.

 

Because seriously, hospital food sucks.

 

But when they entered into a crowded street and the people saw them, that's when the whispering started. `Murderer' they called her, `demon's slut'. The whispers were endless and when they didn't speak, they thought it and with Ino's ability of passive telepathy, she heard them loud and clear. The words affected Tenten clearly, if those tiny tears out of the corner of her eyes and the near silent sniffs were any indication. “Is this how Naruto-sama felt all those years?” She asked Ino, being very close to burying her head in the bags in her arms. “All those whispers?”

 

Ino turned to look at her sister, a knowing look in her eyes as she described something similar that Naruto sometimes tells her and the emotions flowing from the brunette girl very similar to what she feels from Naruto. “Ostracizing is not pleasant and can be called `cruel and unusual punishment'. Now, in my professional opinion, what you're going through is just anger and contempt for murdering a bunch of people. It's only natural. You did your duty as a Konoha ninja and Naruto-sama's partner.”

 

`Partner', of course, is the word the family uses to substitute `slave', or `pet' when they are in earshot of other people and despite Ino's attempts of cheering her up, Tenten couldn't put a neutral look on her lips. This was the first time she was hated for something she did and it was a horrible feeling. Ino had offered once to let her have a taste of Naruto's childhood experiences but Tenten had declined. She was busy at the time and didn't think of it since. That was probably a mistake as it would've given her a chance to experience it at least once so she could better handle it if by some chance she felt it again. Thankfully, there were no incidents with the sister's trip to the hospital. Besides the comments and the glares, no one acted on anything and left her alone.

 

So they managed to get to the hospital, hands full of the tasty foods and checked in with the receptionist and they learned that Naruto had been moved to another room. After been given the room number, they made their way up the stairs and got off the third level and headed for Naruto's new room. However, as they got closer, they heard laughter coming from Naruto's room. A little confused, they tiptoed to the open door and peaked in and blinked at the sight.

 

Sakura was laughing hard, holding her stomach, torso bent over and her fists pounding the bed. Naruto himself was trying not to laugh but it seemed to work halfway, although it seemed like it hurt for him to laugh if the twitch on his lips were any indication, but the room itself seemed to have been redecorated. Numerous get-well balloons, teddy bears, as well as other miscellaneous items that one would get somebody when visiting someone sick or injured and Naruto had a lot of visitors by the sheer amount of stuff there. Naruto, however, was the worst of the changes as he was wrapped in bandages and his right arm and leg was wrapped in braces.

 

Needless to say, the girls had no idea what was going on nor what was said to cause them to laugh so much (they knew why his limbs were in casts though), but they stayed there, not wanting to interrupt the moment those two seem to be sharing at the moment, but a few moments later, Naruto's nose caught the smell of the meat drifting from the doorway and he looked at the doorway and found his pets peeking in. Still laughing, he motioned them in. They slowly entered but Tenten wasn't sure if she should speak, however, Ino took the lead. “Haven't seen you laugh like this in a while. Mind sharing the joke?”

 

They didn't share but instead opted to laugh even harder, making Ino think the joke was about them in some way. She couldn't really hear any thoughts since there were no thoughts when one laughs. Ino looked at her companion and shrugged when Tenten wore that questioning look. However, before Tenten could speak, a female voice spoke to them. “I do hope that you don't intend on sharing that outside food with the patient are you?”

 

Ino sighed while Tenten gulped. “Must you always be this strict about outside food Azumi-san?” Ino spoke. “We all know how bad hospital food is and he needs some good food in him.”

 

“While he's in my house, he eats my food.” The doctor delivered a love tap to the back of Ino's head. “I'll be watching you girl.”

 

“Whatever.” There was a pause before Azumi humped and walked away, leaving them alone with Naruto and Sakura.

 

In those few seconds of conversation between doctor and guest, Sakura seemed to have recovered herself and was currently walking up to them. The girl peaked in the bag and inhaled the delicious scent. “Good idea bringing in some food. I'm starving!”

 

“Why are there braces on him?” Ino asked, her eyes going toward the written-on braces.

 

Sakura, after sneaking a bite of a pocky stick, answered her. “Well, there are some nerves that can't quite be healed using the regular treatments and the pain that shoots through him every time he moves his arm and leg is quite painful so master and the doc decided to put them in a brace to limit movement.”

 

“Shouldn't his healing taken care of it by now?” Ino asked.

 

Sakura only shrugged. “Well, if it is, it's taking its sweet time, but I believe he only needs one more good nights sleep and he'll be fine. He's going to stay here overnight just in case and if all goes well; he'll be discharged tomorrow afternoon.”

“Well that's good.” Tenten commented.

 

Sakura nodded and inhaled again, bringing more of that sweet smell in her nose. “Extremely good. He doesn't like the hospital that much so the sooner we get him out, the better. So...while Ino and I devour this food, you...” Sakura looked at Tenten and lowered her voice considerably. “Will have a nice conversation with him. I haven't told him exactly what happened with you, just that you murdered a bunch of people.”

 

“So he doesn't know why I did it?” The brunette asked, her voice also the same volume as Sakura. “He doesn't know why I sought him out?”

 

The girl shook her head, placing a hand on Tenten's shoulders. “No, I left it out. I figured you would want to talk to him yourself.”

 

A soft smile made itself known on Tenten's face. She had been wanting to talk to Naruto alone and Sakura was giving her the chance. “Thank you.” She whispered, placing her hand on Sakura's hand.

 

“Yeah well...just don't cause any undue stress to him.” Sakura joked, causing Tenten to laugh and give the girl a short kiss on the cheek before detaching from her and standing in front of the glass door to Naruto's room. She took another look at her sisters, who gave her a nod, and took a deep breath and slid the door open and stepped inside, closing the door behind her.

 

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A few seconds after Tenten disappeared into the hospital room did both of the sisters allow themselves to relax. They weren't sure what was going to happen given the situation between those two but when nothing noticeable happened, they knew that things were going to be alright. Sakura was the first to move, putting her back to the wall and sliding down, Ino following suit until they were both sitting side by side, the girls digging into the bags of food to fill their stomachs.

 

“You think they'll be alright?” Sakura asked, pulling out the various boxes, handing some to Ino.

 

“I know Naruto-sama will be fine but it's Tenten I'm worried about. The bloodlust, as far as I know, does leave some side effects for a while when it wears off.” Ino said, grabbing the boxes. Just from her reaction in the waiting room, it seemed to have a bigger effect on her.”

 

“How so?” The pinkette asked, opening a bento dish.

 

“Well, for one thing, you weren't so utterly shell shocked coming out of it. Your hands weren't shaking like hers was and your eyes didn't have that glazed look in them. I wonder if I'll be able to explore her mind while it's still affected.”

 

Sakura almost choked at Ino's words. “Are you serious? Tenten just slaughtered a lot of people and you want to poke around in her mind?”

 

“Yeah.” Came the normal response. “Memories are one thing but being able to experience the actual thing? I haven't had the honor of being controlled by it so I'll just have to do with her. If I can have the time to explore and study that state of mind, maybe I'll find a way to be able to turn it off and on or something like that, have a new ability under our belts.”

 

“I don't know. While I do agree that we should learn about it, being able to have control over it isn't something that I feel good about it.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“Well, when I was under the influence, I felt powerful, really powerful. I had more control over my chakra, more control over my senses, more knowledge I guess you can call it. I always felt that it would feel like a cheat having control over it. Which of this food is Tenten's?”

 

“These.” Ino answered, pulling out and setting aside various food items. “You're actually eating one of hers so I'll just give her one of yours. The Yakiniku is supposed to be his but I guess by the time he's able to eat them, they won't be good so go ahead and take them along with the Nikujyaga and the Katsudon and...” Ino started to dig around in the bags. “I got something else for you but I can't...find...ahh...here it is, shumai dumplings. I know you like them.”

 

Sakura's face lit up when Ino mentioned the shumai dumplings and was handed the steaming box that contained them. She immediately ditched the bento dish, tore the top off, and dug into the food, humming in delight as the first of the meats hit her tongue. “Thanks Ino. You're the best. Anyway, back on topic, I'm not sure if he'll even let you go in. You know he loves her. He's not going to risk something going wrong during the exam if you poke the wrong thing.”

 

“But I want to study this!” Ino nearly shouted. “Memories aren't accurate; the best time is now to really get the information I need. Even if I can't find out how to control it, just understanding it can help us greatly, like his failsafe. It took months to realize how it works. This is no different Sakura and you know it. It'll really help if you have my back on this when I go to him.”

 

Sakura closed her eyes and sighed. “Look Ino...I'll back you up on researching the bloodlust but as far as controlling it, I believe that there are some things that should just be left alone.” Sakura opened her eyes and turned her head, looking at the platinum blonde. “Maybe you'll get another chance later.”

 

“Later?” The blonde asked, a disbelief look on her face. “In case you haven't noticed dear Sakura...the only time the bloodlust surfaces, he is near death! How on earth would you expect me to get a chance to research it? Genjutsu? I really doubt that's going to work.”

 

“I know, I know. From what I understand, there are certain requirements that have to be fulfilled before it takes us over. The knowledge that he is in danger, almost close to death, and the willingness to sacrifice ourselves for him.”

 

“That's all?”

 

Sakura shrugged. “Well, I'm only guessing right now.” When Sakura finished that sentence, she turned around and tried to peer inside of the room but her view was blocked by the shut blinds. “How do you think they're doing in there?”

 

“How the fuck should I know?” Ino spat out. “I can't hear a fucking thing in there. Why aren't we eavesdropping again?”

 

“Because that conversation is private and I don't want them to be disturbed. If Tenten wishes to share the details to us later, that'll be fine.”

 

Ino huffed, not happy with the answer, but kept her mouth shut. She can't argue with Sakura, not without being thrown into the freezer later on and when she's dead set on a decision, so the only thing that she can do is steer the conversation to something that she wasn't going to be punished for. “So how's our research project? Any new leads?”

 

The girl groaned and down some of the water before answering. “I'm barely able to look at...wait...is the cover up?”

 

“Yeah, been up since we started talking.”

 

“Right. Like I was saying, I barely have any free time to scrounge though the archives. With training and following his orders, the only real free time is at night and I can't keep going out. He's going to notice and then we'll be in trouble. I'm tempted to ask for a day off but I just can't. The only time I can do it during the day is when he's asleep. I can't do it otherwise because I'm always worried he's watching me.”

 

This time, Ino sighed. “Yeah, same here. Maybe after the exams we'll have more freedom but right now, we have other things to focus on right now.”

 

“Yeah...(burp)...excuse me. I think I'm full.” Sakura patted her stomach before letting out another burp. “How about you?”

 

“I'm not there yet. Maybe one more dish will do it.” Ino looked around in the bags for another box of food. They didn't really get much as they didn't have a lot of money on them when Tenten and her got the food. Thankfully, Ino managed to find an extra box and started to eat from it in silence. Sakura didn't start up another conversation and Ino was content with the silence with her eating. She wondered just how long Tenten and her master were talking. There wasn't a clock anywhere so she couldn't tell exactly so she'll just have to wait.

 

“By the way Ino...I want to talk to you about something.” Well, so much for silence. She wasn't done with her food yet.

 

“What?”

 

“About your theory on why he always wants me to be his mother.”

 

Ino froze mid-bite and slowly turned to her sister, waiting for the fist to hit her face, but when it didn't, she spoke with narrowed eyes, remembering the time she shared her theory...and the beatings that followed. “Why are you bringing that up? You want to beat me again?”

 

“No no no...you misunderstand me.” Sakura quickly said but when Ino growled, turned, and grabbed the front of her shirt. She expected to be thrown against the glass but Ino held herself back. Whether it was the fact that if she did, the glass would shatter and thus interrupting Naruto and Tenten or that she would have to pay for it, she wasn't sure.”

 

“Misunderstanding? You tortured me when I suggested that the only reason he loves you is because he sees his mother in you. You couldn't handle the idea of a fake love and you took it out on me.”

 

However, before Ino could continue on, Sakura grabbed hold of Ino's wrists and twisted them, causing Ino to let go of her and her body to twist as Sakura twisted Ino's arms. “Listen to me Ino...” Sakura whispered in Ino's ear, the girl whimpering as she was completely under her sister's mercy. “I thought you were a smart girl. Didn't you know I had a fight with Chouza again when I came home that day after picking up something from their store? You're a mind reader and you should've known that. Maybe you were distracted by your theory I don't know but you picked an extremely bad time to tell it to me. Not only that, there was a particularly accusing tone in your voice that just made me snap.”

 

“I had (whimper) no idea. I...couldn't hear and...ah-ah-owowowow...you're good at hiding emotions.”

 

Satisfied with Ino's answer, Sakura let go of her and the girl immediately withdrew and returned to her previous place, holding her wrists. “I wasn't mad at your theory; it was just extremely bad timing.” Ino continued staring at the girl, just waiting for another strike but when Ino felt that she means no more harm did she allow herself to relax and finish up her food, listening to her sister in her explanation. “So like I was saying, I was thinking about your theory and came up with this. While I agree with you on that there is some incestual-like emotions involved with the two of us, besides the roleplay, I don't think that it is a factor in his love for me.”

 

“But you two are so similar to each other. I could swear that the two of you are related.”

 

“So now...that's biased coming from you considering your family physical traits.” Sakura pointed out, leaning back. “But I do agree there are a couple of similar traits like the hair and the face structure a little. Besides, I have green eyes while she has...umm, what did you say her eye color was?”

 

“I didn't really get a good look but I think they were brown or something like that. So considering that we have a pretty good reason why he always prefer you in the nursery, if that's really the reason why, do you think that, because of the lookalike, that's the reason he was attracted to you at first? Because of a desire to know his parents and you're the closest thing to her.”

 

“And pink is just a light shade of red.” Sakura commented, letting out a long and heavy sigh as she closed her eyes and leaned her head back. “There are plenty of redheads in Konoha and the one he chose was me. If there was some reason like that, that was when it was just an infatuation. I believe that as he grew, those feelings changed to something else and grew out of it until he started getting into diaper-play and age-play. Now him wanting to act like a baby and have me take care of him like a mother I completely understand. Now, if Tenten's theory about Kushina being a tomboy given her state of dress in the memory, that and given that I had flat breasts also helped in his attraction.”

 

“Well, in any case, at least we have a better understanding on the way he works. If we could only see what Kushina is like, what her personality is like, then that helps as well.”

 

“We know somebody who knows her.” Sakura said, her eyes gazing upward, causing Ino to look at her before she realized who she was talking about. “There's only one reason why his parents would name that bastard godfather and that's because they know him extremely well, trusted him with their lives. I want answers but I know now is not the time but we'll get answers.”

 

Ino sighed and patted Sakura's shoulder. “I love you Sakura, I really do and as I said before, I really believe he has a good reason for doing this.”

 

“That's your problem Ino. You've been raised to see the good in people, granted you like to boss them around but things have changed. You've been brought into a world where you can't do that anymore, you have to be suspicious of everyone, especially with Akatsuki looming over the horizon.” Together, both girls heaved a heavy sigh. They were well aware of the Akatsuki threat and they take measures against that. The policies and rules that were set done well in protecting the family. Sometimes they were a pain in the ass but it protected them and they would never go against the rules and laws. “Oh...that reminds me. I got something for you Ino.” Ino turned to see Sakura patting herself down, looking for something. “Takashi did me a favor and dropped this off earlier. Ah...here it is.” From behind her back, Sakura pulled out a large envelope and handed it to Ino. “Crime scene photos of the slaughter. I tell you, I have never been so proud of Tenten than now.”

 

“That's because you're a guro freak.” Ino muttered, having a good idea just how gruesome the pictures will be. She pulled out the photos and found out that she underestimated the level of brutality shown in the pictures. “Tenten really did this?”

 

“She did it completely alone. No clones at all. Just her two bare hands and her weapons.”

 

“This is...amazing.” Ino commented, shifting through the photos. Each photo is telling a story in a language that Ino can understand. “Look at this...the level of gore. This is...your anatomy lessons to her are really paying off. It looks like she aimed for the major blood vessels judging from the amount each person has on them.”

 

“She also de-limbed as much as she could.” Sakura added. “Takashi commented that he had never seen that many body parts since the Uchiha massacre.”

 

“Actually it seemed that she wanted to prolong their suffering. I'm looking at this and it seems she did this one little piece at a time, taking her sweet time with them...except for this guy.” Sakura looked over as Ino held out a photo of a decapitated chunnin. “The only damage this man suffered was the separation from his head from his body and that's it. No other damage, no other blood loss. The least bloody body in the farm.”

 

“You think he was the first to die?”

 

“I'm not sure. Usually the first to die would be as bloody as the rest.”

 

“Maybe she got interrupted and had to leave him.” Sakura offered, looking at the photograph.

 

But Ino shook her head, taking the photo back. “No, she wasn't interrupted. Every body is the same except him. The only blood is his and the rest is just splatter. She just cut off his head and moved on.”

 

“He was indeed the first to die.” An old voice spoke to them, causing the girls to look up to see the Hokage looking down at them. “From our investigation, she aimed for him despite being in the middle of the crowd. The smell that led her to them belonged to him.”

 

“Well if that's the case, I would expect him to be the worst of the lot, not just a single slice.”

 

“Well, in any case, I would like to talk to you Sakura.”

 

“This about Tenten?” She asked, sighing when he nodded. “Alright...” Sakura stood up. “Let's get this over with.

 

When Sakura and the Hokage disappeared around the corner, Ino went back to the photographs and continued listening to their story. One aspect of her training by her father was the ability to read the story every photograph has. Now she's not an expert as some of those in the various analysis departments but she's pretty accurate and helps out when she can. These photographs were telling one hell of a story. The amount of blood, the severity of the wounds, hell even the position of the bodies told a story.

 

In fact, maybe she'll be able to convince Sakura to let her keep these photos to be put into her little photo collection.

 

But there's one photo in particular that the story mumbles itself. Here, in the other pictures, everything was consistent but this lone guy contradicts the whole thing. Why did she kill him outright when she took her time with all the others? Why so simple a death? It seems so contradictory between her knowledge of Tenten and her knowledge of the bloodlust. If the scent that led Tenten to that man, she would've thought that she would impale him with one of her swords so why did she give him a quick death?

 

Due to her intense musings, she failed to notice the sound of the door opening and closing and missed Tenten sitting down beside her. It wasn't until she felt the breath on her face when she leaned forward to look at whatever she was staring so intensely at. When Ino turned to look at her sister, she found a curious expression on her face. “It was really that bloody?” She asked, looking at the photo of the guy she killed outright.

 

“Not really.” Ino answered after a few seconds of staring. She gave Tenten the rest of the photos and let her look through them.

 

“Whoa...I really did this?” She asked, her mouth gaping open. While there was a certain amount of shock, Ino found that Tenten wasn't as surprised or shocked about what she did.

 

“Do you remember what you did during the bloodlust?”

 

“Well...it's a little fuzzy but I do remember bits and pieces. I have to admit, it felt weird being taking over by something like that, but not necessarily bad.”

 

“Are you feeling alright Ten?” Ino had to ask that question. This was the girl less then 24 hours ago slaughtered a bunch of people and she seems like it never happened to her at all. “What happened in that room?”

 

Tenten sighed and handed the pictures back to her. “We had a nice talk and no, you can't watch it. Right now, he wants me to take it easy, relax and that's what I'm going to do.”

 

“Well, before you do all that...” Tenten looked down when Ino placed a picture in her lap, her first kill. “Tell me why you kill him outright while the rest, you tortured.”

 

Tenten picked up the photo and looked at it, recognizing the man in the picture as the first one she killed. “Well...” She started, sighing. “To be honest, I wasn't going to do as much as I did, but after that first kill, something took over me and I did this. Look Ino, before we go any further, Naruto-sama wants to see you.”

 

“Me? Why?”

 

“He said he had a bad dream before he woke up and he wants to talk to you.”

 

“Well why didn't you say that before?” Ino nearly threw the objects off her lap and shot up, patting herself off. “That's the first thing you should've told me bitch.” The blonde stepped over Tenten and placed her hand on the door handle.

 

“Wait!” Ino stopped before she could open the door and turned back to her sister. “Before you go in, where's Sakura?”

 

“She's with the Hokage.”

 

With that, Ino went in, causing Tenten to gulp in sudden fear.

 

OoOoOoO

 

When Ino shut the door, she turned her eyes toward the occupant of the bed and immediately knew of his sour mood. Maybe the dream affected Naruto more then she was lead to believe. Her fingers locked the door as she didn't want anyone interrupting their session. She then walked toward the chair nearest the bed and sat down and leaned back some. “So...Ten tells me that you had a bad dream. Just how bad was it?”

 

Somehow that got a reaction out of the boy as he scoffed. “They almost had to sedate me to stop the screaming.”

 

Ino chuckled. “So, tell me about it. What scared you so much?”

 

Naruto sighed as he adjusted himself. “Well, it was really strange at the beginning. I was in some sort of empty realm, no sound, no objects, nothing. I couldn't even feel anything. It was lonely actually, even if it was peaceful and quiet.” Naruto chuckled. “I actually wanted to live there, but then something changed. It wasn't peaceful anymore but rather something like from a nightmare. You know, the kind where evil seems to follow you everywhere.”

