Mizuki's Bad Day

Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Tenjho Tenge

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Here's chapter 2: Enjoy!

Last time:

"Ummm…Cat-san? Did you want me to tell you what happened?" asked Maya wondering why the Cat masked woman was staring off into space.

Cat blushed under her mask. "Sorry, I was lost in thought. I need you to tell me when you first noticed anything different about Hinata at the academy."

Maya looked thoughtful and said, "After our mid-terms Hinata-chan seemed shyer than normal and wasn't doing as well in spars. She slowed down a lot. Before long she started coming in hurting and said she'd overdone it sparring at home. I told her she needed to give her body time to recuperate but it progressively got worse. Now I think she's been being abused and has been hiding it…"

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Hyūga Compound

"What do you mean Hinata-sama is missing?! We haven't had time for our medics to treat her yet! Find that girl at all costs!" yelled a main house member with a panicked look on his face as branch house members scattered in a fearful flurry of activity.

Hanabi poked her head around the corner. 'Heal her? What happened to Hinata nee?' she thought puzzled.

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Chapter 2

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The Village of Konoha, Secured Hospital Ward

Hyūga Hinata awoke feeling the pain that had wracked her body for months was completely gone. She didn't understand it. The Hyūga healers were always instructed to do just enough for her to get by. When she left for the Academy this morning she'd been in agony. The last thing she remembered was listening to Iruka-sensei's lecture. 'Where am I?' thought the young heiress. She tried to sit up but noticed multiple IV's and heart monitors hooked up to her. 'Am I in a hospital? The room has no windows and the door looks armored. What's going on?' Hinata's stomach growled and she felt very hungry. 'I just ate this morning but I feel like I've been starved for days.'

The door opened and she saw a grizzled old doctor come in that looked very mean. He had numerous battle scars. Contrary to his rough appearance he said in a friendly tone, "Hyūga-sama, I'm glad to see you are awake. The Hokage and your friends have been very worried about you. How do you feel?"

Her stomach growled again and the doctor chuckled. "You must be starving child. You've been out for three days."

Hinata's eyes widened and she squeaked out, "Three days! Oh no, Otou-sama will be very furious with me for being so weak." Her eyes started to well up with tears.

The doctor pulled a chair up beside her bed. "Young lady; you are under the protection of the Hokage himself. No one can harm you including your Father. It's clear from all the injuries you had that you've been tortured for months by a member or members of the Hyūga Clan. You are clearly being abused at home and the Hokage will not tolerate it."

Hinata slowly shed tears in silence and the doctor handed her a tissue. "There, there. Your friends Uzumaki-san and Natsume-sama have all but broken down the doors to see you and make sure you are all right. We haven't let them in because you needed to rest. It took three days to heal all of your wounds and purge the poisons from your body…"

"Poisons?" asked Hinata with a gasp.

The doctor nodded. "Yes, very slow acting poisons that caused cardiac muscle degradation. We caught them early enough that they cause very little damage but eventually you would have suffered heart failure."

"But why doctor?" pleaded Hinata. "Doctor ummm…"

"Oh, where are my manners? I'm Doctor Akira. I work for the Hokage personally. You don't have to worry about your heart though. As I said there was very little damage and my medical staff has already fully repaired your heart muscle. You are going to be fine with a little exercise."

"My clan…my own family tried to kill me…" said Hinata in anguish. The betrayed look on her face nearly broke Akira's old heart.

Doctor Akira gently hugged her and said, "Let it all out little one." He spent the next hour holding the distraught girl as she cried her eyes out. Even though she was hesitant to name the names of those who tortured her at first the identities of all those involved soon spilled out. The emotionally exhausted girl soon fell back to sleep having worn herself out crying. Doctor Akira laid Hinata back down and adjusted the wires on her monitors so she could rest quietly. He silently exited the room and turned to his right where an ANBU agent was. "Did you get all the names?" he asked gruffly.

The ANBU nodded and said, "I recorded each and every one of them Doctor." as he handed Akira a list.

"I'm taking this to Hiruzen personally ANBU." said Akira. "If she wakes up again have a nurse bring her some food. The poor girl must be starving. If she asks tell her I went to see the Hokage."

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Hokage Tower

Sarutobi Hiruzen was puffing on his pipe as he read the names of twenty six members of the Hyūga Clan that Hinata listed. He looked up at Akira and said. "And young Hinata endured more torture than most prisoners of war because they threatened her little sister Hanabi's life?"