 

“Yeah, I had dreams like that. Scares the shit out of me every time.”

 

“But this time something else followed me, a voice. Sounded arrogant actually.”

 

Now that really got Ino's attention. An arrogant voice? Who did she know that was like that? “Was it Sasuke?”

 

Naruto shook his head. “No, when I managed to look at the thing laughing at me, it was me or rather an inverted form of me but way bigger, like I was an insect.” As Naruto was explaining his dream, Ino knew who he was talking about. Kaosu, the `child' of Naruto and Kyuubi. Never, in all of her service, did he say anything about his roommates talking to him. Naruto didn't want to talk to Kyuubi she knew that, but since Naruto had no idea about Kaosu, he's probably playing it off as a figment of his imagination.

 

`This is a problem. If he believes that Kaosu is just something his mind cooks up, then when we talk to him, he's not going to believe me. Maybe I should try and get him to play this off as just a nightmare, get his mind off of it. Maybe it'll be better to get him to talk about what happened last night and get his attention away from the current topic.'

 

“And then there was this big eye, complete with silted eyes and a eyebrow. Hey Ino...you remember what my eyes look like when I'm mad?”

 

Ino chuckled. “I can't forget it and I actually like the look, if not for the whole anger thing. Have you thought about trying to recreate the look without all the fuss?”

 

“Thought about it. Not a real priority right now. Maybe after the exams.”

 

“Ah, I can wait. So about last night...” Before she could change the topic, someone started banging on the door causing Ino to growl at the interruption.

 

No one interrupts their therapy session.

 

“Excuse me for a second.” Ino shot up to her feet and marched to the door, leaving Naruto watching with a small smile on his face. Ino reached the glass door and found Sakura, her arms crossed and a foul mood on her face. `Go away.' Ino mouthed, crossing her arms. `Private conversation.'

 

That was the wrong answer as Sakura hit the door again. `Open the door Ino. I need to talk to him.'

 

`Is it important? No. Come back in half an hour.' Thanks to Ino's passive telepathy, Ino was able to tell why Sakura wanted to talk with him and it was the kind of news that could wait until she was done.

 

Now Sakura was irritated so she started shouting. “OPEN THE DOOR INO! DON'T MAKE ME SMASH THE GLASS!”

 

“Fine fine.” Ino unlocked the door and slid it open.

 

The instant it was open, Sakura's hand shot out and grabbed Ino's shirt and dragged Ino face to face. “Don't ever lock the door to his room Ino.”

 

“We were having a private therapy session Sakura.”

 

Sakura blinked and let go of Ino. “Oh those sessions...why didn't you say that?”

 

The blonde slave scowled. “When I said `private conversation' Saku...that should've been a clue.”

 

“Not my fault you weren't specific.”

 

Ino growled. She knew what they were doing but she still interrupted them. It didn't help that there was a ghost of a smirk on her lips. “Get out of here Sakura and come back in thirty minutes.”

 

“I just want to talk to him for a minute. Surely you can do that.” Sakura pleaded, putting on the cutest set of puppy dog eyes.

 

“Sakura, you know my rules. No interruptions. You know...”

 

“INO!” Ino halted mid-speech and turned back to Naruto. “It's alright. We can finish when I go home. I prefer to do it there anyway.”

 

Ino huffed and stormed out of the room to join her brunette sister hiding in the corner. She was going to get Sakura back for that interruption later, but right now, if Naruto wanted to talk to Sakura, then she'll oblige.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Sakura smirked as Ino stormed out of the room. That was fun, fucking with Ino like that. She'll make it up to her later someway, but right now, she's alone with him now. “So...feeling better?”

 

To her surprise, that happy look on Naruto's face suddenly turned downcast. “Not as well as I hoped.”

 

“What's wrong? I thought you were feeling better.” Sakura took a seat next to the boy she calls master. “Is it because you were attacked?”

 

Naruto sniffed and laid back down. “Yeah, but enough about that. So why did you fuck with Ino like that?”

 

She didn't answer him at first because she was surprised he didn't want to talk about it to her since he tells her everything but she understood that it seemed to be a painful subject for him so she was content to wait. “I wanted to tell you that the Hokage finally stopped by and informed me of his decision.”

 

“Did you tell him that I refuse to have her incarcerated?”

 

Sakura nodded. “As always, I informed him that you will refuse to have her jailed.”

 

“And...”

 

Sakura chuckled and smiled. “He said that her going to jail was never an option. She acted within her authority as a Konoha ninja and as your pet. She'll be watched by an ANBU surveillance team just to make sure there aren't any retaliations by the families of the deceased. Ten was relieved when she heard that.”

 

Naruto chuckled. “I bet. If I recalled, the few times she spent in the jails were terrifying.” That smile soon turned neutral. “Saku...about those people that died, did they have families?”

 

The smile on Sakura's face turned south as well. “Yeah...” She answered, tucking her hair behind her ear. “Some of them did. As per law, none of them received death benefits and quite frankly, I wouldn't want them too. So lets get off this subject. I bet you're waiting to get back home and into your regular bed?”

 

Despite Naruto's current mood, he knew that Sakura was trying to get his mind off of it. “Yeah, I never liked hospital beds. Too stiff. I like the softness of my bed and my pets.”

 

Sakura smiled and nodded. She reached out and touched and held Naruto's hand in comfort. However, before she could speak, someone else knocked on the door. Sakura turned and saw Azumi standing in the doorway. “Sorry to bother you Sakura but it's time for the baths.”

 

“Can't I do that?”

 

Sakura's eye twitched when a familiar grin came onto Azumi's lips. “Sorry Saku-chan...hospital bath, hospital staff. I'm sure you can find something to do in the meantime.”

 

Sakura growled. She didn't have a problem with Azumi bathing Naruto but it was that insulting tone in that voice. She looked down when Naruto tightened his grip on her hand and looked at Naruto. “It's alright Sakura. Why don't you go somewhere? Relax? After this bath, I think I'm going to take a long nap so...have fun.”

 

“You sure about this?”

 

“Sakura, I'll be fine. Go, relax.”

 

Sakura nodded and let go of Naruto's hand and stood up, kissing his forehead before leaving the room, leaving Naruto with the perverted doctor.

 

OoOoOoO

 

When Sakura rejoined her sisters, she told them what Naruto wanted them to do. They asked what exactly could they do while he was in the hospital but Sakura only shrugged and suggested whatever they wanted but stay close to the hospital...just in case, so they went off and tried to keep busy. Sakura went to the nearby library to catch up on some reading. She decided to read up on Suna and got some books to pass the time. Ino took refuge in a wine shop for a while, browsing their selection and tasting the various samples. She couldn't really buy anything since she had little money so she was content was the samples. After that, she stayed at a tea shop and sat down with a nice steaming cup of tea and today's newspaper. Tenten stopped by the nearest weapon shops and did some window shopping. She couldn't get anything since she had no money since she only brought enough to get food.

 

Sakura was the first to return to Naruto's room.

 

Despite Naruto's orders, she couldn't stay away for too long so she went back to his room. She found him snoring, fresh clothes on and an even fresher smell emanating from his body. She couldn't wake him so she kept silent as she shut the door and planted herself on a chair and started reading a book. However, she started getting tired and her eyes started dropping down and she eventually fell asleep.

 

Tenten was the next one to come home, but she was two hours later then Sakura and by the time she entered the room, Sakura was already asleep. She couldn't help but simile at the girl as she watched Sakura sleep, her hand over the book she was previously reading. She chuckled before walking up to her, removing the book, adjusting Sakura's position, and draped her with a blanket. She patted Sakura's hair before walking toward Naruto's bedside. She placed a hand on his hand and whispered a prayer for him, asking that whoever is listening watch over Naruto. After that, she opened her eyes and took a seat on another chair. She put a placeholder in Sakura's book and moved to put it down but before she did, her eyes caught the cover of the book and recognized it as one of Sakura's romance books.

 

Her interest peeked; she opened the book and started to read it.

 

Ino was the last to return but not the latest. When she came into the room, holding a bag of food, she found her sister deep into one of Sakura's books. Tenten didn't even notice her nor the smell of the ramen, but as she stepped into the room, she saw a tear go down Tenten's eye. Ino couldn't help but chuckle and looked at the other occupants of the room. Sakura was curled up, napping on a chair. Naruto was sleeping on his side, his arms hugging one of the extra pillows. She chuckled again and closed the door, the sound of it snapping Tenten out of her reading and looking at Ino.

 

“You're late.” She said, going back to her book.

 

“For a reason.” Ino returned, setting the ramen down and reaching into her pocket and withdrawing some money. “I picked up some extra money for you since you're broke right now.”

 

“Who's account?” Tenten asked, eyeing Ino with a suspicious eye.

 

“Sakura's...of course.” Ino answered with a wicked grin.

 

“Evil girl.” The brunette replied, an equally wicked grin also on her face, taking the money and depositing it into her wallet. It was then she noticed the food Ino brought into the room while Ino went to Sakura and put more money into her barren wallet. “What did you get?”

 

“Ramen.”

 

“Ichiraku?”

 

“Not this time.” Ino plopped down onto the last chair. “I didn't want to stray too far from the hospital so I got some from a decent shop. I only got enough for the three of us. If Azumi catches us feeding him, she's going to kick us out. When did Sakura fall asleep?”

 

“She was already asleep when I got here, the little cutie.”

 

Ino chuckled, her eyes flickering to Sakura for a second before going back to Tenten. “So...tell me. How are you doing? Have you recovered from the bloodlust?”

 

The girl sighed, reaching up and undoing her hair ties and letting her hair fall down. “Well, I feel almost normal. I be lying if I said that I feel a little different after going through that experience. Have you been through that bloodlust Ino?”

 

“Me/? No...never happened to me. I'm not sure if it ever will, but I want to study the bloodlust as it happens. I want to know what happens to you as it happens. It's really too bad Sakura wouldn't let me enter your mind to study it. I could've gotten loads of information from you.”

 

That pose, that look in her eyes, that finger just above her chin told Tenten all she needed to know. Like a mad scientist, Ino wanted to poke and probe her, to see what makes her twitch and Tenten knew...just knew that with the right motivation, Ino could become one of Konoha's greatest scientists...and the most terrible, answerable only to Naruto. The same could be said of Sakura. The greatest torturer and healer. If she continues her path of medicine and pain, the potential for her is great.

 

“You really think you can learn from me?” Tenten asked. There was a part of her that wanted Ino to say yes, so that she can be of some use to her family.

 

But when Ino shook her head, she was disappointed. “I'm afraid not. To get any real data, I need someone freshly affected. You're too far gone and memories aren't that accurate. Maybe next time.”

 

“Next time? I'm not certain that there's going to be a next time, considering how we act during it, I think you'll have a tough time getting them to stay still.”

 

Ino sighed and leaned back. “And therein lies the problem.”

 

OoOoOoO

 

As time passed, Ino began to notice soft sounds coming from Sakura. The girl was twitching, muttering. Her face was twisted in agony and even a few tears even escaped her tightly shut eyes. Ino was curious so she knelt down beside her head and activated one of her jutsu's that'll let her be an outside observer. However, Ino was only watching for a couple of minutes before Sakura woke up, a sharp gasp leaving her throat, her brow glistening with sweat. Her eyes looked horrified, moving back and forth, wondering where she was. It took a bit but Sakura finally calmed down enough to comprehend where she was. When she looked to her side and saw Ino, staring at her with those mad scientist eyes, she groaned as she started to stretch her muscles. “What are you doing Ino?”

 

“Interesting dream you had.”

 

“More like a nightmare.” Sakura yawned and the blanket fell off as she stretched. “Did you do that?”

 

“Nah wasn't me. I'm not that cold. You alright?”

 

“Nasty dream. (Yawn) What time is it?”

 

“Almost seven. You want my help?”

 

Sakura cracked open an eye and stared at her sister suspiciously. “And let you poke around? Fuck no. I wanted to get up anyway.” A couple of joints popped as Sakura stood up, stretching more. “So what happened while I was out?”

 

Ino sat down as Sakura woke herself up. “Naruto-sama and Ten are both asleep. He only woke up once to eat supper and went back to sleep. Tenten fell asleep shortly after we had supper. Nothing out of the ordinary.”

 

“Hmm...crack good to hear.”

 

“I got some food for you if you're interested.”

 

Ino pointed to a table and Sakura followed, opening a bag to see a container of ramen. “Ichiraku?”

 

“Too far from the hospital. It's decent though.” Ino yawned, the day catching up to her.

 

“Tired?” Sakura asked, noticing how tired she was.

 

“Didn't get a lot of sleep last night.”

 

“Well, why don't you go ahead and hit the sack? I'll take over watch.”

 

“You sure?”

 

“Yeah, I want to walk that dream off.”

 

Ino shrugged and laid down on one of the cots in the room and settled down, leaving Sakura to herself, eating the decent ramen Ino so nicely got for her. It wasn't as good as Ichiraku but she could eat it. She sat down and broke the chopsticks and started eating, but it was difficult as her hands started shaking, her mind going back to the nightmare she just had. It wasn't one of the worst she had but still it was powerful, using her fears and cutting deep into her heart, but Sakura was able to calm herself down. After finishing, she dumped the container into the recycle bin and created two clones, one under cover and a visible one to keep an eye on things while she takes a walk.

 

Even though it was night, the hospital was as busy as ever with the night shift, teams coming in from their missions and taking their mandatory trip to the infirmary. She stayed out of their way, wanting to go into the open-air garden. However, before she could turn the corner to the hallway to get to the garden, she nearly stepped on a small white dog. She almost tripped but she was able to stay on her feet and realized that she nearly stomped on Akamaru. “What are you doing here?” She asked, the dog wagging his tail at her. “Where's your master?” Akamaru barked again and took off, going down the hallway. Sakura followed him, choosing to postpone her trip to the garden to see if Kiba was in the hospital. She followed Akamaru down two hallways before he stopped at an open door. She approached and he barked before going in. She peeked in and saw the familiar form of Kiba, cast on his arm, resting on his bed. Kiba noticed her when Akamaru barked and he grinned, the bandages shifting on his face. “What happened to you Kiba?”

 

“Training accident. Don't worry, I'll be up and running for the exams, ready to kick Naruto's ass.”

 

Sakura chuckled, stepping into the room and picking up Akamaru. “Do me a favor and don't kick him in the groin. He'll kill you if that happens.”

 

Kiba chuckled and settled back down as Sakura sat down on the edge of his bed, holding his dog in her lap. “Hey Saku...I heard a rumor that Naruto was in the hospital. That true?

 

“Yeah...” Sakura answered, sighing as she petted Akamaru. “He was attacked but that's all I'm going to say.”

 

“Is he okay?”

 

Sakura nodded. “Yeah, he's okay. Got some lingering pain but it should heal up tomorrow.” Akamaru barked and nuzzled his nose in Sakura's hand, causing the girl to chuckle. “It must be nice having an animal companion. Having a faithful partner by your side at all times.”

 

“It's a nice feeling. One of the best. Is that how it is for you and Naruto?”

 

“Yeah, I'm sure I don't need to tell you how much he appreciates having us by his side at such a terrible time. You sure you're alright?”

 

“I'm fine. It's Naruto I'm worried about. He's my friend.”

 

“As you are to him Kiba. I should go. You need your rest.” Sakura placed Kiba's dog on the bed and gave the boy a kiss on the forehead for good luck. She gave him one more goodbye before leaving and going back to the hallway where the entrance to the garden where she'll be able to get fresh air while staying in the hospital. She wanted a quiet place to think about what was going to happen from now on. Tenten was going to have a stigma on her for the rest of the villager's memories. They'll know her as a murderer. Sure ninja's are killers but they only kill foreign people, never anybody at home.

 

Could Tenten handle it?

 

She hasn't really been out that much to accurately judge the situation and Ino wasn't in the mood to share. Tomorrow afternoon would have to be the time when she finds out just what they think of Tenten. Sakura just hoped that it wasn't too bad.

 

“If they really hated her, maybe they would gather together to form a large mob?” Sakura's oh-so-helpful inner voice suggested, causing the girl to groan and slap her forehead.

 

“Not now Junko. I'm trying to think.”

 

“Hey, all I'm saying is that they don't really keep their opinions to themselves.Remember Naruto-sama's past? They made it clear, by their actions, how they felt about him and he's the Kyuubi boy. Something like this would be nothing for them. Plus, they're not under law with Tenten.”

 

“Not under law? Really?” Sakura thought with a huff, crossing her arms and leaning back into the chair. “The fact that she's Naruto's pet doesn't count?”

 

“They don't know about us remember? Far as they know, she's just someone who willingly decided to be his wife. Fair game to them.”

 

“Think about this Junko. Experience is one of the greatest teachers. If they know how possessive and protective he is of his girls, they won't dare do anything to her.”

 

“Didn't stop them from attacking master did it?” Junko sighed. “Look, all I'm saying that people are unpredictable. You think they're going to do something and they turn around and do something completely different. Especially the families of the ones that died. Hate can be a powerful motivator.”

 

“So what are you saying?”

 

“Keep Tenten in the house for a while.If she has to go out, pair her up with someone who is respected by her peers, like Kakashi or Ibiki. Hell the Hokage if you can manage it. And let'snot forget the girl herself. She seems okay now but things will probably go bad later on. Keep an eye on her, that's all I'm asking.”

 

“Do you really have to ask? I may not be Ino but I know who to help some who went through something like this. What's with you?”

 

“I'm concerned, that's all.”

“Junko...do you know something I don't?”

 

“What? A girl can't express her concerns about a sister?”

 

“No, it's not that. Maybe I'm just reading too much into this. I'm just worried that this will end up with us being ostracized.”

 

“Well, to be honest, I don't think Konoha will allow that. The military is dominant in this village. Like it or not, masteris THE single greatest asset they have. If he learns how to harness and control that power inside of him, he'll be unstoppable. You really think that they would let go of that?”

 

“They also know that they won't be able to force him to stay if he wants to leave. If he wants to move and they don't make a big fuss about it, I'll bet he'll come when they need him. Like a freelancer.”

 

“Yeah, that's true. But what if he decides to move to a rival country?”

 

“He's not stupid enough to announce it. I know him. He's not dumb anymore.”

 

Junko snorted, causing Sakura to raise her eyebrow at the sudden, unexpected sound. “Trust me Saku...he's still dumb. He's just smarter about it.”

 

As much as Sakura wanted too, she couldn't deny that Naruto still had his dumb moments. He tries to hide it sometimes but they can see it but its Naruto and they wouldn't have it any other way. “Ah well...” Sakura shrugged. “Master is master. So...finals. Temari is such a nice girl. I hate to see her dead.”

 

“Agreed. Intelligent as well. Something he loves.”

 

“Her brother I'm worried about. If he's anything like master is, Gaara won't let her go.”

 

“Master is a master of persuasion you know...”

 

Sakura chuckled, shifting in the chair. “True. I should be getting back. I don't want to stay away for too long.”

 

“Give him my best.”

 

Junko went silent and Sakura stood up, leaving behind the peaceful garden going back toward Naruto's room. She passed by a clock and found that it's been almost three hours since she left his room. That always happens. When Junko and her get into a conversation, time seemed to have skipped ahead a few hours. That always worried her. She always go deep into conversing, that she's afraid she'll miss the rush of the memories of the shadow clone returning to her. She tries to keep her attention on the outside world but it's difficult sometimes but nothing seemed to have gone wrong as evident by the normal hallway where his room was in. She entered it and everybody was right where she left them, including both clones. A twitch of the hand, both clones disappeared, giving their memories to Sakura, confirming that nothing happened while she was away. The girl sighed and took a seat on the last cot and laid down. She just hoped that the future will be kind to them.

 

They don't need any more drama right now.

 

OoOoOoO

 

The next morning, despite the increase of noise, the family stayed asleep for a while. Ino was the first to wake up. Despite wanting to go back to sleep, she knew she couldn't. Naruto was going to be released this afternoon and he wanted them to be wide awake for that. If Naruto wanted to go back to sleep when they got home, that's fine. Right now, it was time to get up. Ino stretched and yawned as she woke herself up. Tenten was the closest so Ino kicked her cot hard, the girl waking up with a jolt. She glared at her sister for a second before starting the process of waking herself up. Sakura was the last but her reaction was a bit more violent, her leg swinging forward and catching Tenten in the knee, causing her to buckle in pain.

 

When Sakura opened her eyes and saw Tenten crying in pain, she asked `what's going on'? Tenten only gave out a `time to get up' before collapsing onto the floor. That was a hard kick to the knee. Tenten will be alright, an hour or two and she'll be fine. Sakura sat up, still tired. She didn't really get a good night sleep last night. “Master up yet?” She asked, rubbing her eyes.

 

“Nope, still asleep. Why don't you get some breakfast for him and I'll wake him up?”

 

Sakura stopped stretching and looked at Ino with a weary eye. She knows that the job of waking up Naruto always fell to her. Not only did she have a better chance of waking him up, out of all three, she had the best chance of waking him up smoothly, avoiding the bloody noses and/or black eyes. Sakura looked at Ino and saw she was serious. Whether she forgot or wants to be damaged is up for debate. “You're going to wake him up? Seriously? After the nightmare he had?”

 

“Yeah...so?”

 

“You want to get your head bashed in?”

 

“Maybe...”

 

Sakura scoffed and shook her head. Despite Sakura wanting to see Ino all bloody, she wasn't going to let her go through that. “No Ino, I'll wake him up and you get breakfast.”

 

“But Sakura...”

 

“That's final Ino!” Sakura snapped. “Waking him up is my job, not yours.” Sakura patted Ino's shoulder as she passed her. “Besides, don't want to get that pretty nose of yours all smashed up now do we?”

 

The blonde didn't respond but she just humped and walked out of the room, passing by the whimpering brunette on the cot, massaging her poor knee. “You really think he's going to break your nose?” Tenten asked. “All the times I've seen you wake him up, he only managed it a few times.”

 

Sakura shrugged. “Sometimes I'm not fast enough to catch his arms and sometimes I just don't care whether he wounds me or not, but today I'm going to try and avoid that today. You okay?”

 

“Yeah...pain's gone.”

 

The pinkette chuckled, turning back to the sleeping occupant. She placed a hand on the arm nearest her to hold it down while her other hand went to Naruto's shoulder. She couldn't go near the neck. If he's having a bad dream when she's trying to wake him up, he'll think that somebody is trying to strangle him and react accordingly. “Master...” She whispered, gently shaking his shoulder, one eye looking at the other side and the brace that held his arm. She didn't want to be hit by that thing. “Naruto-sama...time to get up.” Naruto murmured but didn't get up. She would have to get louder. “Naruto!” The instant Sakura raised her voice, Naruto shook away, the arm being held down by Sakura stayed down and the braced arm stayed where it was thankfully.

 

“What...what's going on?” Naruto said with a voice that clearly said that he didn't want to wake up.

 

“Time to get up master.” She said, gently moving his hair out of his eyes.

 

“I don't want to.” He whined, turning around but Sakura stopped him.

 

“Sorry master but it won't be long until you're released and you can go back to bed when we get home.”

 

“Stop being such a bitch Sakura...” Naruto shrugged out of Sakura's grip and tried to turn around but Sakura grabbed him again and kept him on his back.

 

“I would rather you be wide awake and alert when we go home then sleeping on the way.” Naruto ignored her and closed his eyes. “If I have to, I'll ask Azumi to put dose of stimulants in you.”

 

His eyes snapped open and stared at the grinning face of Sakura. “You wouldn't.”

 

Sakura smirked. “I would.”

 

“Fine...you win.” Naruto groaned as he sat up on the bed, trying to move his braced arms as little as possible.

 

“They still hurt?” She asked, noticing the effort.

 

Naruto nodded. “Yeah, although it's better then yesterday. I'm hungry. Breakfast come by yet?”

 

“Ino's getting it. Can't promise it'll be good though.”

 

Naruto chuckled, leaning back and letting his body relax. Despite that nightmare a night ago, he was feeling much better now that he had a good nights sleep. Everything felt better, even the limbs that were in braces felt better, not completely healed yet, but better. He opened his eyes again and saw Tenten nursing with glowing hands, her knee. “What happened to her?”

 

“I was dreaming I was playing sports and when she tried to wake me, my foot shot out and caught her on the knee.”

 

“Ouch.” Naruto sighed and looked as his pet. He remembered that argument they had when he woke up and he remembered her saying that they'll talk about it later. “Hey Saku...” Said girl looked at him. “Are you still mad at me?”

 

Sakura chuckled and patted Naruto's head. “We'll talk about it when we get home. Right now, just relax.”

 

OoOoOoO

 

A couple of hours later, Naruto was in the process of being checked out. As per hospital rules, he was confined to the wheelchair. Good thing too as his limbs were confined in braces. Since he could still feel pain in them, he decided to keep them on for at least one more night. It was past lunch and his stomach was growling. Ino wasn't able to get breakfast in time so Naruto just decided to get something to eat later, so after Sakura finishes signing all those papers, he'll be out of this hospital. Finally, Naruto was moving again, this time to the front doors. He was aching to get home and sleep in his own soft bed.

 

Fresh air blew over his as the door opened as Ino pushed him out and felt the sunshine's glow on him. `Finally. I'm out. Now I just need to get home. How is the question.'

 

“Alright...” Sakura stepped in front of him holding a pair of crutches.

 

Hell no.

 

“No.” He said bluntly. “I'm not using crutches. It hurts when I put weight on my foot and arm. Take them back.”

 

“They're not going to let me take the wheelchair out Naruto-sama.”

 

“I'm not using those.”

 

Sakura groaned. “Now you're just being stubborn. How are you going to get home then?”

 

Naruto looked around and saw Tenten on the other side. Instantly he got an idea and grabbed onto her arm. “Ten will carry me home.”

 

Sakura shrugged and walked away to return the crutches. Tenten moved in front of Naruto, the boy still holding onto her arm. “You sure about that Naruto-sama?”

 

He nodded. “Yeah, there's no way I'm going home under my own power and I want you to carry me.”

 

“So you're not worried about everybody?”

 

He shook and let go of her. “I don't care.”

 

Tenten smiled and nodded, turning around and getting onto her knees so Naruto could get onto her back. Ino quickly locked the wheels and moved to the side so she could help him get onto Tenten's back. Naruto grunted as Ino helped him out of the chair and maneuver him onto Tenten's back. With the braces on Naruto, he couldn't hang on as well but his arm was braced in a way that'll let him hang on. It's been a while since Tenten had to carry Naruto so when Naruto put all his weight on Tenten, she noticed a difference. “Damn master...you really need to lay off the ramen.” She muttered as Naruto got himself comfortable. Naruto only chuckled as Tenten stood up.

 

“Looks like you're ready to go.” Sakura said, getting back, a smile on her face looking at Naruto getting comfortable.

 

“You get everything settled?” Ino asked.

 

“Yeah. We can go.”

 

Adjusting Naruto's position, Tenten and her sisters set out toward their home. For Tenten, she was worried about retribution from the various families that were affected by her slaughter so her eyes kept going back and forth, watching for attackers. Naruto, noticing Tenten's tense body, knew why she was so worried so he wanted to calm her down. With his non-braced hand, he moved his hand around her neck, up her cheeks, gently caressing it. “It's alright my little minx...” He cooed, using his pet nickname for her. “If anyone is going to hurt you, they have to go through me.”

 

“That doesn't really make me feel better you know?”

 

Naruto chuckled and rested his hand on Tenten's right cheek. “It's alright darling. Tell you what...I'm hungry. Why don't we go get something to eat? I'm in the mood for some meat.”

 

However, before she could respond, someone else answered for her. “Absolutely not.”

 

Naruto and Tenten both looked at Sakura who, in addition to having her arms crossed, had a stern look on her face. “You heard the doctor. We go straight home so he can rest.”

 

“Ah come on mom...” Naruto whined like a little child, hoping that the humor would lighten Sakura up. “You know how bad the hospital food is and I didn't get any breakfast. You don't love me mom.” Naruto whimpered and put on a sad face.

 

Sakura's face softened but just for a moment as she steeled herself. “You know I love you honey but you know as well as I do your taste buds have gotten used to the first class food we get. There's nothing wrong with the hospital food. We'll be home soon.”

 

“But I'm hungry NOW!”

 

“You can wait until we get home. There's plenty of food at home.”

 

“Sakura, I'm hungry and I want to eat.” The instant Naruto called Sakura by her name, the playful banter was over and he was getting serious.

 

Sakura narrowed her eyes and closed in on him. “Your safety is my concern. Considering your state, I don't want you in any one place at one time. I want you home immediately.” Naruto narrowed his eyes as Sakura stopped in front of her and locked her eyes to his. They started a staring contest. Sakura wanted him home and safe. They had good food at home, but Naruto's stomach is something he always listens to and it's difficult to turn his ear away from it.

 

Tenten, sensing growing hostility and a sense of self-preservation, decided to intervene.

 

She quickly turned around, forcing Naruto's sight to move away from Sakura. “Now now you two...let's just calm down here.” Thankfully, Tenten could sense tempers calming down a bit so she continued. “I got an idea. Why don't we compromise?” She waited for acknowledgment for her master and sister before continuing. Naruto grunted and to Tenten, that was an acknowledgment. She turned toward Sakura, just in time to see her shrug. “Alright, here's what I'm thinking. It's still a ways home so Sakura can go to the market and pick up some finger snacks as quick as possible and pick up some fresh meat from the butcher. How does that sound?” The boy on her back just shrugged and laid his head down. “Good...now how about you Saku?”

 

“I actually have a problem with that.” Naruto's eyes flickered to Sakura. “None of us have any money and the lines are always full at this time.”

 

“I went to the bank earlier and filled up everybody's wallet.” Ino added.

 

Sakura's hand went to her back pocket and withdrew her wallet and indeed found it full of money. However, hers alone would not cover the cost of feeding everybody's appetite. “Pull out your wallets.”

 

“What?”

 

“If I'm going to feed all of you, then I need all of your money.”

 

“Alright alright.”

 

Ino quickly withdrew her wallet and tossed it to Sakura who, after checking it, stuffed it in her wallet and withdrew Tenten's wallet and stuffed it in her pocket. “I'll be back as quickly as I can.” Ino waved as Sakura turned and started walking. She was actually relieved that she didn't ask where the money came from. Sakura never liked anybody handling her money. However, the instant she finished that thought, Sakura froze with a foot in the air. Very slowly, Sakura turned around with a look in her eyes. “Exactly...whose account did you withdraw this money?”

 

Ino froze, mentally cursing herself for jinxing her safety. “Umm...yours?” No point in lying. She'll just get it worse later on.

 

Sakura sucked in her breath for a moment before she let it out. “Next chance I get, I'm checking my bank account. See you later.”

 

Ino let out a sigh of relief when Sakura left. Thankfully she knew she did no wrong so she was in the clear. Shaking her head to snap her out of it, she motioned to Tenten and they got walking again. What Tenten said was true, they had a ways to go before they get home and give Sakura plenty of time to get her stuff. During the trip, no one bothered them. They stayed out of their way and it looked like the civilians were going out of their way to stay away from Tenten. In no time at all, Sakura came back, hands full of bags of food. The instant Sakura was in touching distance of Ino, she relieved her burdens onto Ino with a angry look in her eyes. Ino gulped but quietly took the bags, keeping silent as she dug into the bag for Naruto's snack and went to the side where Naruto's head was.

 

“Any trouble?” Naruto asked, opening his mouth to let Sakura plop in a dango ball.

 

“Nah...no one gave me any trouble.” She answered, putting a couple of pocky sticks in his mouth. “They mostly stayed away from me actually.”

 

“Well that's good.” He mumbled, still chewing on the pocky sticks. “As long as they don't bother us, I don't care. Are we home yet?”

 

“Almost.” Tenten answered.

 

“In any case, when we get home, you're going straight to bed.”

 

Naruto chuckled as Sakura put some more snacks in Naruto's mouth. “Whatever you say mother.”

 

Sakura smiled and patted her master's head before feeding him some more. Despite the new information she learned, she loved being his mother. It was so fulfilling, taking care of him. It fulfilled a deep need of hers to take care of her master in any and all ways possible. It started as just a passing comment but then the idea grew in both of their minds and they slowly started this roleplay. It helped him. When he gets all emotional about his parents, she knew the cure to it and that was to act like a mother to him, to help him cope with the thought that his mother is gone. However, her thoughts were interrupted when something triggered her senses. “Ino.”

 

“Roger.” In a wisp of a breeze, Ino created a cloaked clone and jumped in the trees to check who was following them. However, when she saw who was following them, she was really confused. Disappearing in smoke, she transferred her memories to the real Ino. “It's Shikamaru.” She said, causing everybody to look at her. “He's following us.”

 

“You sure he's not out for a walk?”

 

“No, his eyes are fixed on us.”

 

“I'll take care of him.” Sakura decided, slowing down and leaning against a tree, handing the bag of snacks to Ino so she can keep feeding him. While the rest of the family continued on, Sakura stayed behind, waiting for Shikamaru to walk by. He finally passed by a few minutes. “So what can I do for you Shikamaru?”

 

The boy with the pineapple hair paused, looking at Sakura. He had that curious look on his face that Sakura knew is bad news. “I wanted to talk with Tenten if you don't mind.”

 

“Actually...” Sakura said when he continued walking. “I do mind. This is a really bad time.”

 

“I just want to ask her a couple of questions.”

 

Despite Sakura's objections, Shikamaru continued on but before he could get a few steps in, Sakura grabbed his arm, stopping him in his tracks. “I said you cannot speak to her.” Shikamaru winced at the vice-like grip she had on his arm. “She's just been through a terrible ordeal and needs some time to recover.”

 

“That's precisely what I wanted to ask her about.”

 

Shikamaru tugged on his arm but Sakura only strengthened her grip to the point where it was getting painful. “Like I said...she needs to recover and you asking questions about what happened is not going to help any. Maybe after the exams, she'll be better but she needs to be with family right now.” Shikamaru tugged on his arm again but this time, Sakura pulled and wrapped her arm around his neck, whispering in his ear. “If I see you near her before she's ready, I'm going to castrate you and make sure you feel it for a very...long...time. Do you understand me?”

 

“Crystal.” Shikamaru grunted, Sakura's arm tight around his neck.

 

Satisfied with his answer, she let go of Shikamaru and he fell to the ground, the boy coughing at the pressure exerted on his neck. He looked up, only to find the girl gone. He narrowed his eyes. Her reaction only fueled his desire to find out what the truth was in the Uzumaki family. What was really going on between them?

 

OoOoOoO

 

“So...any problems?” Ino asked when Sakura finally caught up to them. She wasn't gone that long but a lot can happen in just a couple of minutes.

 

“Shika's getting curious. He wanted to talk with Ten about what happened. I told him that he can't, not for a while anyway. Hopefully, he'll stay away for now.”

 

“I still don't see why we can't just tell him. If he hears it from us then it'll go better right?” Tenten asked, the boy she's holding having a light nap.

 

“We prefer if nobody knows. Less complications and less questions.” The pinkette answered, sighing as she scratched her head. “Plus, less judging, but if he wants him to know, he tell him. Right now, I just want everybody to recover.”

 

About half an hour later, they finally arrived home. When they got close, Sakura noticed that the windows were open. When asking why, Ino replied that she thought it'll be good for the house to get some fresh air breezing though the rooms and that she made sure they were also secured.

 

However, Sakura failed to notice Tenten's momentary face of horror.

 

As Sakura dug into her pockets for the keys, she asked Tenten to wake Naruto up since he fell into a light nap. While Tenten did that, Sakura unlocked the door and then froze when she felt cold air pass by her. She made a curious sound as she put her hands down. “Huh...that's weird. I thought that it was a nice, warm day today.”

 

“Yeah...why do you ask?” Said Ino, not sure where Sakura was going with this.

 

“So why does it seem like it's freezing inside?

 

Naruto, now awake, perked up at the question, really interested in the answer, more so because he felt Tenten tense up.

 

“Well?” Sakura asked, turning around and crossing her arms, staring at both Ino and Tenten. “Explain...someone.” At once, both the girls started speaking, their voices overlapping each other. From what Sakura was able to discern, someone had the idea to turn on the air conditioner and then someone decided to open the windows but the former thought the latter shut the A/C off but she really didn't because the latter thought the former shut it off. Sakura held up a hand and both of them immediately shut up, the boy Tenten's holding smiling as he was enjoying the scene. “So let me get this straight...for the past day and a half, the both of you saw fit to air condition the entire FUCKING VILLAGE?” Sakura's voice raised by several octaves, her anger taking its peak. The girls started talking again, their voices once again overlapping each other to try and save their hides but Sakura once again put up her hand and silenced them. “Do you know how much money you wasted? Do you realize just how fucking HUGE the next bill is going to be? If the A/C is on full blast...god help me when I see that bill. Don't you know that he hates money being wasted? You're going to get punished. Oh you are SO getting punished.” Sakura turned toward Naruto and that smile on his face and that proud look in his eyes. “Well, what say you?”

Tenten seemed to remember that she was carrying Naruto and she looked back, a horrified and scared look on her face as well as an equal look on Ino's as well. He stayed silent for a bit, looking at each of them, a completely neutral expression on his face. Ino was definitely scared but she didn't risk reading his mind. She seen his mind when he was at his worst and she always stayed out since then. Finally, Naruto sighed and spoke. “You know what...I don't really care right now. I'm tired, I'm hungry. I want to go to bed and eat. When the bill comes, that's when I'll get angry but for now...bedtime. I'll leave their punishments up to you Saku. Do what you want to them.”

 

“Anything?” Sakura asked, a hopeful tone in her voice.

 

“Sure...why not? Just make sure they can function tomorrow.”

 

The instant he said that, a full blown maniacal grin appeared on Sakura's lips. She brought her hands up and cracked her knuckles, causing both girls to gulp audibly in fear. “Oh...I'm going to enjoy this. Ino...shut all the windows and turn the air off. After that, get started on master's food. Be quick about it too. When you're finished with that, go downstairs and wait for me.” Ino quickly nodded and ran off, leaving the tree behind. “As for you Ten...” Tenten gulped again as Sakura turned toward her. “Put master to bed. After that, help Ino with the food. None of you will get any supper tonight. When you're finished with that, wait with Ino downstairs.” Tenten nodded and walked into the house, followed by Sakura after the shut and locked the door. Sakura followed Tenten and her master up the stairs and into his bedroom.

 

As gently as she could, Tenten deposited Naruto onto the bed and covered him with the sheets. She still sported that terrified look on her face and that smirk on Naruto's face wasn't helping any. When Tenten was finished, she bowed in respected and whispered an apology to him before walking away, keeping her head bowed and out of sight of Naruto's gaze. When she turned around and lifted her head at the door, she came face to face with a frowning Sakura. “Get the fuck out of my sight.” Tenten whimpered and quickly scampered away, joining her sister in the kitchen to speed up the process of making Naruto's food. “I swear, those two are as dumb as those porn stars who can't memorize a single line.” Sakura said, shaking her head before turning toward Naruto. “Well, I better go make sure they don't burn your food. It'll be ready in a few minutes. Please try and stay awake until then. I don't want to have you fuck up your supper because of your usual violent reactions.” Naruto chuckled and waved to Sakura, leaning back onto the wall.

 

When Sakura got downstairs, she leaned against the kitchen frame, watching her sister bustle about in the kitchen, being as fast as they can trying to make Naruto's supper. Of course, with the girl just minutes away from torturing them watching them, they were extremely nervous and their bodies reflected it and it was a little difficult to work with the food without dropping anything. However, that thought caused them to get even more worried. The punishment seals on their bodies can also be activated by Sakura considering she's the head slave.

 

That fear was justified, however, as Sakura made a hand seal and immense pain racked through Tenten's body, the pot in her hands, threatening to spill the contents but Tenten was trained enough to keep the organic contents of the pot in the pot. “Hurry up slut...” Sakura's voice spoke to her. “Master's waiting for his food.”

 

“Ye-yes ma-am.” The affects still tingling in her body, she managed to set the pot down and take out the contents and put them onto the plate. Once the girls set the bed tray and finalized it, Ino grabbed it and started her trek to Naruto's bedroom, however, Sakura stepped in front of her.

 

“I'll take the food up for you.” Sakura yanked the tray out of Ino's hands, the girl scooting back in fear. “Now...the both of you, go downstairs, enema yourselves, and wait for me.” The girls nodded and bowed their heads, walking past Sakura as she kept her eyes on them. She smirked and licked her lips in anticipation of what she was about to do in just a few minutes. Decided that she couldn't wait, she barked, the two girls screaming and bolting from the spot to the dungeons. She walked up the stairs, but stumbled a bit when the food shifted and she reacted to stop that. When Sakura managed to get up to his room, she was thankful to see that Naruto was still awake. “Glad to see you're up.”

 

“Well you know me Sakura...I would stay up for food. What did you get for me?”

 

Sakura chuckled and approached the bed, setting the tray on it and letting Naruto see what they made for him. Two large steaks, well done, with some BBQ sauce. A couple of bowls of homemade ramen along with a pitcher of water.

 

It was a light supper.

 

“Looks delicious.” Naruto started with the ramen first. “So...what are you going to do with your sisters?”

 

“You really want to know right now?” Sakura asked, a smile on her face.

 

Naruto chuckled and shook his head. “Nah...tell me about it after the fact.”

 

Sakura smirked and nodded, standing up and bowing her head before walking out of the room. When she was out of the room and out of sight, she lifted her head and a full blown, absolutely evil grin was on her face. There was one more thing on Naruto's serving tray that would appeared when she left the room. A pair of nose plugs and he was smart enough to know what that meant.

 

It was time.

 

Time for her sisters to face her punishments. She quickly ran into her room and to her closet and went directly to the leather section. Since she knew Naruto was confined to the bedroom, there wouldn't be any risk of him going feral because of the smell. If she was going to punish her sisters, then she was going to feel good doing it and nothing feels good then leather against her skin and high heals on her feet. After getting dressed, she checked herself in the mirror and nodded.