"Yes Hokage-sama." said Doctor Akira. "I might add that Hinata's late Mother died of heart failure extremely young…I want her body exhumed for a full autopsy."

The aged Hokage had a look of pure anger etched across his face. "ANBU Commander Dragon report!" he said as he flared his chakra in a particular pattern.

Mere seconds later an ANBU with a Dragon mask appeared kneeling before the Hokage. "How may I serve you Hokage-sama?" asked the ANBU Commander.

"Rise Dragon." said Hiruzen as he held up the list of names. "I want every Hyūga on this list locked up in ANBU Headquarters for interrogation later. I want Hyūga Hiashi brought directly to me by force if necessary and Hyūga Hanabi in protective custody! Take her to see her sister Hinata. You have your orders."

Dragon asked, "And if they resist?"

With the exception of Hiashi and Hanabi; kill them if necessary. Maiming is acceptable too if that gets the point across."

"Understood Hokage-Sama." said Dragon as he vanished in a body flicker.

Sarutobi sat down and pulled some imported sake out of his bottom drawer. "Sit down and have a drink with me Akira. We have a long night ahead of us." The two older men sat and drank in silence…

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Hyūga Compound

It was about ten that night when the ANBU struck. The seven year old Hanabi was terrified when she was awakened by her caretaker Natsu and was told to go with ANBU by orders of the Hokage. She wanted her Daddy or even Natsu to go with her but the ANBU named Dove said, "Would you like to see your sister Hinata?"

Hanabi nodded with a tear streaked face. Hinata had been missing for three days. "I want to see nee-chan." Dove patted her head and vanished with Hanabi in a body flicker.

Natsu was left standing there very worried about Hanabi-sama. She turned to Dove's partner Bear. "ANBU Bear-san, what is going on?" she asked.

Bear towered over Hyūga Natsu and said. "By orders of our Hokage, Hyūga Hanabi has been taken into protective custody. It is good that you were cooperative Natsu-san because lethal force was authorized in this matter." With that he went to join the other ANBU at the gates of the Hyūga Compound leaving a shivering Natsu behind…

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Hokage Tower

Hyūga Hiashi was hustled into Hiruzen's office and forced to sit in a chair. His long black hair was in disarray, and he was still wearing his silk pajamas. He was lucky the ANBU even let him get his house slippers. The look of fury etched on his face melted away when he looked across the desk at a very angry Hokage. The killing intent from the old man made him gasp. Hiashi felt like a genin again looking into the enraged eyes of The God of Shinobi. He saw Doctor Akira was there too who used to be the head of the hospital.

Hiruzen said calmly, "Do you know why you're here Hiashi? Because if you do your two daughters will soon be orphans."

Hiashi's byakugan eyes widened in fear. His usual stoic mask was gone. "I-I have no idea why I am here Hokage-sama."

Hiruzen nodded and said, "Your eldest daughter Hinata has been in protective custody the last three days for juken strike wounds received not unlike those we used for torture and interrogation during the Second Shinobi War. We estimate she's been being tortured for around six months judging by the reports from her classmates and the evidence of her unhealed wounds."

Hiashi blanched. "That's…that is absolutely preposterous! Hinata would have told me!"

"That's assuming you weren't involved in her torture." said Akira as he tossed Hinata's medical files in front of Hiashi. "Please enlighten the Hokage and I as to how you didn't notice your own daughter being in this state Hiashi."

Hiashi was about to retort but Hiruzen cut him off. "Take a good look at every picture of the wounds on your sixteen-year-old daughter's body when she arrived at the hospital three days ago. Before you say a word or make excuses know that I've already reviewed them myself and I am abhorred."

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Secured Hospital Ward

ANBU Dove came in holding Hanabi still in her sleeping Yukata and knocked on Hinata's door. They heard a nurse reply, "You may enter." Dove sat Hanabi down and the little seven year old who recoiled at the cold tile on her bare feet but peered in the door when it opened. There she saw Hinata finishing off her own weight in food judging by the plates piled up on the cart. Once Hinata awakened a second time her appetite could no longer be denied. Hanabi cried out, "Nee-chan!" as she ran to her sister's bedside.

Hinata was surprised to see Hanabi there. "Hanabi-chan, what are you doing here?"