 

When she got out of her room, she walked down the hallway. When she passed by Naruto's open door, she slowed down a little bit, letting Naruto have a peek of what she had planned after she was done with the punishments. By the time she reached the steps, she was getting horny already. The dildo she put inside her was teasing her with every movement she made. She wasn't going to turn it on, she'll save that for the screams the girls were going to make. She quickly made her way toward the entrance to the basement, her boots having a higher volume thanks to the stone steps and she smirked.

 

If the door downstairs was open, then they could hear her coming down the stairs and started, if not already, quivering in fear.

 

However, when she got downstairs, the only door that was open was the one on the right but there was only a tiny crack, but that still meant they could hear her. She slowed down her pace a bit, making it seem more dramatic like in a horror movie with the slow steps of doom. When she got to the door, she put on her best face and slowly opened the door, seeing the two girls huddled against the corner, holding each other to try and comfort one another. “Alright girls...” Sakura announced, cracking her knuckles. “Time to play...”

 

OoOoOoO

 

When Naruto heard the click-clack of boots coming up the stairs, he quickly stuffed the nose plugs into his nose and made sure he couldn't smell anything. When Sakura walked by earlier, he saw her outfit. It's been a while since he had seen Sakura in one of her leather outfits and he became understandably excited. Not lustful excited but regular excited as he wasn't really in the mood for an arousal right now and when she came back, he wasn't going to have his body go through the experience at such a time.

 

It's been a few hours since Sakura left to punish his pets. In that time, Naruto had finished his light meal. He was full right now and was now ready to sleep but when he saw the nose plugs, he knew she had one last thing she wanted to do with him. His eyes flickered to the edge of the door when the sound of the boots came closer. Suddenly, a black boot appeared and soon the rest of the body followed. Naruto smiled and leaned back as Sakura walked in, her hands behind her back as she smiled. “I'm back.” She said, removing the tray off the bed and onto the floor.

 

“You look satisfied.” Naruto commented, seeing that euphoria on Sakura's face. Sakura nodded as she straightened up, but Naruto's eyes roamed over Sakura's leather clad body, thankful that Sakura had the foresight to put the plugs on his tray. Naruto patted the bed and Sakura sat, letting Naruto take her hands and pull her body down so she was laying right next to him. “So...if I know you as well as I think I do, I know you had an extremely fun time being a sadist.” In his arms, Sakura smiled and nodded, cuddling up to the boy. “So tell me what you did to them...in great detail.”

 

“Well...let me see...” Sakura started, caressing Naruto's bare chest with her hand. “The girls were deathly afraid and Ino even tried to beg for her life. I, of course, smacked her pretty for that comment and decided to start with her, but before I even got started, Junko started begging me to let her help. Me being in a good mood, I let her out, but the first round was on me and I was in such a sadistic mood.” Naruto chuckled and settled down himself. This sounded like an interested tale. “So I decided to start off light. I had Junko get a solid punching bag from storage and lay it on the ground. As I said before, I wanted to start with Ino first so I tied her to the bag and hung it up. Of course, Ino figured out what I planned and started to struggle but was unable to escape as I wrapped my hands and put my punching gloves on. Well, not the gloves but I wrapped my hands. I mostly focused on her body and only threw a couple of punches to her face, broke her nose.”

 

“Did she piss all over herself?”

 

“Actually she did. After a few punches to the stomach, she lost control of her bowels and pissed everywhere. I'm grateful she didn't have any solids in her as it was better to clean up after. I spent about half an hour on her before I stopped. I went easy on her as this was just a warm-up so she dropped to the ground after I cut the ropes and dragged her away while Junko tied Tenten to the punching bag. I spent the next half hour working Tenten over, getting into the shoes of a mobster, punishing somebody for not paying their rent. It was quite fun as I haven't played like that in a while. I even played with the knife a bit, getting her scared.”

 

“You didn't actually use it did you?”

 

“Nah...just to scare her.” Sakura moaned a bit as she adjusted her position, moving her leg over Naruto's and nuzzling her face into Naruto's neck. “I decided to stick with Ino while Junko dealt with Tenten. I knew Ino would be more fun to me as I know her intimately. During the hours, me and Junko switched a few times. Now for what I did to Ino? I mostly played off of her fears, namely, the cold. I won't bore you with everything I did but I'll name some points. Once I put her on one of the bondage frames that held up upside down. I had previously prepared a gallon of ice cold water, as cold as I could make it. The first thing I did was to fill up her pussy and womb as much as I could, to the point that her belly almost expanded, and I sealed it up.”

 

“How bad was it?”

 

“How bad?” Sakura asked, chuckling. “From the instant the first drop hit inside her, she was screaming and howling, trying her best to escape. When she was filled up, she was in tears and begging and begging. However, I wasn't done. I got a syringe and filled it up with the cold water and I plunged it all into her ass. Over and over again.” Naruto chuckled as he imagined it. He could see it perfectly. “But I wasn't done. I got a bunch of ice cubes, rectangular I might add, and I shoved them in her. Oh man...that girl was just screaming in pain, but you know what...I still wasn't done. To top it off, I charged up the generator and used the small prodding attachments, not the big ones as I wanted her to retain the water in her.” Sakura smiled and licked her lips. “She pleaded and pleaded but I still shocked her. It's really fun, hearing her beg like that, only for me to just ignore her and do it anyway.”

 

Naruto chuckled and patted Sakura's head, kissing her forehead as the girl giggled. “Why do you think I love torturing so much? So what did Junko do to Tenten?”

 

“I'm...not exactly sure. I been focusing on Ino so much, I didn't really pay attention to Junko and the girl isn't really in a talkative mood right now.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“She's currently sleeping in bliss, occasionally licking her lips like she was dreaming.”

 

“Ah...makes sense. So are the girls able to be able to standing on their own two feet?”

 

“By tomorrow? Yeah, they should.” Sakura sat up, looking a Naruto as she realized something. “Why are you so concerned about tomorrow?”

 

“I got plans for tomorrow.”

 

“Tomorrow? After what happened?”

 

Naruto groaned, recognizing Sakura's tone. “Sakura, don't get started with me. I had plans for a while now.”

 

“No Naruto.” Sakura got off the bed and stood up, crossing her arms in the process. “You need to rest. Why are you so focused on getting out? The exam is in a couple of days. What is wrong with you? Naruto...what is going on?”

 

When Naruto noticed that Sakura left out the -sama suffix, he knew she was serious and figured they were continuing their previous conversation. “To be honest, I don't really know.”

 

“You don't know?” Sakura repeated. “You don't KNOW?” Naruto winced as Sakura started shouting. “For the past few weeks, you have been obsessed with training and forcing yourself into complete exhaustion! You are barely able to stagger home. We have to find you and carry your ass here. It's like you're possessed or something, the way you train. It's like you don't even realize the outside world.”

 

“Sakura, I...”

 

Naruto tried to speak but was interrupted by Sakura. “YOU WENT INTO THE SECULDED TRAINING GROUNDS! The same grounds you forbad us and yourself from going into because it is so secluded from the village. You know why you banned us from the grounds? BECAUSE NOBODY WILL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IF SOMETHING HAPPENED! Even though there are patrols in the grounds, that's not a guarantee they'll save you. We always stuck to the training grounds on the outer edge so that THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN! What the FUCK made you decide to go deep?”

 

Naruto opened his mouth to speak, but he stopped, closing it and sporting a face that told Sakura he didn't have an answer. Sakura scoffed and crossed her arms. “That's what I thought. I don't know what's going on with you, but I hope you realize that it's not just you anymore. You have a life now...you have responsibilities...you have us. You swore to yourself when you got me that you would not do anything to risk your life so you can live a long life with me. Even though you haven't toned down your pranks, well not in the beginning, you made sure that you didn't do anything life threatening. Is it because of the exams, you have some need to prove yourself in front of the village's representatives? You don't need to push yourself so much. You've grown so much in such a short time that you don't need to push yourself so much. Even Jiraiya commented that you were pushing yourself too much.” Sakura sighed and rubbed her forehead. “Look, maybe this is just a phase or something but you need to snap out of it. Naruto...look at me. LOOK at me!” Naruto had turned his head away from Sakura so she shouted to get his attention back. “Do you see this?” Sakura motioned toward her body. “You see this body? This is yours. Completely and utterly yours. My mind, my body, my soul, my heart is all yours to do with as you wish. Do you realize how we felt when we realized you almost died? It was such a horrible feeling, completely devastating. Now I was you to imagine our positions were reversed. What if you came to the hospital and was told I was dead? Huh? Because of a senseless and completely unnecessary death? HOW THE HELL WOUD YOU FEEL SEEING MY COLD, MOTIONLESS BODY LIEING ON THAT COLD AUTOSPY TABLE? HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU FUCKING FEEL KNOWING THAT I WAS DEAD AND YOU DIDN'T DO A FUCKING THING ABOUT IT?” Sakura was raving mad, her fists were clenched and already drew blood.

 

There were rare times when Sakura and Junko would merge together, their personalities joining together because of rage and in even rare occasions, extreme passion. This was one of those times. Both Junko and Sakura were in complete agreement in their rage at Naruto's stupidity that almost got him killed and because of Kyuubi's influence on her body; her fangs, eyes, and nails changed to a feral-like state, showing Naruto just how fucking serious Sakura was. “You know what...” Sakura said, unclenching her tensed body. “Just to show you I'm serious, I'm going to leave now and none of us will help you tonight. You will be completely on your own.”

 

Sakura twirled around and started walking away, the blonde haired boy eye's widened as he realized that she's abandoning him. “But...Saku...”

 

The girl twirled around, one of the angriest faces he had ever seen on her occupying it. “ON YOUR OWN!” She stomped away, passing by an open drawer that convientely held Naruto's spying ball and swiped it, reaching the door and turning about. “TRY AND LIVE WITHOUT US AND SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN SURVIVE!”

 

With that, Sakura slammed the door, leaving an utterly shocked Naruto behind.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Sakura felt the rush of anger in her system as she slammed the door. Horrified and yet so proud at what she just did. Shouting at Naruto and declaring the pets off-limits to him is surely a death sentence but Sakura didn't really care. All she wanted was for Naruto to learn a lesson that he can't be so self-destructive anymore. Despite the blood pounding in her ears, she heard a whimpering sound to her side and she looked to see both of her sisters, still wounded, leaning and sitting against the wall, horrified at what just happened, what she just did.

 

They heard her loud and clear.

 

Tucking the scroll in one of the straps in her outfit, she grabbed both of them and started dragging them to her room. She meant what she said. None of them was going to help him for tonight so he could learn a lesson. Sakura wasn't gentle with her sisters as she threw them onto her bed, before shutting and locking the door.

 

“What...the h-hell is...going on?” Ino asked, wondering what the hell is going on, coughing a little.

Sakura didn't give an immediate answer as she plopped herself down onto her bed, holding the scroll in her hands, her grip on it really tight. Despite their eavesdropping, they weren't exactly sure what happened, their attention mostly focused on their healing injuries, but when Sakura screamed and threw the scroll onto the bed before burying her head in her hands, they knew there was something more to it. “Why am I so violent?” Sakura reached down to her nether regions and pulled out a dildo and threw it away. “WHY THE HELL AM I SO FUCKING POSSESED?” She screamed to the heavens, clenching her hands in anger and once again drawing blood from her elongated nails.

 

“Saku...what's wrong? What happened in there?”

 

The pink haired girl panted before relaxing, her hair hiding her face as she dropped it. “I mouthed off more then I should have. That damn girl inside me merged with me and we told him off.” Sakura scoffed and turned her head away, showing the girls an expression that she was mad at herself. “I think I did more damage than the attack did. If it wasn't for the fact that I know this reaction is a part of me, I would have myself locked up pending psych eval.” Sakura sighed and moved her hair away. “But...to be honest, I realize that everything I said is the truth and everything I wanted to say I said. If he's stupid enough to...you know what, I can't even say it. God, I just wish (sob) he be (sob) more consid-sob-erate of (sob) us...” Sakura burst out crying, burying her head in her hands as the grief once again took her over.

 

Her sisters came to comfort her, however, as they didn't want her to be sad, but when Ino put her hand on Sakura's arm, the girl jerked and muttered `don't touch me' and the girls stayed away from Sakura while she cried. “What am I going to do?” She wailed, pounding on her thighs. “I have never argued with him as much as I did and for what? To hurt him more emotionally? For the fuck I know, I made him to be just like Sasuke. Cold and withdrawn.” The pinkette sighed. “And even if I didn't, the punishments I'm sure I'm going to go through is going to be harsh and nothing I never felt before and that's saying something.”

 

“Now that I don't believe.” Ino spoke, drawing Sakura's attention to her. “Naruto-sama knows that you always have his best interest in mind, no matter what happens. I bet tomorrow morning, things will cool off and he'll be back to his usual self in no time at all.”

 

That was a lie and she knew it.

 

Naruto never forgets what had been said and done to him. When you get right down to it, Sakura did one of the most unforgivable things a slave could do. Resist and deny her master the right to her body. She told him straight and true that she wasn't going to help him and Naruto was certainly going to remember that the next morning. Her sisters could try and plead her case but in the end, it all boils down to Naruto and his decision.

 

“If I die...” Sakura suddenly said. “Know that I never meant any harm to him. I just wanted what was best for him.”

 

“Sakura, you're not going to die.” Tenten spoke. “Imprisoned probably but not death.” When Sakura didn't really budge, Tenten went on. “Hey, I know, why don't we check in on him? I bet he's sleeping.”

 

Sakura hesitated for a moment before nodding, grabbing the scroll and unsealing it, revealing the crystal ball. Beside Naruto, Sakura is the only one who can use it. Despite the trust Naruto has in his other pets, Sakura is the only one who Naruto feels can handle the responsibility of having such an ability to spy on her family members.

 

Of course, that doesn't stop him from being paranoid about it.

 

Sakura placed her hands on the ball, closing her eyes and pouring her chakra into it, her mind thinking about who she wanted to see and the ball listening to it, its senses expanding to find the person. When it found him, the cloud inside swirled around and cleared. However, when the ball cleared, it revealed a sight that completely destroyed the sister's mood.

 

Naruto was crying heavily, a pillow crushed against his face as he let out his tears.

 

Almost immediately after the sight registered in Sakura's mind, she shut off the connection, tears once again gathering up in her eyes. Tenten apologized, knowing it was her fault, but Sakura didn't hear her, she was too indulged in her sadness. Ino took Sakura's hand in hers and gently massaged it. “Why don't we go to bed? Maybe in the morning things will be better. We'll stay with you for tonight.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

OoOoOoO

 

Despite the comfort of her sisters, Sakura had a hard time falling asleep. She was too worried about the boy in the next room, but she managed to fall asleep with the aid of her sisters. The next morning, Sakura was the first one up and had to wrestle herself out of the girl's grip. Her stomach was the first one to speak and she held her stomach as she walked out of the room and down the hallway, but when she passed by Naruto's room, she stopped and peeked in. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully but things could change when he wakes up. Deciding to give him some more moments of peace, she passed him by and continued downstairs.

 

However, when she started walking down the stairs, she noticed her own footsteps and she soon realized that she was still wearing yesterday's leather outfit but she didn't care. She may need that advantage when Naruto wakes up and comes for her.

 

Reaching the kitchen, she quickly gathered her food to quell her stomach. She wanted to eat quickly so she would be ready in case Naruto suddenly wakes up and goes for her. As she eat, she wondered the paths today might go. On the one hand, Naruto could go the angry route and end up torturing her the whole day and finish it off by sending her off to the prisons for even thinking about trying to deny him her body.

 

Sakura shuddered at the thought. Ibiki's jails were never a pleasant place to be in and it wasn't because of the fact there wasn't any sunlight in the rooms. His goons made jail life unpleasant, even the ones that know her.

 

Now on the other hand, Naruto could understand what she was trying to do and give her a peck on the cheek and let her have an entire day in the tentacle room.

 

...

 

Okay, maybe that last part was a bit far-fetched but one could dream could she? At the very least, he could give her a grunt or even a look in her direction that told her he understood. She really hoped that he understood because even though she could take his tortures, she could only enjoy it when he is enjoying it and thus allow her to enjoy it without worrying about dying from an intentional whip strike to the neck. Well, even then when he's whipping her, she's always worried about a slip-up that's going to nick a major artery. There's always some risk when dealing with the whip or anything that can potentially break the skin.

 

Suddenly, her ears perked up at the sound at footsteps coming down the stairs. From the light sounds, she knew it were her sisters. Naruto's footsteps were heavier so the slaves were able to tell them apart. From the top of her eyes, Sakura saw her sisters take a seat in front of her but she kept on eating, still wanting to finish eating as quick as she could.

 

“So...” Ino spoke first. “You're going to keep that outfit on?”

 

“For now.”

 

There was a silence at the table besides the sound of Sakura eating. They weren't sure what to say since it was so close to Naruto waking up and Sakura's fate to be decided by him. Ino knew that Sakura was worried about dying because of how she acted toward him, but what she didn't know is that if Naruto does decide to execute her, they'll fight for her. They won't allow her to die, not after all they been through and all the memories they shared.

 

Of course, the mere thought of Naruto killing his most favorite and beloved pet was utterly laughable but she, like everybody else, doesn't want to die.

 

“What am I going to do Ino?” Sakura said. “I did something so horrible to him and I shouldn't have. I was so mean to him, just like in the old days. He didn't deserve that, not at all.”

 

“You did what you thought was right Saku and that's all we could ask for.”

 

“Yeah but...I still shouldn't have done that. Look girls...if I die...”

 

“You're not going to die.” Tenten tried to help but was shot down by a look from Sakura.

 

“IF I die, I just want you two to know that I never had any intention to harm him. I just wanted to help him.” However, before anyone else could speak, there was a loud thud from upstairs causing all the girls to freeze in their tracks. They looked at each other for a second before slowly getting up from their seats and slowly tiptoeing toward the hallway where the stairs were. When they got there, they looked up and saw nothing. They could go up the stairs but quite frankly they were afraid to. “You think he's awake?” Sakura whispered.

 

“I don't know. One of us should check.” Normally there would be an instant volunteer but considering what happened the previous night with him and Sakura, they rather not take the chance of facing Naruto's unholy wrath. They wanted to see him but there was this fear in them that caused them to hesitate. “You know what?” Tenten said, straightening herself up. “We're a bunch of pansies.” The girl's sisters stared at the brunette girl as she marched to the stairs. “We've been trained to take his wrath and this is how we act in the face of uncertain death?”

 

“Easy for you to say.” Ino retorted. “You haven't been an inch near death!”

 

“Well that's a good thing then.” Tenten squared up her shoulders and looked up the stairway, but despite her bravery, she was still afraid.

 

Meanwhile, while the girls were talking amongst themselves, they failed to notice the topic of their conversation crawling on the ceiling like a spider. Naruto felt bold this morning and thought what better way to start a brand new morning then surprising the hell out of his pets. So, getting in position, he put a wicked grin on his face and stopped the flow of chakra to his hands and knees, gravity taking over and letting Naruto plummet to the ground. “BANZAI!” He shouted, his body turning around as he fell so he could land on his feet. He got the reaction he wanted as the girls shrieked in surprise, turning around as Naruto landed. Sakura fell on her butt and scooted back some as did the rest of the girls. “GOOD MORNING UZUMAKI'S!” Naruto shouted, throwing his hands up, and a big smile on his face.

 

The pets, of course, were a bit shocked at Naruto's sudden actions. They were all expecting him to be moody or depressed or angry, but they never expected him to be so...happy. Sakura quickly stood up and patted herself off as her sisters straightened themselves up, waiting for Naruto's orders.

 

Right after he finished stretching.

 

“You know what pets...I feel like having something good for breakfast. Why don't you gals make me something that'll make me feel like I can do anything I want?” The girls quickly nodded and started walking toward the kitchen. Naruto himself stayed where he was though. When Sakura passed him and got a few steps away from him, he spoke. “By the way Sakura...” Sakura froze, knowing she was in trouble. “Why don't you have a seat here and I'll be with you when I'm done?” Sakura stayed planted to the spot even as the girls continued onto the kitchen. She held in her breath as she heard Naruto's footsteps walk toward her, but when Naruto passed her by with nary a word did she start breathing again.

 

When he disappeared, Sakura took a deep breath and took a seat on a chair, facing another chair, her mind going to the worst.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Unfortunely for Sakura, Naruto didn't stay in the kitchen for breakfast. Not five minutes after Naruto ordered Sakura onto a chair, he came back out holding a big bowl of steaming ramen and plopped down onto a chair directly across from the girl. He didn't speak at first but started eating and stared at Sakura. The girl looked back but with those eyes, she couldn't look at him for long and instead opted to stare at her boots. “Tell me Ino...” Sakura looked up when Naruto started speaking but he wasn't speaking to her but the blonde standing near the entrance to the kitchen. “Have you two eaten yet?”

 

“No, we haven't.” Ino answered.

 

“Well, go eat something and stay in the kitchen until I call for you and get dressed.”

 

“As you wish my master.” Ino and Tenten bowed in respect for him and cloaked themselves as not to disturb Naruto and Sakura, and let poor Sakura handle Naruto alone.

 

Silence came back into the living room after the girls left and Naruto started eating again. “First of all...” He suddenly spoke. “Take off the outfit.”

 

“Sir?”

 

“The outfit. Take. It. Off.” Not wanting to have him repeat himself again, Sakura quickly stood up and started taking her outfit off. It was too bad. She was hoping to use her look to work with her and with him forcing her to take it off, she needed something else working for her. Half-way in the process of taking it off, Naruto spoke again. “In fact, keep the boots on.”

 

“Master?”

 

“Keep the boots on but take everything else off. There are some clothes on the table over there.” Sakura looked where Naruto pointed. It was simple clothes, white t-shirt and shorts, but it was the meaning of it that bothered Sakura. She didn't voice anything though but followed Naruto's orders. After Sakura got dressed, she retook her place and waited once again. When Naruto did finally finish his lunch, he sighed and set the bowl down. “What am I going to do with you Sakura hmm? All these months...you stood by my side, helping me, and now you do something that I never thought you would ever do.”

 

“I...”

 

Naruto held up his hand to silence her. “And not to mention that fact that you did it when I almost died. I should've been mad. I was mad but then I was too hurt to be mad.”

 

“Well you see...” Sakura tried to explain but Naruto hushed her again.

 

“I have to admit. Hearing you, you of all people, talk to me like that. I mean, seriously, all the times we argued, Junko never merged with you, never raised your voice that high. In fact, raising your voice at all was a great surprise. I couldn't even speak, really. So...the question I have been dying to ask ever since you slammed the door on me and left me to wallow in my misery is why. Why would you do this to me? You...who would do anything for me?”

 

“I...” Now that Sakura finally had a chance to explain, she was at a loss for words. Seriously, she had a whole speech prepared and now that's gone out the window. “To be honest, nothing I could say will excuse me. I treated you horribly I know that but what you did was so reckless so dangerous that I don't even know what to think so yeah, I reacted. Your feelings...I...”

 

Unfortunately, before Sakura could continue, Naruto roared and lunged at Sakura, his hand closing around her throat and knocking the both of them over the chair and onto the floor. Sakura choked as Naruto tightened his grip on her neck and listened as Naruto spoke in a dark voice. “You have NO idea what I went through after you left. Your words did more then just cut into me. I felt something that I haven't felt in years. When you said to imagine being by myself, I did Sakura and you know what? It was quite vivid what I imagined because you know what? I was alone and it was a feeling I absolutely hated!”

 

“How did you think I felt?” Sakura croaked out, her hands on Naruto's arm but not resisting it. “My parents died and I was alone for a long time. You don't think I remember that feeling? Ten is the same. She's an orphan...just like you. What she did for you made sure she still had a family to go home to. As for Ino...she hasn't experienced the loneliness that we all have. Would you want her to experience what we all have? Her? The lucky one out of all of us?” That statement form Sakura seemed to have soften Naruto's anger some as he released her neck. “When you get down to it master...we're a family of rejects. All of us have been rejected by something or someone at some point in our lives. Even Ino had her moments. Being crushed with the fact that she couldn't have her crush, it took a toll on her but she recovered as did all of us. We all found our family with each other and I don't want to lose that family and I KNOW you don't either.” Naruto backed up some, letting Sakura up. Her words were having quite an impact on him. “What I did to you was to hopefully snap you out of whatever possessed you in the past. Now I'm not saying it was the correct way of doing things but I felt it was the right way.” Naruto remained silent as he took in Sakura's words. She was doing well in her attempts to explain herself and Naruto was actually considering letting her off punishment-free.

 

Almost.

 

“So you weren't trying to betray me by leaving me alone?” He asked.

 

Sakura shook her head, getting her on hands and knees and crawled up to him, getting as close as possible to the boy. “No...I wanted you to realize what you were missing out. I was trying to put you in my shoes. Call me selfish but I felt this was the best way to go. I'm sorry if I hurt you so much but I don't want to lose you because of some stupid reason. All I wanted was for you to stay with us.”

 

“Sakura, I...” Naruto sighed and pushed Sakura off. “I understand that you were trying to help me but what you did to me made me feel like I was alone again and you, out of all of us, know how much I hated that feeling and it really hurts me to say this.”

 

“Master...what are you saying?” Sakura's heart was pumping and her hand slowly moved to her mouth, her body slowly back up.

 

“I'm saying Sakura...that from now on...you are no longer my slave and will return to your former life as a lonely little pathetic girl.”

 

When Sakura heard those words, those awful words. She couldn't believe it. She really hurt Naruto enough to warrant dismissal. What had happened to her? Did she get so possessed with her ranting that both her and Junko got so angry that she signed her own death warrant?

 

“Sakura...”

 

What was she going to do now? There were so many ramanifications to this that it wasn't even funny. How would she live? How would she make an income? Where would she live? She would have to get a place on the extreme opposite of the village, next to the wall. Naruto wouldn't want to see her, not after what happened. The trust she worked so hard to get from her friends were going to be cut down when they find out what happened. All of her rights would be gone.

 

She would be just a simple, peasant girl.

 

“HARLOT, GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE FUCKING GUTTER!”

 

A slap on the face and Naruto's shout caused Sakura to realize that what just happened was a sudden and unexpected daydream. Her eyes flickered back and forth as she tried to regain her bearings. “Wha...what's going on?”

 

“You spaced out when I was trying to say that I think you did a good job. Despite the emotions that I felt due to your words, I understand what you were trying to teach me. You alright Sakura? You look like you seen a ghost or something. Do I need to sic Ino on your mind?”

 

“No...no, you don't need to do that.” Sakura said, shaking her head. “I...I just let my imagination get the better of me.”

 

“You imagined that I let you go didn't you?” He asked after a moment of pause to which Sakura nodded causing Naruto to groan and face palmed. “Sakura, the only reason I would let you go is if you did something worth killing you for, especially to what I consider betrayal. You understand me?”

 

Sakura nodded. “Yeah, but it doesn't really stop me from worrying you know? So what are we going to do now?”

 

“Well...” Naruto stood up and took Sakura with him. “I believe that we don't really need to talk about this anymore. I learned my lesson and I think you did as well and won't get so possessed like that again. Now...can you guess what I'm thinking about?”

 

“I'm not Ino master...the girl refuses to show me how to do that mind thing of hers.” Sakura said chuckling, the way Naruto spoke saying that it's all in the past and that it's time to look toward the future.

 

Naruto chuckled again. “Well I'm thinking that since tomorrow is the exams, we should relax and have a bit of fun. So...TENTEN!” Naruto shouted and not a moment passed before Tenten ran into the room, standing at attention. “You got food in your stomach?” Tenten nodded. “Got any plans for today?” The girl's mouth twitched a bit but she didn't speak. “Well? Speak up girl.”

 

“I...I was hoping to stay in today, con-considering what happened.”

 

“Nonsense!” Naruto took Tenten's arm in his hand. “You're coming out with me today.” Tenten's eyes widened as Naruto started dragging her up the stairs.

 

While Naruto was dragging Tenten up the stairs, Ino quickly rejoined her sister in the living room. Ino wanted to know exactly what was in that daydream of hers but knew better then to ask right now so she'll be content with asking later. “So...that went well.” She simply said.

 

“Extremely.” Sakura answered, turning to her friend. “I was expected some sort of physical punishment like a slap on the hand or something like that.”

 

And if by some kind of horrible fate, at that moment, Naruto realized that he forgot something.

 

“Hey Saku...I forgot something.” Sakura didn't even get a chance to turn around before her throat closed up, the seals on her neck activating and choking Sakura for her punishment. Before Ino could blink, Sakura dropped to the floor, choking for air and withered in agony. She looked up the stairway and saw Naruto, face tightened in concentration and hands fixed in the correct seals, staring at Sakura, a evil grin on his face as he seemed clench himself even more. She looked back down to Sakura and her hands clenched around her throat, as if trying to wring invisible hands off of her neck. This was Sakura's physical punishment. Sakura jinxed herself when she wondered why she wasn't hurt and now she was getting hurt.

 

But Naruto wasn't stopping. Usually he stops after a few seconds but not this time. He was keeping his grip on her neck. Sakura's thrashing was starting to die down and her eyelids started dropping down. “Naruto!” She shouted. “You're going to kill her!”

 

But he wasn't listening. He kept his eyes fixed on the girl on the ground and her weakening struggles. He was waiting for something. Ino was actually wrong, he couldn't kill her with what he's doing, and the seals prevent that. They were only meant as a punishment method and not an execution method but the extreme limit of what it could do is what he wanted. A few minutes later, Sakura's struggles ceased as she passed out and Naruto smiled, releasing his hold on her and allowing the girl to breathe once again. “That's better. Now...” He turned to Tenten. “Shall we?”

 

Tenten dumbly nodded and followed Naruto as he went into his bedroom.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Ino sighed as Naruto left, leaving her with an unconscious girl on the floor. She should've known that Naruto would never forget to punish one of his pets. It was one of the few things that he was proud of, keeping them in line. So now with everyone gone, she wasn't sure what to do. Sakura was knocked out and Tenten was scared of going on and Naruto...well, he's Naruto, but that wasn't the major problem for her.

 

No...her major problem was the news she received via Ibiki a couple days ago concerning her family.

 

But she kept the news to herself, waiting for the right time to tell them. She wasn't going to tell Naruto that's for sure, at least not until after she told her sisters. She just hoped that she got the chance that she needed.

 

“HEY, BLONDE SLUT!” Ino snapped out of her musings when Naruto called for her and sighed. There are certain nicknames that told her that he was getting impatient so she best sees what he wanted. She entered the view from the top of the stairs. “Do NOT wake Sakura up. After three hours have passed, then you can wake her up!”

 

“Yes sir!” Ino took a glance at the clock and saw it was almost 10:30. Two hours? What was he planning?

 

“AND DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE UNTIL AFTER SHE'S AWAKE!”

 

`Really? You had to say that?' Ino thought with a scoff.

 

“I HEARD THAT!”

 

Naruto left, his footsteps going down the hallway and back into his room. It was strange but a second later, Ino heard shouting, arguing as a matter of fact, or rather a one-sided argument as they were loud enough to be heard but not loud enough to be understood. Turning back to her sister, she decided to do her a favor and not leave her looking so pathetic on the floor and quickly dragged her to the couch and put her on it before taking a seat on a chair and waited until Naruto came back down.

 

OoOoOoO

 

When they did come back down and Ino saw the newly dressed Ino, she couldn't help but burst out laughing at the red-faced, spandex-wearing Tenten. In her short time in the family, she never wore spandex on Naruto's orders. Even when she was still on her team, she never wore it. This was her first time and she was embarrassed about it. That must have been what they were arguing about. Her skintight spandex was a mix of black and blue and showed off her body off perfectly and the knee high boots added to the look. I guess Naruto allowed her some modesty as Tenten wore a tight impossibly short skirt that was barely legal and held her weapon scrolls and her pouch wrapped around her right leg, and a backpack on her back. “You finally told her to wear it?” Ino finally said after her laughter died down.

 

“Well, she was being all depressed about going out so I thought I put this on her.” Naruto chuckled and slapped Tenten's butt, causing her to squeal in surprise. “I want people to know that despite what happened, she's still has her head up high.”

 

Ino chuckled and stood up, walking toward the girl and looked at her, going behind her and placing her arms above Tenten's shoulder, pressing her body up against Tenten's back. “So...you feel good?”

 

“A little...but I never wore something like this out in public.” Tenten answered. “I don't know how I'm supposed to feel.”

 

“You're fine with the whole incident right?” Tenten nodded. “Then show it. Don't show any embarrassment. Just let yourself feel good and reflect it.” Ino turned to Naruto. “So...what are your plans for today?”

 

“Well, I'm just going to do some stuff, visit some people for a while. Now you on the other hand, will stay here until either Sakura wakes up or you get her up. After that, you can do what you want, go where you want. I don't care.” Ino resisted the urge to react. “So does that mean I can go see my parents?”

 

“Yeah, like I said, I don't care, BUT I expect all of you to be at the library at exactly 1:45 p.m.”

 

“Well...alright. You keep saying everybody but it's just the two of us.”

 

“Ah ha...now that's where you are wrong darling. When Sakura is finally up and about, I want you to tell her to let Junko out. Give her a stable body so she can last.”

 

“What exactly are you planning master?” Ino finally asked, really confused. She had thought that considering what day it was and what happened, he would rest.

 

Here, Naruto smirked and wrapped his arm around Tenten's and started leading them away toward the front door. “That's a surprise dear Ino. Now there's one more thing I want the three of you to do. Before you leave here, I want all of you to pack nice fresh clothes. I want them dinner clothes, something nice that'll show off your outstanding features. You know what I like so just go with that. I want that sealed in the flesh seals as I really don't want them wrinkled. Make sure you bring the make up and other supplies that you think you might need to look good. We won't be coming home to dress so make sure you have everything.”

 

`Dress clothes? Are we going out or something? Damn it! I wish I could hear what he's thinking. If it wasn't for the rules...I so wish I had turned it on before.' Ino considered asking again but it would mostly have the same affect. “As you wish Naruto-sama.”

 

Naruto nodded and turned back around, rehooking his arm around Tenten's arm. Ino turned as well, deciding to go ahead and pick out her outfit. However, she didn't get a few steps in before Naruto spoke again. “One more thing my little cosmos...” Ino turned back around to see Naruto just about to close the door. “When you pick out your outfit, make sure it compliment boots. I want to see them on you. I don't care what they are as long as they are boots.” He turned toward Tenten. “That goes the same for you. In fact...” He turned to Ino again. “Bring some extras so she can choose. Bye.”

 

With that, Naruto closed the door.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Unfortunately for Ino, Sakura stayed asleep the entire two hours. She was itching to go see her parents but that damn girl just wouldn't wake up. She had already picked out her outfit and sealed them up and now there was nothing to do but wait. She did have the thought of killing time downstairs but then she would run the risk of knocking herself out and being late. As the minutes ticked by, she was getting ticked off by the sleeping girl and began to imagine ways to wake up Sakura in the most horribly way possible and when the last minute passed, she was out of the chair as fast as you could blink and well on her way in dragging Sakura by her hand to the backyard.

 

When Ino finally managed to drag Sakura out onto the marble, she dropped her and started ripping Sakura's clothes off. Once off, Ino went to the side of the house and grabbed the water hose and turned the water on. She knew that the water was going to be cold and despite Sakura liking the cold, the freezing temp would wake her up hard. An evil grin was on her face as she adjusted the nozzle's setting's to jet.

 

No one keeps Uzumaki Ino from seeing her family...besides Naruto of course.

 

Taking aim, she squeezed the trigger, setting a solid stream of ice cold water directly to Sakura's face, producing that exact reactions that Ino wanted. Screaming and trashing, Sakura woke up from the relentless onslaught of cold water. Ino kept up both the wicked grin and the water until she felt Sakura had been punished enough and released the trigger. “Oh...good, you're awake.” Ino spoke, putting the hose down and bending down next to a coughing Sakura.

 

“Wh(cough)what's goi(coughcough)on?”

 

“Bitch like you taking her sweet time napping deserved such a rude awaking.” Of course, hearing that insulting tone in Ino's voice, Sakura knew Ino was pissed about something. She suddenly yelped with something cotton hit her face and set her fully on her back. “Dry yourself and get your fucking ass inside the motherfucking house.”

 

Okay, Ino was really pissed off about something.

 

Removing the towel from her face, she looked at the back of her blonde sister before she disappeared into the house. What had happened while she was out? Did Naruto punish her as well and blamed it on her? Well, she wasn't going to get any answers sitting on this warm marble so she got up and started drying herself off while walking toward the back door. By the time she entered, she was dry and found Ino sitting on a chair and waiting for her. Sakura took a seat on a chair opposite of her and waited. A couple of minutes passed before Ino took a deep, deep breath and let it out. “I'm sorry about that Sakura. I didn't mean that.”

 

“You're pissed about something sis and that gets me mad. So what's up?”

 

Ino took another deep breath and leaned forward. “Do you remember Kin?”

 

Sakura nodded. “I remember I interrogated the girl and she ended up your father. Why?”

 

“The reason I'm asking is because a couple of days ago, I learned something about her.”

 

“Well, if it caused you to wake me up like that then...”

 

“She's dead...” Ino suddenly said. “Or rather she's slated to be executed.”

 

There was silence for a couple of minutes before Sakura spoke again. “What happened? Wasn't Inoichi trying to learn how to be a slave master?”

 

“Yeah, he was but...” Ino sighed and leaned back. “I don't really know all the details, Ibiki didn't tell me much. All I know is that she tried something and got caught. Because of that, Ibiki got her back and put her up for execution.”

 

“I thought she was broken.”

 

“That's what I thought as well but apparently, there was just enough will left in her to try and kill herself and take her captors with her. Now like I said, I don't know the details but I was going to find my father after you got up.”

 

“Well you didn't have to wake me up that way.”

 

“Yeah well, I felt like doing it and I did it.” Ino stood up and dusted off her clothes. “Now before I leave, master wanted me to tell you some orders when you woke up.”

 

“Well, why are you waiting?” Sakura asked, very impatiently.

 

Ino chuckled and nodded. “First of all, he wants Junko out and have a stable body. No idea why he wants her out but he does. Next he wants you to go upstairs and pick out a dinner dress, something really nice. He wants boots so keep that in mind when you pick something out. Don't ask me why, I'm just assuming that we're going out to eat. He also wants you to make sure you both take all the make-up supplies with you as we will not be coming back home and seal up everything in our flesh seals. Now this is important, at precisely 1:45, we're to be in the library.”

 

“Wearing the dresses?”

 

Ino shook her head. “No...I don't know exactly when but he'll tell us I guess. So...to recap...let Junko out. Choose some nice clothes and seal them up. Both of you have some fun until 1:45 while I go visit my parents. Something else is going to happen. You want me to repeat it?”

 

Sakura chuckled and shook her head. “Nah, I think I got it. You leaving?”

 

“After I'm sure you understand his orders. He's going to hurt me if you had a misunderstanding.”

 

Sakura let out a soft groan and rolled her eyes. “Give Junko an earth body, the both of us choose dinner dresses and seal those as well as make-up supplies in our seals, have some fun and when it's close to 1:45, go to the library and wait.”

 

“And the boots?”

 

“Make sure the outfit matches it.”

 

“Good.” Ino stood up and bowed. “Now if you excuse me, I need to go see my parents.”

 

OoOoOoO

 

Ino wasn't sure just what kind of mood her father would be in when she finally ran into him but she could imagine his pride hurt. After all, Kin was a project he had taken on, to further his understanding on the master/slave relationship. To be honest, Ino never really quite understood why he never asked Naruto for help. He knew that Naruto likes to talk. He knew that, if asked, he would tell you more then you wanted to know about a subject. Naruto knows her father and most importantly, he trusted him so all Inoichi had to do was ask for one of them and he would give him one of his pets for his research.

 

Well, on the other hand, he did say that he wanted to do it by himself but still...no harm in asking right?

 

Taking the shortest route, she arrived at her home and decided to go in through the flower shop where she found her mother working with a customer. She smiled when Iris brightened up upon seeing her and held up a finger, saying that it'll be a moment. Ino nodded and looked around her former place of employment. She really missed working here. The aroma of the flowers, the smell of the fertilizer, and even the stinky smell of the dung fertilizer out back. She looked forward to retiring because it meant that she could come back here and work alongside her parents again. She may have grown up and is a masochist sex slave to a boy who really REALLY likes to inflict extreme pain on them, Sakura especially.

 

But that doesn't mean Ino doesn't miss her parents terribly.

 

After all she was still twelve years old and by all rights she should still be living with her parents, enjoying life to the fullest before she grew up. Well life wasn't always fair and because of her stupidity, she found her way into Naruto's life, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, Ino thought. Because of him, she's much stronger both mentally and physically, can withstand her own rape, and even mind-rape someone if she chooses. All in all, life was very fair to her.

 

Ino felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked behind her to see her mother. “Haven't seen you in a long time sweetie.”

 

“Yeah I missed you too mama.”

 

“Why don't we come inside for a bit?” Ino nodded and her mother went to the store door, locked it and switched the sign to `closed' and went back to her daughter and they entered the house.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Once Ino and Iris had settled in, there was a bit of an awkward silence. It was a bit strange to Ino though since she hardly seen her mother so quiet but since she knew why, it was a little more confusing. After a while though, the silence was getting unnerving so she was the first to speak. “So...where's dad?”

 

“He's mediating in the garden.”

 

“How upset is he? How are you as a matter of fact? You're never this silent.”

 

Iris chuckled and shifted. “Ever the observant aren't you?”

 

“Just how attached were you to her?” Ino asked, her face showing no emotion other then curiosity. “If you're hesitating about talking about it...”

 

“If you want the truth...” Ino's mother suddenly interrupted. “I had grown attached to the girl.” Iris chuckled when Ino sported a confused look and raised one of her eyebrows. “I know I know, but there was just something about her. I liked her, really I did, and things were going great until she tried to kill herself and us.”

 

“So what happened?”