"The Hokage ordered that she be taken into protective custody as well given the situation." said Dove. "I thought you two might like to see each other."

"Thank you." said a grateful Hinata as Hanabi tried to scale the gurney to get in bed with her big sister.

"Hold it young lady." said the nurse as she pulled Hanabi back. "Hinata-san was badly injured so she's hooked up to a lot of equipment. Let me unhook it and I'll set you up on the bed okay?"

"It's alright Hanabi-chan. Just be patient a moment." said Hinata gently. Hanabi nodded and saw the nurse unplug the IV and the heart monitors.

"Here we go." said the nurse as she lifted Hanabi up on the bed with her big sister.

After Hinata thanked the nurse, Hanabi hugged her big sister and started shedding tears. "I've missed you so much nee-chan!"

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Hokage's Office

Hiashi sat there devastated and hoping it was all a bad dream. His daughter Hinata had been systematically abused and was being poisoned to death before his very eyes and he hadn't even noticed because he thought she was just a weakling. The reality was she was sick and injured and wouldn't tell anybody because they threatened Hanabi! But there was worse yet to come…

Doctor Akira said, "The poison in your daughter's system was designed to degrade the cardiac muscle so it would appear that Hinata died of a weak heart. As I recall that's what your wife Himawari died of. I checked the records and it seems you never brought Himawari to our regular staff for examination because the Hyūga had their own doctors. Quite a coincidence wouldn't you say?"

The proud clan head buried his head in his hands and let out a weak, "No…" before the tears came forth.

Hiruzen said, "I'm having your late wife's body to be exhumed from the Hyūga mausoleum as we speak for an autopsy. If she was murdered you had better have the names of the medical staff that treated her Hiashi. That's an order from your Hokage."

"First Himawari-chan and now Hinata-chan…How could I be so blind?" lamented Hiashi through his tears. The regret etched on his face was unheard of for the normally proud clan head.

"That young lady was the picture of suffering when they brought her in here! Hinata must have a will of solid steel to have endured all that to protect her little sister she loves so much." growled Akira with a look of disgust on his grizzled face. "Maybe if you actually gave a damn about your daughter you would have noticed Hiashi!"

Hiashi sat up and yelled, "I love my daughters dearly!" through his bloodshot, tear filled eyes.

"I'll bet." sneered the doctor. "Hokage-sama, given the evidence I've seen over the last three days I believe that Hyūga Hiashi is unfit to be a parent. Even if he didn't physically abuse Hinata which I'm not convinced of; he is at least guilty of willful neglect in the highest order. Those two girls should be taken away from his custody for their own safety."

"You can't take my little girls away!" cried out Hiashi with anguish written on his face. "They're all I have left…"

"For the time being they will remain in my custody." said Sarutobi with a tone of finality in his voice. "ANBU, take Lord Hiashi back to his home. He has lists of his family's doctors to retrieve for me. I want those physician's names on my desk by seven in the morning Hiashi. You will deliver then to me personally; do you understand?" Hiashi nodded shakily from the Hokage's killing intent. "If you're one minute late your days are over Hyūga Hiashi!" The Hokage turned to his ANBU. "Get this worthless man out of my sight!" The ANBU bowed and vanished with Hiashi in a body flicker.

Hiruzen stared at the still open folder that contained the pictures of Hinata's injuries. He sighed and said, "I wasn't the best Father Akira. I was always busy being Hokage and running the Village but I loved my family. But Hiashi letting this happen…it's deplorable! I'll see to it that his daughters are safe even if it's from him. He'll regret this the rest of his life."

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Secured Hospital Ward

Hanabi fell asleep snuggled up against Hinata. After a while the nurse came in and agreed the little girl could sleep there even though it was against policy. Hinata thanked her and the nurse hooked up the IV and various monitors before she bid Hinata good night. Hinata was still very drained from the ordeal but having Hanabi safe in her arms did wonders for Hinata as she drifted off into the land of dreams.

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Outside the Hospital Ward

ANBU Cat was standing over the two kids that had once again breached security to see their friend Hinata. Naruto had even managed to locate the room she was in. Maya looked embarrassed and a bit shamed but Naruto looked unrepentant and even more determined to get in than yesterday when they caught them doing the same thing if that was possible. 'Actually, it was a damn good infiltration.' thought Cat. 'If they'd been against anyone but ANBU they'd probably have made it to their objective.'

Cat didn't praise them of course but she would note this for the Hokage. "Look you two, I know you're worried for your friend but Hinata has her little sister with her right now and it's late. They are fast asleep and Hinata really needs her rest. If you'll just promise me that you'll wait and meet me here tomorrow about an hour after you get out of the Academy I'll try to get permission from Doctor Akira for you to visit her okay?"

Naruto nodded. "Okay Cat nee-chan but if Akira-Jiji says no the bets are off."

"I'm terribly sorry for the trouble." said Maya.

Cat sighed. "Don't worry about it Natsume-sama; just keep an eye on Naruto-kun for me. Go home and get some sleep. I'll see you two after the Academy lets out tomorrow."

After the two teenagers left Cat was startled when she heard a chuckle. It was the Hokage and Doctor Akira. "Naruto-kun always has a knack for getting into trouble doesn't he Cat?" She nodded tiredly at the Hokage's obviously rhetorical question. "Just how far did they get in?"

"They infiltrated to level four and even had Hinata-san's room number." said Cat. "I'd never say it to Naruto-kun because it would just encourage him but it was extremely impressive. Most chunin wouldn't have made it that far let alone Academy students."

"Is there any reason they can't see her tomorrow Doctor?" asked the Hokage.

Doctor Akira shook his head 'no.' "It's fine if they see young Hinata. It would probably do her spirits a lot of good."

"I'm tempted to let the try to infiltrate again." said Sarutobi with a chuckle at Cat's obvious discomfort at the idea. "However, it would be better just to escort them in. I'll leave that to you Cat. By the way, were they caught before or after the security seals went off on level three?" asked Hiruzen with amusement in his voice.

"That's just it sir; the seals didn't go off." explained Cat. "We found that Naruto-kun bypassed all six seals somehow. It was the same on level four. If he and young Maya hadn't been seen by the door guards they would have made it in. Natsume Maya admitted they were waiting for another twenty minutes for the shift change to occur. I don't know how they bypassed the seals, learned about our shifts or figured out where Hyūga Hinata's room was to begin with. If it weren't for the fact they were sixteen year old's I'd say they have either have an inside person or a listening device. It's kind of scary."

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The Natsume clan home

"…I'd say they have either has an inside person or a listening device. It's kind of scary." Naruto and Maya were listening to a seal Naruto had on the floor attuned to the seal he'd added above the entrance to the secure hospital ward.

Naruto pondered aloud, "Hmmm…Maya-chan, I think they're onto us. Do you think that listening seal I planted yesterday was too obvious?"

Maya sweat dropped. "Naruto-kun, no one but some kind of seal master could detect that listening seal you made. They might figure out you're listening but they won't know how you're listening. On the other hand, you knocking out those security seals with counterseals could be an issue. How do you plan to explain that?"

"Their security seals were just chunin level." said Naruto dismissively. "Anyone could get by those easily."

Maya frowned, "No, not just anyone could. Most people give up on fuinjutsu early because their brains get scrambled looking at the diagrams and formulas."

"But it's so easy Maya-chan!" said Naruto. "It's a hell of a lot easier than our Academy textbooks. Besides, it's fun inventing new seals. With seals you can do anything."

Seeing this argument was going nowhere fast, Maya changed subjects. "What about the Third's Law about you and that woman breaking it by calling you a demon Naruto-kun?"

"I spoke to Jiji and he said we would discuss it after Hinata-chan's situation was resolved." said Naruto

"Sounds like he's just blowing you off Naruto-kun." Maya said dubiously. "You could be a prince or something for all you know; you should ask him."

"Sure, I'll ask him. If Hokage-Jiji doesn't give me the answers I want he knows of the consequences." Naruto said menacingly.

"Consequences?" asked Maya. "You mean your plan for painting the whole village every color of the rainbow?"

"Oh no Maya-chan. That's what I'll do if he upsets me." said Naruto with an evil chuckle. "If he really makes me mad and lies I'll redecorate the Sarutobi compound as a brothel and paint every grown male in the Sarutobi Clan as a male courtesan and post advertisement signs all over the village." he said with his face growing more and more maniacal as he spoke.

"You do realize that you could be jailed or executed for that?" asked Maya with a flat look on her face.

"They have to be able to prove I did it Maya-chan. I've looked into the laws. I will admit nothing." said Naruto with a tone of finality.