 

“You're going to have to ask your father that.”

 

“I will. So how have you been doing? How's the shop?”

 

“Well, the shop has been doing fine no thanks to your leaving.” Iris joked. “But I have to admit, I missed the freedom when you were working at the shop. Now I can't keep shirking my chores on you.”

 

Ino laughed, remembering how her mother used to boss her around. “Yeah well, I won't leave you alone for too long. Once I quit, master will allow me to return to my job here.”

 

“Well I can't wait for that time but for the present, I need to get back to the shop. Your father's in the back.”

 

“Alright, I'll go see him.”

 

OoOoOoO

 

While Iris went back to the shop, Ino went to the backyard and found her father, deep in meditation. She knew better then to speak to him right now so she simply walked up and sat next to him entering into a similar meditation pose and just waited. She didn't have her passive telepathy on but she didn't need it. She knew her father and so she waited, waited for him to adjust. After a while though, it seems like he wasn't going to speak so she broke the silence by speaking first. “You know...when I first learned that you wanted to know why master is how he is, I was completely surprised. I mean, at first, you barely tolerated him. Even in the beginning when he first got Sakura, you tolerated him but you helped him when he asked for help, even before all this and now because I'm happy and you know it, that tolerance became acceptance, and caused you two to become friends somewhat.”

 

“You going somewhere with this?” Inoichi asked, keeping his eyes closed.

 

Ino chuckled and continued. “So when you told me you asked for Kin, to be a master, I knew I was your daughter because it was my curiosity that landed me with him and your curiosity that landed her with you.”

 

“So what are you saying? I shouldn't have tried?”

 

“That's not what I'm saying. All I'm saying is that you could've been a little more prepared. Naruto-sama learned about it before he even tried anything with Sakura.”

 

“And you think I went into it naive? Princess, if you think that...”

 

“AGAIN...” Ino interrupted. “That's not what I'm saying. I know you and I know how you like to learn but dealing with an enemy captive, a kuniochi for that matter, things are a bit different. Now I don't know exactly what you did and I have every confidence you did the best the two of you could do. I would be more then happy to hear about it when you're ready but what I would like to know is how you are doing. How you are handling her future execution.”

 

“Past execution.” Inoichi corrected, the both of them never moving from their poses and keeping their eyes shut. “She was killed yesterday.”

 

“Already, damn...that was fast.”

 

“Executed, autopsied, incinerated, and her ashes incinerated.”

 

The young blonde chuckled. “Too bad. Sakura would've loved to be involved in that process. You know she's actually thinking of moving away from her medical studies and studying to be a medical examiner.”

 

“Girl like Sakura and her little...obsession, M.E. would be perfect for her.”

 

“That's what I said but a guro freak like her should not be let with dead bodies.”

 

“How do you know she's a guro freak?”

 

Now that question caused Ino to open a single eye and stare at her father. “I know her dad and I know what she likes. Guro is near the top.”

 

Inoichi chuckled. “In my experience, an involved girl like that would be great for advancements.”

 

Ino scoffed. “Please, any advancements that girl makes would end up badly for everybody and only work for herself.” The elder Yamanaka laughed and patted Ino's back, the completely off topic conversation brightening him up, and breaking his meditation stance. Ino chuckled as well, also breaking the meditation stance. “So what happened? Did she give you the slip?”

 

“Apparently, she didn't want to live with slavers and potential rapists.”

 

“Rapist? She actually said that?”

 

Inoichi nodded. “Apparently she had been raped before, by both male and female, and didn't want to experience that again, especially coming from a `torturer' like me.”

 

“Did you do anything like that when you had her?” Ino yelped when her father smacked her hard in the back of the head, just like Naruto loves to do. “Sorry.”

 

“You talk to your mother?”

 

“Yeah I did. I'm just wondering just how attached she was to the girl.”

 

“Iris really liked her. Good hand to have around the shop.”

 

“Now she'll have to do the stuff herself...” Inoichi chuckled. “Or rather get you to do all of it.” That smile turned into a frown and Ino chuckled, placing a hand on her father's thigh. “Look, having Kin was a good experience, but once again, I want to tell you. Just talk to master, share your experiences. You'll learn more with him. Hell, if you want to try it again, just ask him to borrow one of us, hell, ask to borrow me if you want! Just don't be afraid to ask for help...you-ahhhhh.” Inoichi yelped when Ino suddenly dug her nails in his thigh and let out a strained scream. “God that bitch!” Ino said after it passed. “She didn't have to spike it.”

 

“What's going on?” Inoichi said, also through strained teeth.

 

“Sakura's calling me. I have to go.” Ino relaxed her grip on her father's thigh and stood up, giving him a kiss on the forehead before heading to the backdoor. “I'll try and see you later.” Ino didn't wait for a response before going back into the house and giving her mother one last goodbye before heading to the library. She left afterwards and went onto the path toward the library. It wasn't that far but it wasn't that close either and Sakura seemed to remember that, calling on her a full twenty minutes before it was time. Ino suppose she should be thankful for Sakura calling her because had so not, she most likely would've stayed past that time and end up having Naruto, a little ticked off, come to her house and drag her out kicking and screaming.

 

It took a bit of time but Ino finally got to the library and with a couple of minutes to spare. She entered the quiet realm of the library and found her sisters lounging on one of the many sets of chairs for reading purposes. Actually, `sister's' was the wrong sense of the word as it was just Sakura and Junko in one of their usual deep discussions so that let her go up to them and smack the back of Sakura's head, causing the girl to yelp and swerve around.

 

Junko, of course, saw the girl coming but chose to remain silent.

 

“What the hell was that for?” Sakura shouted, but was quickly shushed by the surrounding patrons.

 

“You know exactly what that was for.” Ino whispered, taking a seat on a couch opposite of them. “I was with my father.”

 

“Still doesn't stop her from spiking it.” Junko added with a slight chuckle. “So how did it go anyway?”

 

“They're not that affected by it but I think daddy is going to do a lot of thinking in the near future.”

 

“You going to tell master?” Sakura asked.

 

Ino shook her head and leaned back. “Nah, like I said before, daddy will go to him himself. Speaking of Naruto-sama, have you seen him or Tenten?”

 

“No.” They spoke together. “We just got here a few minutes ago.”

 

“Oh, that reminds me. Have either of you seen Tenten today?”

 

“No, why?” Sakura and Junko were still speaking together.

 

Ino smirked. “Oh you'll see.”

 

Sakura and Junko looked at each. That smirk on Ino's face was familiar and it told them that they would be in for a treat the next time they see Tenten. Ino didn't say anything else and she apparently decided to lay back and close her eyes, waiting for Naruto and the girls went back to their previous conversation.

 

OoOoOoO

 

By the time Ino came to the library, it was about 25 minutes until 1:45 so all they could do was wait. As the twins chatted with each other and Ino took a cat nap on the couch, it was peaceful. Because of her position, Junko was able to see the entrance way so when somebody came from the edge of the large bookshelf, Junko's eyes flicked to it and when she saw who it was and what she was wearing, she did a double take and her mouth dropped open in surprise.

 

Sakura, noticing her twin's reaction, turned around and also did a double take. “Holy crap.” She whispered.

 

There, in full view, was her brunette sister wearing her beautiful designed spandex outfit proudly and with her head held up high. Her boots thunked on the floor as she walked toward them, a slight weary look on her face. That must have been what Ino was talking about. Tenten was drop dead gorgeous in that outfit. Naruto had never ordered Tenten into spandex. Leather sure, but never spandex. Tenten reached behind her and took off her backpack and tossed it on next to the chair before plopping down on it, letting out a long sigh.

 

“See what I mean.” Ino suddenly said from her supposed nap. “I told you.”

 

“You didn't tell us she was wearing spandex.” Junko said, a little outraged.

 

“How was it?” Sakura asked. “Wait...where's master?”

 

“He'll be along in a bit. As for your first question, despite my earlier reservations, I have an extremely good time. The spandex felt really good and I got really horny.” Here Tenten let out a long sigh. “Unfortunately Naruto-sama only let me cum twice to get the edge off. He said that what he planned on will get my attention off of my lust.”

 

“Did the two of you have sex?”

 

Tenten shook her head. “No, just some really good fingering. I sucked him off quite a few times though, but other then that, we just had a good time out.”

 

“How did people react to you?” Junko asked, her eyes shifted back and forth.

 

Tenten shrugged. “Hard to say. There were some hard looks but the vast majority of them were surprised to see me wearing such tight spandex.”

 

“And when she's petting my hair...” Naruto's voice suddenly sounded, causing Sakura to jump in surprise as the voice came from behind her, as he took Sakura's head and hair into his hands. “While I'm sitting on her lap, I'm purring like a lovable kitten. I tell you, the sight is too adorable to hate.” Sakura didn't move as Naruto buried his nose in Sakura's hair, inhaling the sweet scent. “But other then that...” Naruto's muffled voice sounded out. “No problems.”

 

While Naruto got his fill of Sakura's scent, she glared at her twin. “Is it too much for me to ask that you tell me when someone's sneaking up behind me?”

 

“I could...” Junko said with a smirk. “But that'll take all the fun out of it.”

 

Sakura huffed. Despite more then a year of training, Naruto still had the skills, or luck, to sneak up on her and surprise her, but with Naruto's breath in her hair and his hands caressing her face, she couldn't stay mad. “I hate it when you do that.” She whispered to Naruto, the boy smirking in response.

 

“Now what kind of master would I be if I made things easier for you?” Naruto chuckled as the girl huffed again, but didn't offer any responses. He looked up at the girl he just spent the last few hours with. “Ten...” He spoke, drawing her attention. “Get out of the spandex and into something causal.”

 

“You sure?” When Naruto raised his eyebrow at her, Tenten was sure. “Right.”

 

Naruto's eyes moved to Sakura's darker haired twin, Junko. “Junko...”

 

“Sir?”

 

“Come with me.” Naruto released Sakura from his grip, the girl letting out a confused sound, and walked beside Junko as she got up, wrapping his arm around the girl, leaving the rest of them behind to wonder exactly what Naruto was thinking in that skull of his. Sakura looked at Ino, who only shrugged, and looked at Tenten, who shrugged, and she huffed.

 

She hated being in the dark.

 

OoOoOoO

 

Junko tried her best to control her hands as both she and Naruto walked away from her host and family. The close proximity of her master, the boy she hadn't fucked for nearly two months, was having a profound effect on her sex drive. The small massaging Naruto was giving her only further frustrated her. She couldn't do anything though until they were quite a ways from them and out of earshot. She knew why Naruto wanted to talk to her but the pace in which he was walking was getting even more frustrating. He knew what he was doing to her, the smug look on his face told her all she needed to know.

 

So when he finally stopped, well out of earshot of the family, looked around the section with the table and chairs surrounded by books on the shelves and nodded, Junko sprung into action. Swinging out of Naruto's grip, she grabbed Naruto's shirt in a tight grip and swung him around, slamming him against the towering books, and kissed him hard on the lips. “My my...aggressive much?” He said with a smirk that only infuriated her more when she moved back.

 

“You know EXACTLY why I'm so aggressive!” She shouted, shoving him against the books once again. “Two months...two months since we had sex. You damn right I'm aggressive!” This time, Junko lifted Naruto off the ground and kissed him again so that she didn't have to bend down a bit to kiss him. While Junko was busy ravaging his mouth, Naruto couldn't help but smirk. Even though Sakura can be aggressive with him, it never compared to what Junko did to him. If he had to list, Ino would be the least to be such aggressive with Tenten a close third to Sakura but Junko is the one who takes the prize. In fact, some of his favorite sessions were the `fights' he has with Junko.

 

As long as she has a stable body.

 

Taking ahold of her shirt, he pushed her off, the girl stumbling back. She growled as he smirked, taking off his jacket and tossed it, just as Sakura started to advance on him again. He met her halfway though and the two bruised each others lips as they kissed again. “You...are a real...bastard you know?” Junko said in between kisses, gasping as Naruto went for her neck. “Last time we talked, you refused to have sex with me. I tried but...” Junko squealed as Naruto bit her in the neck. “You nearly broke my arm when I tried.”

 

“Tormenting you...is half the fun my little spy.”

 

Junko narrowed her eyes and growled, grabbing Naruto and swinging them around, somehow landing on the table with Junko on top, her hand around his throat. “I haven't had a dick in me for two months!” She whisper shouted. “The ghosts only took the edge off and I so badly wanted it again. You know how maddening it is seeing the two of you fuck but am unable to do anything but lie their and only feel what she feels? If you weren't my master, I rape you over and over again till I had my fill and so much more.” They were making a lot of noises and it wouldn't be long until somebody came to check it out but they'll cross that bridge when it came. Junko's hand was still on Naruto's neck and there was anger in her eyes. “And it was even worse when you gang bang her!”

 

Deciding he had enough, Naruto's fist shout out and punched her in the nose, Junko letting him go and giving him the chance to rise up and tackle her to the ground and straddle the girl, taking the dominating position. He reached down, grabbed her shirt and lifted her up, nearly biting her mouth as he kissed her again, the girl below him propping herself up with her elbows and returned the kiss with anger in her movements. “I do...what I do...” Naruto spoke, nearly hissing. “Because I love it!” The twin yelped as Naruto threw her to the ground and ripped off her shirt, immediately diving down and bit into her breasts, sucking and licking at the girl bucked at the sudden pain and pleasure, but she wasn't one to be outdone. She took him by the shoulders and rolled them over and once again took over the commanding spot.

 

The blood was pounding in her eyes as she tried to undo his pants but the damn zipper was stuck. Thankfully Naruto helped her unzip his pants and the girl nearly threw them off, exposing his stiff meat stick. She was hungry for it and nobody was going to stop her from tasting it with both her mouths. She stuck her tongue out as she went down, the boy bucking up and shoving the entirety of his prick into her mouth. She wasn't able to move out as Naruto wrapped one of his legs around her back and brought her down with him. She choked but was able to breath as she started using her skills to full effect.

 

Naruto allowed himself a couple moments pleasure before he decided he wanted more. He sat up and grabbed one of Junko's legs and lied back down again, his hand forcing Junko to spin around so that they were in a 69 position. A second after Junko realized what had happened, she let out a muffled scream as Naruto bit her on one of her labia folds. Her fingernails drew blood as she clenched them and decided to return the favor. A rush went through her body as she came from the pain and pleasure. Even though she had a clone body, her internal works still functioned and she came...heavy on Naruto's face who lap it up like a greedy dog. She took him out and wrapped her lips as much as she could around the side of his cock and bit down, the boy screaming in pain. She could feel him growl and he responded to her biting by dragging his nails from the top of her butt cheeks and dragging them down, drawing blood.

 

Junko growled in return and looked back just as he flipped the both of them over. She got a little dizzy as he did that and spun her around and pulled her under him, his fangs red from the bit he gave her. “Crazy bitch.” He muttered.

 

“Fucking bastard.” She retorted.

 

“Why are your shorts still on?”

 

“Give me a moment brat and I'll have them off.”

 

That wasn't as fast as Naruto wanted so he pulled them off for her and tossed them with the other discarded clothes. His head was still looking at the pile so that gave Junko the chance to wrap her hand around the back of his neck and pull him down, burying his head in her bosom. It may look like she was trying to suffocate him but she wanted to feel the sensation of his head in between her breasts. Naruto struggled and finally got out of them but Junko grabbed him again before he could grab her and slammed him to the ground, planting herself right onto his face, her breath letting out shuddering moans as she felt him move and his breath flowing across her pussy. She was well aware welts on her butt but that only encouraged her to grind herself on his face, giving her more pleasure by the fact she was sitting on his face.

 

Good thing she cleaned herself last time she went to the bathroom.

 

Despite Naruto hitting her ass trying to get her off, she was reluctant to as she was having so much fun, however, she was unaware of the fact that Naruto's hand was moving up her back. It reached her hair and he grabbed it, yanked on it, and sent her yelping toward the floor. He didn't give her a chance to recover as he grabbed her, flipped her over, and slammed her head into the wooden floor. “Now...” Naruto said, gasping for breath. “Before I get distracted again my spy...” Junko yelped as he started grinding her head into the floor. “What do you have to report? Tell me about what happened after Sakura woke up.”

 

“She understands why you punished her. She was really surprised that you only stopped at choking. She was expecting a lot more like being sent to be Ibiki's plaything for a month.” Junko whimpered as she felt Naruto's dick rub against her pussy.

 

“Believe me the thought entered my mind.” Naruto growled.

 

“Why didn't you?”

 

“Saving it for later. Well? I didn't tell you to stop. Keep going!”

 

Junko screamed through her teeth as she grabbed Naruto's arm and used her strength to flip them over. She pinned Naruto's arms down by moving them under his butt and putting her weight on that region. When she was confident Naruto's arms were secured, she continued speaking. “Since my last report, they haven't gotten into in trouble that I know of.”

 

“You sure?” He asked, letting the sensation of Junko straddling him close his eyes and moan while keeping his hands where they were.

 

“They go to Sakura for everything.” Junko said, slinking down and moving like a snake over his torso. “She's their confidant, someone to tell if they betray you, to get her advice. Yeah, I'm sure.” Naruto giggled as he felt Junko's breath tickle his chest hairs. She was kissing his chest and he loved the feeling. “Ino found out something a couple of days ago that dealt with her family.”

 

“Anything severe?” He asked, gasping as Junko started to lick his erect nipples.

 

“Something like that. You should be expecting Inoichi to approach you sometime soon. Nothing to worry about Ino though as it won't pertain to her.” Naruto had his eyes closed so he didn't see the smirk on her face. He noticed her hands go to his nipples as if to pleasure them but Junko had something different in mind. Grabbing them, she gave him a purple nurple. Naruto screamed through his teeth and opened his eyes as Junko leaned forward, a smirk on her lips. “But besides that, the family has found out something big, huge, something absolutely mind-blowing.”

 

“You going to tell me?” He spoke through gritted teeth.

 

“No.” She announced, letting go of Naruto's nipples. “I happen to agree with their reasons for not telling you so that's that.”

 

Naruto growled and grabbed Junko, swinging her forward and forcing her forehead to hit the edge of the table which caused the girl to be disorientated for a bit while Naruto knocked her back onto the ground. A snarl was on his face as he rounded on the recovering girl. “Who originally found out the information?” When she didn't answer right away, he decided to give her some incentive so he moved down and bit her nipple. Junko kept her mouth shut although she wanted to scream. “It was Ino.” Came the strained answer. “That's all I'm telling you.” That seemed to sate Naruto as he let go of Junko's nipple, but she grabbed him and brought him up and kissed him. “So are you going to fuck me or not?”

 

He rounded on her, grabbing her neck. “I'll fuck you when I'm good and ready.”

 

Junko didn't like that answer so she grabbed him and they rolled again, trying to get their dominance in play. They rolled under the table and Naruto finally pinned her down and bared his fangs. Junko needed to be put down a notch. Grabbing her head, he moved it to the side and dove in, sinking his teeth into her flesh.

 

Junko whimpering as she felt him break the skin and her blood roll down her neck. He was trying to get her to be more submissive like she should but she wasn't. To do that was to give up and Naruto...hated quitters. Wrapping her legs around him, she pulled, forcing Naruto off of her neck. To keep his mouth busy, he put it on her lips, the both of them getting passionate in their tongue war. “Anything else to report?” He asked once they broke apart.

 

“They're wondering what the hell you're planning today. That's about it.”

 

Naruto smiled and moved down, nuzzling Junko's face in deep affection. To him, the time for abuse and fighting was over and he wanted to enjoy receiving the gifts a female can bring him. He adjusted his position so that his painfully hard cock lined up to Junko's ready and waiting pussy. They were both ready to do this but just as Naruto moved, there were voices that got closer. Voices that caused both of them to freeze and their eyes to widen in shock.

 

They weren't alone.

 

“I'm telling you Kei. It should be over here. Lady said it should be.”

 

“Aiko...you have a cold. You should be in bed, not gallivanting out in looking for something to read while you're bed-ridden. Seriously, you got plenty of books at home.”

 

Two males, seemed to be friends, mid-20's or 30's, and one of them seem to have a cold as evident by Kei's statement and the sudden bout of coughing. Both Naruto and Junko held their breath, looking out from under the table at the feet moving around. They haven't spotted them yet but they soon realize that their clothes were still out there, but Junko's attention was short lived on what was happening outside. Her body was burning as she needed him and his body.

 

So confident in her ability to keep quiet, she placed a hand on Naruto's mouth to get his attention as she wrapped her legs around him and started to slowly pull. Naruto quickly turned to Junko and shook his head but Junko kept nodding and pulling. Naruto opened his mouth and Junko turned her hand sideways and forced it in Naruto's mouth. Naruto, however, bit down hard. The girl winced but she kept pulling. She even grabbed Naruto's hand and shoved it in her mouth and bit down, just to let her know she was serious. Meanwhile, the two friends continued talking.

 

“Aiko, it's not here. Let's go.”

 

“Alright...hey, what's that?”

 

“Looks like clothes. Now lets get out of here before you get even more sick.”

 

“But why are they here?”

 

“How the fuck should I know? Maybe a couple of kids are streaking I don't know.”

 

Naruto finally gave up and pushed himself inside Junko. If they were going to get caught then they might as well do it while they are fucking. However, once the fright passed, there was a rush in them. The excitement that there was somebody there and they were so close to getting caught that, once they got started, they couldn't stop. They kept their hands in each other's mouth though, just to keep themselves quiet.

 

Someone took a seat on the table and their blood got even faster. His foot was a two inches away from Junko's side. If he moves that foot, he's going to feel them. “Hey Kei...remind me again. What was that kuniochi's name, that girl that slaughtered a bunch of people recently?”

 

Naruto perked up, just as his friend took a seat on the opposite side. Now things were really getting scary.

 

“Tenten...I think.”

 

“Yeah, that's it. I was still sick but have you heard anything about that?”

 

Kei sighed. All I heard was that a group of people committed treason and she executed them.”

 

“Is that all?” Aiko erupted into another bout of coughs. “I know you like the rumor mill so let's have it. There's no way a single girl could take on all them on.”

 

There was silence amongst the friends while the two under the table continued their slow fucking. They were indeed taking a great risk. If they can't hear them, then they were bound to smell them but it seemed the cold clogged up one nose but there was still the other.

 

“Well, I may have heard something. Keep in mind this is just rumor. You know that boy she's dating, Uzumaki Naruto?”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“Well, they attacked him and nearly killed him and she went into a state of rage because of that. I heard she actually went feral, you know, fangs and claws and all that, and basically just brutalized them. No one was kept alive.”

 

“Dude...that's awesome.”

 

“What?” Kei sounded confused and so were Naruto and Junko.

 

“Seriously, doing something like that is something out of a fairy tail or something. Seriously, if that was actually true, that would be so awesome. It means that ninja can love a lot and not be so emotionless like those ANBU I rarely see.”

 

“So you don't really think less of her?”

 

“Of course not!” Aiko started coughing because of the shout. “It just tells me that I made a good decision living here. If she's like the rest of her friends, then I feel safe.”

 

Naruto paused and relaxed his bite on Junko's mouth. He was shocked at the statement the man told. He had thought that Tenten was going to be generally disliked but if others shared Aiko's opinion, then there's hope after all for her. Junko was thinking the same thing if the understanding look on her face was any indication.

 

He looked up when Aiko started coughing again and his friend got up from the table. “Alright Aiko, time to go. You're staying in bed this time even if I have to tie you down.”

 

But despite what was going on above the table line, they never stopped moving, never stopped fucking. They did slow down, however, but they never stopped. They were both close to orgasm and both wanted to prolong it as long as possible. When the two friends left, Junko reached out and grabbed Naruto and picked up their pace once again. They seemed to have gone into a missionary position and Naruto was hovering over Sakura as he got close and close to release.

 

With her slight moaning and panting, she manage to crack open an eye and found herself looking at Naruto's neck and if on cue, the hickey on her neck flared up. Naruto bit her god knows how many times and she wanted revenge. There was just one more angry act in her and she was determined to do it. So...somehow propping herself up on her elbows, she buried her head in the nape of Naruto's neck and toy with the area that she knew where Naruto loved to be toyed with. She wanted her bite to coincide with their orgasms and with the rapid increase, she knew it was close by.

 

The time came as both of their bodies seized up and Junko bit down, the boy hissing at the sudden inclusion of slight pain in his orgasm. She let go and manage to catch sight of the hickey she had given him. It wouldn't last for very long but she would always remember it. Naruto collapsed on the ground, rolling to the side as they panted, the girl seeking out his hand and holding it. She smiled as they looked at each other. “God I love angry sex.”

 

Naruto couldn't help but agree.

 

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Despite wanting to lay there with one of his favorite girls, he knew it was only a matter of time before somebody else came and caught them. They were lucky before and Naruto didn't want to risk getting caught and end up getting banned from the library and not to mention he had an appointment to keep. “Aww man...” Naruto looked over to Junko as he was pulling his clothes back on to see Junko looking over her ruined clothes. “You ruined my clothes.” Junko pouted and gave Naruto a cute sad look.

 

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle. “So sorry...” He apologized but both of them knew he wasn't being very serious about it. He ripped up her clothes on purpose. “Cover yourself with the henge.”

 

“But Sakura is going to realize and she's going to keep bugging me, especially when she smells me.” She whined but Naruto just ignored her, zipping up his jacket. Junko sighed and gave up. He wasn't going to budge and it wasn't worth arguing over something as small as this so she concentrated for a moment and clothes shimmered on her body. “So what exactly are you planning for today?”

 

“It's a surprise dear pet.” Naruto held out his hand and Junko took it, the both of them heading back to where the family was, but Junko couldn't keep her eyes off of Naruto. What was he planning? Hearing his instructions from Ino, she was sure that whatever he had planned involved all of them, even her. Naruto had wanted her out. Now if he just wanted her monthly report and a quick fuck, he would've said to go back to Sakura's mind but he didn't. He still wants her out.

 

What the hell was he planning?

 

In no time at all, they finally reached the area where they left the rest of their family. Ino was napping as well as Tenten, but Sakura, even though they could only see the side of her face, could tell she had a frown and it was quite possible that the reason is the same one that Junko is mulling over. The instant they came into view, Sakura turned on them and her frown deepened, her senses telling her what happened between them. “Oh, you two go get to go have fun with my twin while leaving the rest of us out to dry?”

 

“Believe me sis, I had no idea what he was going to do.” Junko muttered and then crossed her arms and looked at the boy. “And I still don't.”

 

“Patience patience...” Naruto sat down on top of Ino's legs. The girl was already awake when Sakura started speaking so she didn't jerk awake. “Now...am I correct in assuming you have your dresses all picked out?” Everybody nodded. “Complete with boots?” They nodded again. “Now...do any of you have any plans for today that I should be aware of?” Everybody shook their head. “Good...” Naruto stood up and patted himself down. “Now let's go. We're going to be late.”

 

“What are you planning?” Tenten asked, speaking what everybody thought.

 

But Naruto kept silent.

 

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When they left the library, Naruto took a right turn and the girls followed. They still had no idea what was going on so they just followed. He was taking his time, however, as his pace wasn't in any hurry. Ino and Tenten took position on either side of Naruto while Sakura and Junko stood side by side behind him. They wanted to be on Naruto's side but their sisters had already taken that spot. Naruto didn't really say a word, he just stayed silent as he walked. The girls tried to make conversation with him but he didn't really respond, only nodding and movements like that.

 

The only ones who did any talking were the twins and somehow, they got into one of their `what if's' talks. This time it seemed to be another one of their `zombie plans'. “I'm telling you Junko, my plan is sound.”

 

“Your plan is stupid.” Junko responded.

 

“Oh yeah? Zombies are dead...zombies have no body heat, therefore, when in sub-zero temperatures, they'll freeze like corpsicles. It's brilliant!”

 

“It's idiotic. You'll be dead long before you can get to Snow and even if you somehow manage to get a decent enough boat WITH supplies, there's no guarantee you'll survive the sea or that they'll let you in once you get there.”

 

“Not with my stealth abilities.” Sakura pointed out. “I'll be able to take my time getting supplies and a sea-worthy boat. And what about you? You change your plan again? You still doing that kamikaze stunt?”

 

“It's not a stunt!” Junko snapped. “It's a perfectly sound plan if I'm stuck in one location and can't leave.” Tenten's ears perked up. “I'll find a big house and fortify it as much as I can and sneak out for supplies when and if I can and I'll make my own explosives, as powerful as I can make them, fueled by what I can get my hands on with maximum shrapnel coverage, then when I'm out of supplies and about to die, I'll bait and get as many zombies as I can and let them in before going out in a blaze of glory.”

 

Sakura scoffed. “Now that sounds like something Tenten would do.”

 

“It should.” Junko smirked. “I stole it from her.”

 

“WHAT?” Tenten swerved around but kept on walking backwards. “Make your own plan bitch!” She turned with a huff and kept walking.

 

“What is your plan?” Sakura asked, a narrowing of the eyes. “We talked about this before and you always seem to change your mind.”

 

“Well...” Junko placed a hand on her chin in thought. “In real life, I know you would use me as fresh meat. Even the zombies have any memory they'll know ninja have the ability to use clones and if they don't, that'll make it better. I'll run, causing them to run after me. If you put me into a bomb body...” Bomb body refers to the Bunshin Daibakuha technique where the body is literally a bomb and can be quite powerful depending on how much chakra you put in. “Then once I get far enough, I'll detonate and go back to you.”

 

“Well that's a reasonable plan.” Sakura said, nodding. “None of us want to die though.”

 

“I wonder if master has a zombie plan...” Junko whispered, leaning toward her twin. “He never gets into our talks.”

 

“That's because our arguments are probably annoying to him.”

 

“Actually, I have 25 different zombie plans.”

 

Sakura was taken aback by Naruto's sudden statement and suddenly had the thought that Naruto was going into his General roleplay. “Wow, that's a lot of preparation. I'm impressed Naru...”

 

Naruto suddenly rounded back, getting into the twins faces. “Don't be dirtbag, 24 of the 25 plans involve using your fresh corpse as bait, so I can make my initial escape, from the legions of the undead!”

 

`Oh great...' Ino thought with a sigh. `He's getting into his Sarge mood. Might as play along.' “What happens when you run out of bodies?”

 

Naruto turned and grinned, slipping in between the twins and wrapping his arms around their shoulders, slightly forcing them to bend down a bit. “As for my last plan, I knowingly infect myself with the zombie virus, just so I can devour you!”

 

At the mentioning of devouring them, Junko paled. “Master you got to be kidding me.”

 

“Why do you think I keep one of you with me at all times? You got to be ready at a moment's notice! HA!” Naruto broke apart from the twins and continued walking. Tenten was the first to follow. Ino sighed and shook her head before continuing.

 

“Well...” Sakura stated. “Now we know what his plans are.”

 

“You don't think he's serious do you?” Junko asked Sakura, but the girl only ignored her and started walking. “Sakura...he's kidding right? Sakura? Wait up!” Junko sprinted for a second to catch up to Sakura. She wasn't going to leave this alone. “Sakura, answer me!”

 

“Of course he's kidding. It's only a fantasy like the roleplay he just did. Why are you so bummed about this?”

 

“I hate vore.” Junko answered. “Just the thought of being eaten by a cannibal disgusts me.”

 

“Oh yeah, now I remember. First time me and him talked about it, you made your opinion about it quite clear. Hell, you even go deep into my mind whenever he puts me on a spit.”

 

“Don't remind me.” Junko said with a harsh voice, hitting Sakura in the arm. “I hate it when he does that.”

 

“You do what he says.” Sakura said, hitting her back. “No matter what you think.”

 

Junko didn't respond but she returned another hit, this time harder and on the side of Sakura's stomach. This started a fist fight between the two girls. Sakura lunged and tackled Junko to the ground, her fists pounding on Junko's defenses, hoping to get a strike in to her face. This always happen whenever those two are side by side. Something always gets said that starts a fight between them and they always get injuries because of it.

 

But not this time.

 

Junko's defenses dropped for a second and Sakura moved to strike but just as she moved forward, something stopped her and she turned her head to see Tenten grabbing her and she pulled, throwing her into an alleyway, Junko following shortly after courtesy of Naruto. Before they could recover, Naruto reached them and grabbed them, throwing them against the wall. He grabbed their necks and pinned them. “ALWAYS!” He shouted. “THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHENEVER YOU TWO ARE TOGETHER! Every single time, you fight fight fight.” Naruto took a deep breath and calmed down some. “Now...I don't mind your constant bickering or your arguments or talks or discussions or whatever you call them. Hell, I don't even mind your fights.” That caused the girls to look at each other in confusion. If he didn't mind them then why did he stop them? “Its fun seeing you two fight and argue. The constant bickering can definitely brighten my day, but NOT today. Today has been an extremely good day for me and I do NOT want you two arrested for disorderly conduct. That, combined with my extremely good day being ruined by your arrest, will cause me to leave you rotting in jail for a WEEK! On any other day, I wouldn't care and I would keep you out but with exams the next day, I don't want anything to risk me and Tenten getting kicked out. On any other day, I don't care of you fight but not now, not today. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?”

 

“CRYSTAL!” The girls chorused. They understood the seriousness in his words.

 

“CRYSTAL WHAT?”

 

“CRYSTAL CLEAR SIR!” They really hoped that he believed them. It was true what Naruto said, almost all the time they fought, sometimes over little things. When they did fight, Naruto rarely stopped them, preferring them to let out their anger. Only time when he did stop them, he didn't have much patience at the time and their fighting several reduced his patience.

 

He leaned in and his eyes moved back and forth, looking at each pet, searching for any deceit. When he finally spoke, he seemed to still doubt them. “You better.” Then like the flick of a switch, Naruto's mood suddenly turned happy, like nothing just happened, and he let them go before grabbing their collars and pulling them up. “Well then...what are we waiting for?” Naruto slipped in between them and wrapped his arms around them, smiling like an idiot and walking out of the alleyway and back onto the path.

 

OoOoOoO

 

“This...is your appointment?” Junko asked, completely shocked and her mouth, as well as the others, hanging wide open. The building in front of them was one of the most expensive and reputable spas in the village. The services provided there was top notch and every massager's hands were top notch and everything else was first class, the best of the best.

 

However, it was their regular spa, their place to go and relax when they had earned it.

 

It wasn't the place that completely shocked them, it was the meaning behind it. With the exams the next day, Naruto's stubborn secrecy, and what had happened to him not a few days earlier. There were no words, but when they realized what exactly he had planned, it meant worlds to them that can never be translated into words. They looked at him with eyes that understood, that despite what happened, he wasn't willing to be depressed. Despite knowing him for such a long time, they were still learning something new about him.

 

“What are you staring at me for?”

 

The girls snapped out of their staring and Sakura apologized for all of them. “So...all of us?” Naruto nodded. “Even Junko?”

 

“What? You don't think she deserves the same treatment you get?” Naruto responded, noting Sakura's tone, causing Junko to glare at her sister. She wanted to hit her twin for that comment but stayed her hand due to Naruto's earlier outburst from the last time they fought.

 

“I didn't mean anything by that.” Sakura tried to defended herself.

 

“Yeah, you didn't.” Junko stated, turning around in a huff.

 

Naruto, knowing that if he didn't step in, things could get ugly between them in the future. “I believe what Sakura meant to say is that the only massages you get are from the family. She's surprised by the fact that I'm letting someone else touch you.”

 

“Yeah...what he said.”

 

There were a couple moments where Naruto and Sakura weren't sure what sure what was going on in that head of hers. Naruto knows all too well what a simple statement can do to a friendship. Suddenly Junko let out a short laugh and she turned around, a smile on her face. “I'm just pulling your leg. I knew what she meant.” She slung an arm over Sakura and gave a friendly kiss on the cheek. Naruto nodded as well and turned but as he turned, he gave a slight nod to Ino who nodded back.

 

That was an order to make sure Junko was telling the truth.

 

“Well then...” Naruto continued, confident Ino could do it. “let's go inside.”

 

Everybody nodded and followed Naruto inside. Once they got in, they saw the place halfway packed with people waiting to get into the very capable hands of the very talented staff. Naruto approached the receptionist and she looked up and smiled. “Ah Naruto...right on time.” Yumi spoke, going to her appointment book and checking Naruto and the family. “I see you have paid for the premium package for five people is this correct?”

 

As Naruto nodded and starting chatting with the cute receptionist, the girls looked at each other and starting whispering. “Premium? Isn't that the most expensive thing here?” Sakura mouthed.

 

Ino nodded. “And it's per person so yeah, it's expensive for him.” She replied, continuing using no voice. “Not to mention the massive tips he usually gives. Is he trying to bankrupt himself?”

 

“Isn't he rich enough so that it wouldn't matter?” Tenten asked, getting their attention. “He has four incomes coming into this house.”

 

“I know but still...premium for five people...that's definitely going to cut into the budget.”

 

“And not to mention he still has something planned for tonight.”

 

They turned their attention back to Naruto who laughed at something. “Alright...one more thing, Junko and Tenten here...” Naruto motioned to them. “Don't have regulars so I would like two females for their massages.”

 

“I'm sure I can find someone.” Yumi said with a nod. “Now, if there's nothing else, we're ready for you right after you take your shower.”

 

Naruto nodded and turned to his pets and motioned to them and they headed toward the showers. This is the same for all spas. Everybody must be cleaned before they enjoy the services they paid for. Included with any service is free laundry for the clothes that the patrons wore on the back so that when they put them on again, it'll be fresh as their bodies. Upon reaching the showers, they quickly stripped, save Junko who just dissolved the clothes on her, and turned on the showers. There were private showers for each gender and there was a co-ed shower for those who didn't mind or care about other genders seeing them.

 

While showering, Ino took the opportunity and brought Junko aside to talk. Before Ino took Junko aside, she had activated her passive telepathy so she could make sure Junko was alright. Naruto wasn't taking any chances with bad blood between Sakura and Junko.

 

Even if Ino didn't outright say it, Junko knew what Ino was doing and she thought it was completely unnecessary. She was having fun messing with Sakura and if Naruto really thought she was serious, then she had a hell of an acting skill. Once Ino was satisfied, they returned and she reported back to Naruto. When Naruto was satisfied everybody was clean, they dried themselves off and pulled the provided robes on and stepped out but everybody had a single question that was on their minds.

 

Why spend so much on them?

 

Their first stop was something called a `volcano' bath. Despite the name, people don't take baths in lava but rather the ash formed by volcanic events. A staff member, when they approached the room, informed them that only two baths were available due to a problem with one and another currently occupied. Naruto nodded and turned to his pets. In an instant, he chose Sakura to accompany him and told the rest to do what they wanted. Tenten immediately voted to go to the hot springs but Naruto denied that choice, saying that they'll do it together. They can get their massages if they wanted.

 

Ino nodded and grabbed Tenten and Junko and headed for the massaging room while Naruto and Sakura went with the staff member for the volcanic baths. They took position next to their tubs and quickly stripped, giving no pause to the elderly worker helping them. He was quite familiar with Naruto and his family as he was always their attendant whenever they wanted these baths. Now these baths are not like normal baths. Water is not in the majority of the compounds that make up the ash baths so as a result, it takes quite a bit of effort to push their bodies through the mud and get settled in. Once their bottoms hit bottom and everything from the chin down was buried in hot mud, that sweet sensation running through their bodies, did they relax and let cucumbers be placed over their eyes.

 

Sakura could feel her body being slightly held in place by the mud. It felt nice. Not only was there a bondage aspect of the mud, the heat seeped into her body, relaxing her muscles and preparing her for the massages that were probably next. The cucumbers over her eyes didn't really serve a purpose but to let her eyes relax and smoothing them. Once she did get settled, she decided she wanted some answers. “Naruto-sama...if I may, I have a question.”

 

“Ask away.” Naruto was comfortable himself.

 

“Yumi said that you paid premium.”

 

“That's right.”

 

“And that unless you have a voucher or something like that, it's per person.”

 

“Yeeeah.”

 

“And you paid...for all of us.”

 

“That's correct. Is there a question there?”

 

“Why?” Sakura finally asked. “Why would you spend so much? I don't mean to so ungrateful but you are so self-conscious about your money and you spend it all like this?”

 

“Sakura...” Naruto let out a long sigh. “Every once in a while, I just feel like spending it all on you.”

 

Despite the simple answer, Sakura was still confused. “Sometimes...” Sakura spoke, letting out a sigh of her own. “Sometimes I just don't understand you master.”

 

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Time in the baths had a time limit of an hour and by the time the bell rang, Naruto actually dozed off from the warmth and Sakura was close to falling suit, but alas it was not meant to be as they reluctantly got out and headed to the showers to clean off the excess mud. Once clean, they redonned their robes and headed toward the massaging area where they assumed the rest of their family were.

 

They found them there, along with their teacher, Asuma, conked out and snoring on one of the massage tables. Ino and Tenten looked up, smiled and waved. Sakura looked at her twin and saw her conked out as well but had a very relaxed expression on her face.

 

`Apparently it was VERY good for her.' Sakura thought with a laugh as Ino punched Junko's arm, waking the girl up. “Have a nice time?” She asked, bending down in front of Junko as she yawned and stretched.

 

“I'm definitely asking him to retain her.” Junko said with half-lidded eyes and a smile on her face. “She's got really good hands and feet.” She finished before plopping her head back down on the rest. “How was your bath?”

 

“Extremely relaxing. I think he's going to let you have a turn next.”

 

As if on cue, Naruto tapped her on the shoulder and she stood up. “The girls are going to have their turn in the baths.” Naruto whispered. “When we're done in here, we'll meet up in the sauna.”

 

“Alright.” Sakura had given up trying to get answers from Naruto so she would just go with the flow. As the girls got up and donned their robes, they waved goodbye again before walking out alone with their massagers after they cleaned up. Asuma left as well after being woken up. The two kids had to relocate to a different massaging room where they were ready for them. Reaching it, they stripped and settled onto the tables. A few minutes later, their regular massagers came in. Naruto's regular was a young woman named Kiro with blonde hair and brown eyes. The reason why Naruto retained her is her uncanny ability to seek out the knots in his body and unravel them and with the events in the past few days, there are sure to be a lot in him.