Maya got a shiver down her spine knowing what Naruto said was true and had to stifle a giggle at the mental image of the Hokage in Geisha makeup.

Naruto grinned and said in a sing song voice, "You're smiling inside Maya-chan. I can tell. You want to see a bunch of male Sarutobi courtesans don't you?"

"N-no! It's improper. I would never think such a thing!" denied Maya with a giggle she tried to hide in vain.

"Well, if you won't admit it then I'll have to resort to the Uzumaki Naruto tickle torture!" declared Naruto.

Soon the whole compound was filled with laughter as Maya begged Naruto to stop. He finally did after she admitted a bunch of male Sarutobi courtesans would be hilarious. Then she managed to flip Naruto over and she was straddling his waist. "Now it's time for revenge!" Maya said cackling evilly.

That's when Aya came out of her room rubbing her eyes sleepily. "Nee-chan, practice your seduction training on Naruto-kun tomorrow or in your room. You're being very noisy and I'm trying to sleep." Aya said as she went back to bed.

Both Naruto and Maya blushed red as a tomato and leapt away from each other. "I-it is getting rather late; I'd better head home." stuttered Naruto nervously.

"Just use the s-spare bedroom and crash there." stammered an equally flustered Maya.

After they both said goodnight, both Naruto and Maya went to bed in their respective rooms and Maya dreamed about Naruto while Naruto dreamed about swimming pool sized bowl of ramen…with Maya and Hinata in it…

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Next Morning, Konoha Ninja Academy

"It seems the Hyūga Princess isn't here again. I guess she's too good for the Academy." said a purple haired girl sarcastically. "Maybe she's dropped out since she's done so poorly of late."

The girl's friends laughed. "You right Ami! Someone so spoiled isn't ninja material."

Maya got in Ami's face. She never liked the bullying purple haired girl anyway. "You'd better shut up about Hinata-chan before I kick your ass, Ami."

Ami cringed but one of her lackeys named Fuka said. "You and what army cockroach girl? Just because you so called nobles stick together doesn't mean you're so tough." Fuka didn't notice Ami waving her hands 'no' in the background.

"Cockroach girl? I thought everyone outgrew making fun of my bangs." said Maya in reference to her unique bangs that stuck up like antenna. "I guess I'll have to teach you girls a lesson when we spar this afternoon."

Sasuke was sitting at his desk brooding as he watched Maya talk to some of his fangirls. Secretly he was pleased to see the beautiful Maya was going to put these commoners in their place. Frankly, Maya was superb in combat regardless but it was only natural for her to be at the top of the pecking order given her noble blood. He sometimes wondered why Hinata wasn't the same but the girl was simply too timid for his tastes. Besides, there had been bad blood between the Hyūga and the Uchiha for generations. Much to the Uchiha heir's disgust he saw Naruto come over and start talking to Maya eagerly and saw her lovely blue eyes light up and immediately smile.

'What does she see in that orange wearing idiot anyway?' thought Sasuke. He decided putting Naruto in his place this afternoon in a spar would show Maya the truth about things. Sasuke came over to Naruto and Maya and greeted her properly. "Good morning to you Natsume; I look forward to seeing you spar with the other girls this afternoon. Of course it should present little challenge to a kunoichi of your caliber."

Naruto said in a bored tone, "Why are you sucking up to Maya-chan Sasuke? You've got plenty of fangirls to talk to."

"I didn't ask for your opinion trash." said the Uchiha heir harshly. "I doubt you'd understand meaningful conversation among those of noble blood anyway."

"You're just a prima donna Sasuke; you're no more noble than I am with the way you treat others. It's no wonder you don't have any friends emo-chan." sneered Naruto. It had taken a few years but Hinata and Maya taught Naruto not to be such a hothead. That wasn't to say he didn't have a temper though.

Sasuke said, "You piece of garbage; I'm going to crush you in the spars later today."

Naruto got a bloodthirsty smirk. "Is that a challenge Sasuke-chan?"

Sasuke colored up and said, "You heard what I said. You won't be any challenge to me."

"Good." said Naruto. "Then don't go crying to our sensei and the nurse when I stomp a mud hole in your ass and walk it dry." Several people cringed at Naruto's statement. Normally Naruto sparred to have fun but it was a well known fact that if you pissed him off he would hurt you. Naruto might lose the spar but whoever he fought would end up going to the infirmary regardless. More than one student got big headed with Naruto and ended up in the hospital because of an 'accident.' Naruto knew how to fight dirty and vicious thanks to Anko's tutelage and employed that to maximum effect when he wanted to.

Sasuke turned to Maya and said, "I don't see how a Lady of your caliber can tolerate someone as vulgar and disrespectful as Uzumaki. You should seek more wholesome company."

"Who I have as my friends is none of your business or concern Uchiha." said Maya curtly.

Sasuke was about to try to reason with her but Umino Iruka came in and yelled. "Everyone get to your seats. Sit down and shut up!" Seeing his words had the desired effect (for once) he continued. "This morning we will be studying language and math. After lunch we will have weapons practice and sparring matches so be prepared."

Half of the class cheered when they heard that they were sparring later; the other half was worried or frightened…then of course they heard a quiet "Troublesome…" from Shikamaru. Naruto simply smiled showing his longer than normal canines.

The morning passed slowly but Naruto managed to stay awake by some miracle. Just before they let out for lunch Iruka said, "Naruto; stay for a few minutes after the lunch bell rings." The rest of the class snickered at Naruto's expense (except Maya). The bell rang and Maya said she'd meet him by the tree as she left.

Naruto's mind was abuzz with why Iruka-sensei had asked him to stay after. He hadn't even done anything today! He wondered if Iruka suspected he was the one that chloroformed Mizuki-sensei last night, dyed his hair hot pink and shaved a reverse mohawk on his teacher's head before varnishing it all for proper preservation….then he doused Mizuki in cheap women's perfume so he smelled like a whorehouse….Naruto would deny everything. Coming down the stairs Naruto asked innocently, "What did I do wrong Iruka sensei?"

Iruka smiled at his favorite student. "You didn't do anything wrong Naruto. I mean, your grades aren't so hot as usual but I noticed in the past year you handwriting has changed from barely legible chicken scratches to absolutely beautiful calligraphy. I know you're doing the writing and not cheating or anything but I just wondered why."

Naruto made an 'O' shape with his mouth and said, "I'm studying fuinjutsu and your handwriting has to be perfect for it. If it's not the seal won't work properly so I practice my calligraphy every single day."

Iruka was shocked. 'Naruto self studying –and something esoteric as the sealing arts? Is the world coming to an end?' After looking out the window to check if the sky was falling, Iruka asked Naruto, "Say Naruto, can you make a sealing scroll yet?"

Naruto got a flat look on his face as if to say, 'Really?' "Iruka sensei, sealing scrolls are so elementary that even a complete idiot could make one. I'll show you a real seal after class tonight. I've got some time to burn tonight but right now I need some lunch."

Iruka was a bit shocked at his goofiest student having such and serious, pontificating tone in his voice. "Ummm…Well, I'll look forward to it Naruto. Go ahead and have your lunch while I grade some papers. Shame I don't know the shadow clone jutsu; I could divide this in half."

Naruto perked up. "Shadow clone jutsu Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka nodded. "Yes, it's an advanced jonin level clone that makes solid clones from chakra. It has an enormous chakra expense though so I can't use it. You should be more worried about regular clones though Naruto. You have to start with the basics after all." That was when Iruka noticed his student was long gone. He sighed. "I guess Naruto was really hungry."

Naruto dashed out of the Academy building to sit and have lunch with Maya but found Sasuke was there talking to her. "Why don't you come join me for some real conversation over lunch instead of wasting your time waiting around for that buffoon?"

Maya's eyebrow was twitching in irritation. She was quietly waiting by herself to start lunch with Naruto when this stuck up prick arrived and started harassing her. Suddenly she saw Naruto jet out of the building towards her and said, "If you'll excuse us Uchiha; my friend Naruto is here and we'd like to eat in peace and quiet."

"Sorry I'm late Maya-chan!" said Naruto intentionally getting in Sasuke's space. "Oh. I didn't see you there Sasuke-chan. Sorry you were waiting for me. I'm afraid you'll have to wait until later for me to kick your sorry ass." Sasuke stormed off so he wouldn't lose his temper in front of Maya. "Bye Sasuke-chan!" Naruto called after him in a sing song voice.

"You really shouldn't goad him Naruto." said Maya with her blue eyes narrowed. "I don't like to say this but he is a strong opponent and you're taking him way too lightly."