 

Sakura's massager was a blond Yamanka Kichirou, who used his mental skills to make a hell of a living finding just the right spots that she wanted, no needed, to be relaxed. When Ino found out who Sakura's regular was, she actually punched Sakura. Every Yamanaka knew about Kichirou's skills as a massager and his success where he failed as a ninja.

 

They exchanged greetings and immediately got to work. With only a towel covering their butts, they were ready to be pampered. Naruto hissed a bit as the cold oil was poured on him but it quickly warmed up and let out a low moan as his hands started to go to work. His body started to relax and let go under the skilled hands of his massuse. His body seemed to melt under her warm and tender hands and he let his mind wander.

 

He had his reasons for doing this and what had happened a few days ago had no bearing on today and what was going to happen tonight. For the girls, it was easy to forget just how much he truly appreciated them so he does stuff like this from time to time, gifts that shock them. Money was never an object, not after he got Sakura and she taught him as much as he taught her, or even just little things.

 

Sometimes, he just got the urge to spoil them senseless.

 

As Kiro worked her way down, he allowed her to remove the towel so she could continue uninterrupted. He took a quick glance to his side and saw Sakura enjoying Kichirou hands. There was a at peace look on her face and knew she was alright. He settled his head back into the rest and smiled. They didn't speak throughout the entire session and they didn't need to.

 

Nothing needed to be said.

 

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By the time Ino and her sisters finished with their mud baths, cleaned off, and got to the sauna, the rest were already waiting for them. They were having one of the best days of their lives and their bodies reflected it. They entered the sauna room and stripped down, following their master's example due to his nude state. They were alone in the room and that's just what Naruto wanted. Once they were inside, Naruto shut the door and turned to the `control panel' next to the door and placed his hand on it.

 

There were seals all around the rooms that generated heat and steam, the same seals that Naruto uses in his hotbox on the side of the house he uses to punish Sakura and her sisters. Unlike the rest of her sisters, Sakura loves the cold and Naruto quickly learned that the freezer wasn't a good idea for punishment so he had borrowed the seal designs from the spas and created a hotbox for Sakura who hated the heat.

 

Pushing chakra through the seals, the veins connecting the panel to the seals gave them their chakra and they started to warm up. In order to limit heat stroke, they placed heat and time limits on the seals to safely maximize their effectiveness. By the time Naruto laid back down on the bench, steam was already oozing off the woodwork.

 

“I'm sure Sakura has already asked you this...” Ino suddenly said as sweat already becoming apparent on their bodies. “But why are you doing so much for us? I mean, granted it's nice that you're doing this for us, but still...”

 

“Ino...” Naruto interrupted her, his stare boring into her eyes. “Do you have your P.T. on?”

 

“Yes...”

 

“Turn it off, right now.”

 

Ino was a bit taken back by the sudden sharp tone but did what she was told, making a single seal and turning off the cacophony of voices echoing in her brain. The voices were easy to separate after months and months of practice, it was second nature to her to isolate Naruto's and her sister's voices, including Junko's, recognize them as being who they are, and focus on the nearby people.

 

Once Naruto was sure she couldn't read his thoughts, he relaxed. “You all won't let up once you got an answer will you?”

 

“No.” Came the blunt answer from Tenten.

 

Naruto sighed and closed his eyes and everybody perked up. It seems like he was going to share and the silence was getting unnerving. At last, he opened his mouth to speak. “And I'm going to leave you wondering.” There was a loud groan coming from everybody, realizing that Naruto was still keeping his reasons to himself. “Now...all of you, shut up and clear your nose. Breath in and breath out. Clear out your nose.” Then as an afterthought, he added `please'. They nodded and stayed silent. If Naruto wanted nothing but silence then they would give him silence and if Naruto wanted Ino's snooping jutsu turned off, then she'll indulge him.

 

But that only added to the mystery of what the hell Naruto was thinking.

 

Each girl and boy let the steam and heat penetrate their bodies, their pores getting cleared out. They breathed deep, letting the steam flow into their noses and clearing the nasal passages. As time passed, no one spoke and they didn't mind. The silence was good and it was rare that they had the time to just sit and relax and just enjoy the present. However, about five minutes before time was up, Naruto finally spoke up, keeping his eyes closed and his hands behind his head. “Remind me again slaves...” He waited a minute for Tenten to kick Junko awake. “All of you like the aromatherapy session right?”

 

“Yeah, our noses love the mix of smells.” Junko answered. “It's a rush when they go up our noses, like drugs...not that we tried them.”

 

“And I would kill you if you did in your real body. The only thing I want you addicted to is me.”

 

“We understand...we really do. We never touched the stuff, clone or not.” Sakura defended them and the lack of a bell in Naruto's head confirmed that.

 

“So why do you ask?” Ino spoke, trying to get attention away from drugs.

 

“I plan on going there next.” Everybody perked up at that. Because of the enhancements they were given, their sense of smell had been given an upgrade and because of that, smells have a newer affect of them, especially Naruto with leather. To put it simply, aromatherapy is like being high on drugs only without the drugs and the withdrawal. However, before anyone could thank him, the buzzer sounded off, signaling the end of the sauna session. Naruto stretched as he sat up, a pleased look on his face. He turned and looked at his pets as they stretched too. “So...enjoying the day so far?”

 

“The best.” A chorus of voices sounded out, showing Naruto one of the few moments where he was certain they all possessed some form of sibling telepathy. Sakura and Junko were a definite but this was all of them.

 

“It's only getting started.” He said in a low voice, so low that they were able to hear them.

 

Because of the sweat and the body odor that comes with being in such a hot place, there were shower stations connected to the exit so that they have to pass through the showers before rejoining the general population. Being quick to clean themselves off, they dried and donned fresh robes. However, when Naruto passed by a clock, he stopped and looked at it, frowning as he realized the time. “We spent too much time getting massages.” He muttered. He turned to his pets, who wore confused looks and slightly worried looks as well. “I'm afraid that we're going to have to cut the aromatherapy session to fifteen minutes and we're going to have to cut the springs completely out. Now that caused a little outburst but when Naruto held up his hand in the familiar seal of their punishment seals, they sealed their lips. “I apologize, I really do but if I had managed to get an earlier appointment, we could've taken our time. I'll make it up to you later but right now, we need to get back on schedule.”

 

Naruto didn't wait for an acknowledgment as he pushed through them, everybody following but Sakura who stared at the clock, wondering just what he was planning. She had a general idea since he ordered them to pick out something nice for tonight so maybe he had dinner reservations or something. `You never know with him.' Sakura's last thought was before she rejoined her family.

 

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Unfortunately, Naruto only allowed everybody to stay in the room for ten minutes. It was long enough to have them affected but not long enough to have it remain in their system for a long time so fifteen minutes out of the mass of smells and in the fresh and open air of the garden, they returned to their regular state and their high came down. It was then Naruto announced that there is one more thing to do here before they have to leave for their next appointment.

 

However, Naruto refused to share what exactly the last appointment was. He only grinned as he told them to close their eyes and to stay in a straight line as Naruto put Sakura's hand on his shoulders. They weren't exactly sure where he was leading them too and their senses weren't telling them anything. Naruto suddenly stopped and everybody bumped into each other. “You got your eyes closed sweetie?” He asked, knowing full well that they were closed.

 

“So what's the big deal?”

 

“Go ahead and open your eyes.” They did and gasped at the sight. “Tell me...when's the last time you had a full service manicure/pedicure?”

“Five months...” Everybody whispered. They were standing inside of a salon/hair place, one of the best in the village, but they rarely come here to this particular place by Naruto's wishes. He wanted trips likes these to be special moments. Self-manicures and other salons were fine but the expert hands from this particular salon are a rare treat.

 

“Feel free to do whatever you want to look good, but I do want all of you to get your hair cut and done, understand?”

 

Sakura looked at Naruto and that smile on his face. He nodded and she nodded, before an ear-splitting smile crept onto her face and a face winching squeal erupted from her mouth before her and the rest shot forward, two went directly toward the hair side and two went to the salon side. Naruto chuckled, gently put his hands behind him and followed Ino and Sakura to the hair side.

 

No sense in getting left out.

 

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To the great surprise of his pets, Naruto also let himself get pampered by the staff here. Without a word, he sat in the chair behind the sink and let the female staff member wash his hair. Sakura looked at Ino and just shrugged before following suit, the smile returning to her face. Ino looked at Naruto, then Sakura, then Naruto again, and wondered why Naruto was doing this. She wasn't complaining, hell no she wasn't complaining, but Naruto always does stuff for a reason and he keeps refusing to tell them why and she was really interested in why.

 

It's her job.

 

She's been with them for a long time and Ino believes she has a decent enough understanding on the way Naruto's mind works, even more with her last trip into his mind. Hell, if she had to guess, Naruto was doing it just for the hell of it, just spend money on them, spoil them to hell, but that couldn't be the real reason. Not with what happened to him so why the hell is he spending money like there's no tomorrow? It wasn't like it was really going to hurt them since he had four (plus his side businesses) coming into the house, but still...why?

 

“Ino-pig...stop thinking so much and just enjoy it.” The comment coming from Sakura snapped her out of her musings and she looked down at the girl. She had one eye cracked open, staring at her. “There's no point in getting anything out of him right now. When we're home, try then but for right now...just relax.” With that, Sakura closed her eyes and relaxed.

 

Ino looked at Naruto who remained silent and unmoving through the short conversation and sighed. Sakura was right. When they were home, she would probably have a better chance at figuring out just what the hell was up with him.

 

The next half hour, everybody had their hair done as well as their nails. They were just waiting on Tenten now, who was fixing her hair, retying it into her usual twin buns style after the stylist messed it up. When she finally finished, the girls soon realized that their clothes were gone. When Sakura asked, Naruto replied that he had those sent back to the house. They didn't need them anymore. Before Sakura could respond to that, Naruto said to go into the locker room and change into their dresses that they had picked out. Naruto left after that, not seeing the glances the sisters shared with each other.

 

Like Ino, they too were confused why Naruto was acting so...strange.

 

Once they got dressed and rejoined each other, everybody's eyes were on him as he lead the group somewhere. It was past seven and the streets were calming down, thinning out. People were going home to retire for the night, except those who want to party. Sakura took her focus off of Naruto for a second and focused on her own body. Her whole body was tingling with excitement. The massages, mud baths, even the short time in the aromatherapy room, made her body feel extremely fresh, new. Add that to the sensations her body was feeling all fancied up, the dress on her body, the high heels on her feet, and the necklace around her neck that actually complimented her collar. Her right arm was behind her back, holding onto her left arm which was hanging down.

 

Naruto hadn't said a word since they left the spa and nobody said anything. If Naruto wanted something, then he would say something but he stayed silent, taking everybody to some unknown destination. Despite the good feelings running through her body, her mind was starting to imagine that Naruto had some bad news and he was only doing this to soften them up for it. If that was indeed the case, then they'll be able to handle it. One would think that being Naruto's masochist sex slave would have hardened her against bad news.

 

One would be wrong.

 

However, now that her family has now expanded, it's not that bad to take bad news. She now has others to share the burden with and they would gladly help her with anything she needed help with and she would do the same for them but it doesn't change the fact that she couldn't do anything, not even despaire or be relieved, if that blasted boy won't share anything. Naruto had ordered Ino to turn off her passive telepathy and keep it off, only turning it on during their walk to and from their destination but with strict orders to turn a deaf ear toward his thoughts.

 

But, Sakura believed, he was doing his best to keep his thoughts away from whatever he didn't want Ino to know.

 

However, when Naruto suddenly stopped, she thought that he was going to say something, but when he turned to the building beside him, they finally realized why he wanted them all dressed up. `Summer Garden' stood before them. While not the biggest or popular, it was Naruto's favorite and they had good food here as well as a friendly atmosphere. “You have a reservation here?” She asked, the boy nodding in response. He then took her hand in his and squeezed it before walking inside, the rest following. After checking in with the greeter, they were led to their seats and sat down, menu's being place in front of them in the process. Naruto knew what he wanted so he didn't need it.

 

When everybody got settled, Sakura was the first to speak. “What's going on Naruto-sama? All day, you're acting like you're guilty about something or you have some really bad news. Quite frankly, it's unnerving seeing you be so silent.”

 

“Sis is right...” Junko cut in. “This morning you were so happy and peppy and acted like someone on a sugar rush.”

 

“Not only that...” This time Tenten spoke. “When we were together, you were being...err, how should I say this...overly affectionate. I didn't mind but considering what happened, it made me think.”

 

“Is there something the doctor didn't tell us?” Ino asked, really tempted to look inside his mind. “Did the attack do damage that we don't know of?”

 

There was silence from Naruto and they were actually worried that something was wrong. Even more when he placed his head on his hands, hiding his face from them, like he was guilty. His body started shaking like he was crying and Tenten, who was next to him, place a hand out in comfort...and immediately shot it back when Naruto burst out laughing. Tenten actually scooted back as he laughed, really worried. “You really think I'm dieing? You REALLY think that I haven't told you everything?” Naruto manage to say in between breaths, his fists were banging on the table.

The girls stayed silent as Naruto laughed himself out, breathing heavily as he tried to recover his lost breath. Their drinks had arrived in the midst of Naruto's laughing and once Naruto calmed down enough, he grabbed his drink and took a couple of gulps. “Girls...I had this day planned out from three months ago.”

 

“Three months?”

 

“Yeah, three months.” Naruto took another couple gulps, and by the time it went down, Naruto calmed down again. “Three months ago, I knew that today would be a resting day so I shelled out a lot of money for today.”

 

“There's more to it isn't it?” Ino said, staring at the boy, her therapist side coming into play. “You wouldn't have spent so much at the spa, even with the addition of Junko and now here? You didn't set a limit at the salon and you normally do that. You wanted us to be pampered.”

 

“Which isn't necessary a bad thing.” Tenten added.

 

“But still, you made us think that something really bad was going on.”

 

Naruto chuckled. “That wasn't really my intention but still, it was actually kinda finny. When I realized what all of you were thinking, instead of telling you otherwise, I went along with it.”

 

“So you're not dying?” Sakura asked.

 

Followed by Ino. “You're not leaving Konoha?”

 

Followed by Tenten. “You're not letting us go?”

 

Naruto laughed and shook his head. “No, nothing like that.” A massive amount of relief flowed through everybody as their fears proved unwarranted. This was one of the most scariest moments in their lives, the uncertainty, the secrecy, and now they knew they were safe.

 

Sakura turned to her sister when she huffed and placed her head on her hands. “Well, now I feel completely guilty about thinking about tying you up and handing you over to Ibiki.” Everybody stared at her. “What? It's a legitimate strategy.”

 

“Besides Junko's...aggressive tactics...” Sakura spoke, turning away from Junko. “She does have a point. Considering what happened...”

 

“What happened had no bearing on today. Nothing whatsoever. It's just...(sigh) I'll admit that I had another reason. Sometimes I get the urge to just spoil you.” Naruto sighed and held out his hand toward Sakura. The girl took his hand into hers. “But most of all, I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you, all of you. All of you stood by my side despite what has happened to each of you. None of you tried to leave me...save Sakura.”

 

“I didn't leave.” Sakura defended.

 

“You were halfway out the door when I recovered. You really wanted to leave.”

 

“What are they talking about?” Tenten whispered to Ino. She didn't remember this in that history book.

 

Ino leaned in and spoke in a whisper, not to disturb Naruto and Sakura. “You remember when Kyuubi took over him right?” When Ino said `kyuubi', she winked, letting her know that she remembers Kaosu.

 

“I remember that part.”

 

“Yeah, when he managed to get control back, he was so devastated about what he did. Once he managed to get clear headed enough, the first thing he said to her was to give her the chance to leave, absolutely no strings attached. If she left, he would give her her life back, her name, a house, a sizeable bank account until she can get her own job, etc. When he made the offer, she actually stood up and went to the front door. She was halfway out the door when she stopped. She stood there in silence for four minutes, thinking it over. She didn't want to go through that again but at the same time, she didn't want to leave him. She had been through too much to leave. Now at this point, Naruto had his eyes closed, just waiting for the sound of the door closing.”

“I really thought she was going to leave.” Naruto interrupted them, still keeping his eyes on Sakura. “I was preparing myself for that disappointment.”

 

“But when I slammed the door and stayed, you can imagine the complete and utterly shock and surprise on his face when I laid on the bed, and covered him with my body, assuring him that I will never leave, that I sealed my position has his pet.”

 

“But...what would have happened if you had left?”

 

“Then I most likely would have killed myself out of depression.” Naruto answered for Sakura.

 

“Oh...”

 

Naruto smiled and patted Tenten on the shoulder. “I never had any doubt she would really leave.”

 

Sakura laughed. “You told me yourself you were thinking on how best to kill yourself at that time.”

 

The blonde boy smiled and leaned back. “Well, we'll never know will we? Because if I do try and kill myself, a large number of people will fight to stop me. So...are we ready to order?” Everybody nodded, their spirits in much better shape then they were ten minutes ago. Naruto whistled and singled for the waiter. As he walked toward them, he spoke to his wives. “Now, with the thought of letting you go wild with my money, I just want to put a few suggestions out there. Sakura, Junko...” They perked up when he called their names. “Please try to keep your hands off of each other and that means affection and violence. I don't want you two fighting and ending up kicked out. Affection I'll be a little lax on but nothing too serious.” The twins nodded, understanding. “Ino...please oh please lay off the wine.” Ino whined at that. She loves wine. “You spend a lot on wine and while you can't normally get drunk like a person, try and control yourself with the wine selection. I don't want to have to cut you cold turkey.” Ino nodded, already picking out the years she wanted. “Now as for you Tenten, I know how much you like spicy food but you know it goes straight through you so please, take it easy. You don't want to have to keep enemaing yourself do you?” Tenten nodded. The waiter arrived and everybody placed their orders. Everybody, save Junko, knew what they wanted.

 

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Unfortunately, Ino got drunk.

 

The stuff she ordered were strong and was too much for her metabolism to handle to stay sober and Ino ended up drunk. However, she managed to keep herself composed, barely, enough to stay. However, it got worse when she accidentally picked up Sakura's sake bottle and downed it, the alcohol reinforcing the wine already in her. Deciding that it would be better, Naruto revoked Ino's alcohol privileges and put her on a water diet to hopefully, save her the headache in the morning.

 

She did get overly affectionate with Junko though, but Naruto allowed it as it was a source of amusement for him. Dinner and a show as it were and gave her a soft applaud when Ino collapsed on the table. When they were done, they packed up the left-over and headed toward the counter where he paid for everybody's meal. It was a bit more expensive then he would've hoped for but he had said that he would pay for everything and so he did. Ino was partly awake and hanging off of Tenten with Sakura and Junko holding the leftovers.

 

Once finished, everybody left and went onto the path to their home. Ino was mumbling, saying nonsense words and using her hands to make half-assed attempts of doing something. Thankfully their home wasn't too far so they didn't have to stay out too long. However, shortly after they left, Naruto could've sworn he heard a distant scream. The others heard it too and picked up their pace. They were close to home and whatever happened, they would leave the ANBU take care of it. A few minutes later, a familiar person came into view and when Naruto saw who it was, he turned to the left some, giving Gaara some room. It was a good thing too as the wind carried the smell of blood on him.

 

Thankfully, Gaara stayed on his course and didn't even blink an eye to the Uzumaki family and the drunk girl hanging off their shoulders. They passed each other without incident and got a few steps in between them but they heard his voice call out to Naruto. “Yeah?” Naruto answered, looking back, seeing him stopped and their back toward him.

 

“Good luck with the exams...I look forward to fighting you.”

 

Naruto didn't even pause in his response. “Same here Gaara. I know you will put up a good fight.” Gaara nodded and returned to his walk.

 

Without a word, so did Naruto and in no time, they came home. Upon coming home, Naruto announced it was time for bed, saying he wanted plenty of sleep for tomorrow so they went upstairs to the bedroom and first deposited the sleeping Ino onto the bed, her carrier stripping her clothes before doing the same with herself. After that, she adjusted Ino's position so she was more comfortable. Naruto was the first to return to the bed and immediately jumped onto his bed, moving himself under the cover as well as Ino. Not a couple of moments after, Sakura felt Junko return to her mind, the girl as happy as she could ever be from having spent an entire day in the fresh air.

 

Tenten came back into the room and settled into bed as well, taking place on Naruto's side while Ino adjusted herself to lay halfway on Naruto. The boy only chuckled in response and turned to the last person standing up, Sakura. With his free hand, he motioned for her to come in and to lay on top of him. He wanted her to be his blanket beside the blanket currently on him. He wanted flesh blankets, courtesy of his pets. Sakura nodded and climbed on, slightly avoiding the cage and the legs. Despite Naruto's smaller form, Sakura knew how to correctly sleep on him without crushing him or stopping his natural breathing. Once she settled, she saw a smile on his face as he closed his eyes, letting the warmth flow over him in waves. She knew it was one of his most favorite things to do. There was nothing like natural warmth from a female lulling him to sleep, the thought in his mind telling him that he wasn't alone.

 

Not anymore.