"On the contrary Maya-chan, this is psychological warfare." explained Naruto. "I want him so angry and wound up that he'll do something really stupid I can take advantage of."

Maya smiled wickedly. "You have a devious little mind Naruto-kun. I like it. Did Anko teach you that?"

Naruto shook his head 'no.' "Actually it was Ibiki and his mind games. One day he was deliberately trying to piss me off into admitting to doing something I was totally innocent of-"

"I'll bet." smirked Maya.

"-and I figured out what he was up to." finished Naruto. "If it hadn't been for you and Hinata-chan teaching me to rein in my temper I would have blown my stack."

Maya smiled happily. "It's good to see that some of our efforts have had results."

After that the two friends talked about inconsequential things and class. They were both looking forward to this afternoon's spars. Neither brought up the subject of seduction training for some odd reason though...

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That Afternoon

Weapons training went as usual. Maya got a perfect score and Naruto got eight out of ten. Iruka just shook his head. If Naruto brought his scores in his bookwork up he wouldn't have the title of 'dead last.' On the other hand, Iruka really was interested to see if Naruto really knew fuinjutsu. 'Oh, well. I'll find out soon enough.' Iruka secretly hoped Naruto really could do fuinjutsu well. It was a rarely practiced art and it would make him a valuable ninja to Konoha. That was when his fellow sensei Mizuki showed up and stole the entire show.

Mizuki had been at the hospital all morning and woke up with his hair completely spiked and hard as a rock, dyed hot pink and with a nicely shaved path down the center of his head. He'd been horrified and tried to wash it only to find the high gloss finish on his head was one hundred percent waterproof. He tried to cut it with scissors but it was too strong. His girlfriend Tsubaki came by to check on him and smelling the cheap perfume on him (Mizuki couldn't get rid of the scent for the life of him) assumed he'd been in the red light district last night when she tried to call him and left crying thinking he'd cheated on her. (The truth was he was under the effect of chloroform at the time while Naruto gave him a makeover). She swore never to trust him again and that they were over.

Then Mizuki went to the hospital where they'd tried every chemical known to man to remove whatever was in his hair. It got even worse because none of the hospital staff could keep a straight face at his ridiculous appearance. They pulled several of his hairs out by the roots (that hurt like a motherfucker) and soon identified the glossy stuff on his head as chakra enhanced spar varnish which was rock hard once it set up and was used to waterproof the hull of a ship to keep it from corroding.

Hours later the doctors gave up removing it and had to cut his hair with wire cutters and scrubbed his head raw to get the stuff off of his skin. Now the teacher's head was completely red from all the scrubbing and he was sporting a hot pink buzz cut (it was the best they could do without pulling all his hair out by the roots) with a reverse Mohawk down the middle. The doctors also said he shouldn't wear a hat because the UV rays from the sun would help to break the varnish down.

The final indignity was he had an allergic reaction to the masses of cheap perfume he'd been soaked in and now had a rash. They'd given him a shot but he still had to deal with infernal itching from hell…and he still smelled awful. Who would have thought that his marking Naruto's tests down intentionally would lead to such suffering? He hadn't counted on Naruto, Hinata and Maya figuring it out…

His entire class exploded into laughter when Mizuki arrived and he was further humiliated. Kiba nearly got sick from the smell of the perfume and Naruto gave him a 'thumbs up' on his new look. When Iruka lost it and burst into laughter Mizuki turned back around in a rage and left the way he'd entered. "I don't need this shit!" he screamed to the heavens.

Once the class finally got their laughter back under control (Iruka-sensei included) they decided to start the afternoon sparring sessions…

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POSTSCRIPT:

Okay, I admit I hate Mizuki since he's a world class prick (nothing personal). I think there was another story that had Mizuki with a reverse Mohawk so I can't take all the credit there. At any rate, Naruto and the girls caught him with his hands in the cookie jar and he was appropriately punished. Will he be tortured more? Only time will tell.

The entire Hyūga Clan has had a massive shakedown and Hiashi is treading on thin ice with the Hokage. What will this mean for Hinata and Hanabi?

Naruto has shown he's more competent and mature in ways (like controlling his temper and learning fuinjutsu) but he's still a kid and the Prankster King from Hell.

See you next chapter. Blue out. 5/29/23