"Jura. Please say we got that on camera." The Director says out of the corner of his mouth.
"Hell yeah we did." Jura confirms. "From the moment Orange Boy started to yell up at him."
"Perfect."
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"Alvarcus why?!" Naruto shouts from down in the water. "It's so cold! This is the second time you've done this to me!"
"If you were a good shinobi you would have landed on the surface dumbass!" I yell back to him.
"Oh. Right. I can do that." He says in embarrassment. A wet and disgruntled Naruto climbs back onboard. He's also shivering while hugging himself for warmth. "S-s-so c-c-cold."
"Alvarcus." I feel a light tug on my sleeve.
"Yes Ino?" She's the one tugging on it and she looks… off. Not angry, not perturbed, not revengeful. Just off.
"Thank you for disciplining him." She says without a hint of playfulness or joy. She's deadly serious.
"You're welcome." I dip my head to her. "I think? I just thought it would be funny."
I turn back to the wet and shivering Naruto. I was totally right, it's hilarious.
"And Alvarcus." She tugs on my sleeve again to draw my attention back to her. "Never do that again. That was so not you. Just no."
Is that why she's so off? Because of how I acted?
"What?" I question her. "The whole acting like a pervert to misdirect him?"
"Yes. That." She confirms with a forceful tone. "That was so out of character for you."
"But I am perverted." I tell her without a hint of shame. "I just keep those thoughts in my head. Most of the time. Usually. When it suits me to? Seriously though there's some freaky stuff that goes on in my head. I made a tentacle monster. A tentacle monster. That aint normal. Though I'm not sure what's worse, the tentacle monster or the whole 'I might have a domination and submission fetish' thing I did at the Chunin Exams. It's a toss up between them for first place."
I blame Orochimaru for that. He's inadvertently turned me into a masochist, I'm way too comfortable with letting someone I'm not threatened by wound me then using that to mess with their heads.
Unknown to Alvarcus, Ino and Naruto they're not the only shinobi present. Hidden within plain sight, or more specifically within the gathered crowd that is still watching the three shinobi mess around, Anko saw everything happen.
'Ino.' Anko thinks to herself. 'You have no idea how much fun you could have with him. It sounds like he's willing to try anything once.'
"I thought those were both acts?" Ino asks in surprise.
"They were but I had to get inspiration for them from somewhere." I tap my temple. "I'm not kidding when I tell you my head isn't the prettiest place. There's some weird shit bouncing around in there, some of it even makes me go 'what the fuck was that?' I creep myself out sometimes. Sexuality can be it's own weapon. Sure I tossed Naruto into the water for trying to use it against me but that does not mean I won't use it against my opponents. Hell Anko introduced you to the whole thing, or at least got you to step up your game. That coat trick is all about knocking opponents out of their rhythm. That's what Naruto's Sexy Jutsu is meant for and that's what I do too. It's just that mine are a lot more extreme." I explain to her.
"Really?"
"Yep. Pretty sure I'm certifiably insane at this point. You've gotta remember that I do have a filter, there are things I won't do or say. But you've heard and seen the things I am willing to say and do, so ask yourself this: What kinds of things are so weird or fucked up that even I won't do or say them? Not only perverted stuff either, I've thought of several jutsu ideas that I've outright told myself no, don't do that. They're so terrible and horrific that I shy away from them. Being able to use all five elements has really opened up numerous possibilities for me."
"I don't want to know." Ino decides. "Besides we've gotten off topic, I was thanking you for disciplining Naruto for using that outrageous technique."
"You don't have to do anything special." I wave off her thanks.
"I insist." She presses forwards despite my dismissal. "At least let me treat you to lunch. It's the least I can do."
"Well… I suppose I could eat." I accept her offer. "Sure, I'll take you up on that offer. Lunch it is. But that's it! Then you're leaving me alone for at least six hours! I've had way too much excitement today."
"Good! Now follow me." She turns and starts walking towards the cabin. "I don't know how you can stand being out here, it's cold!"
"Ino!" Naruto whines while still shivering. He's barely moved from the spot where he pulled himself back onto the deck. "We're supposed to get him to -"
"Shut up I'm doing a thing!" Ino cuts him off from finishing his sentence. "And you! Go change out of those clothes before you catch a cold! You're just standing there like a moron!"
"I think my feet froze to the deck." Naruto sheepishly replies.
"You're hopeless." Ino flings open the door to the cabin and sends me a beckoning wave. "Let's go. I owe you lunch."
"Sure." I follow after her into the cabin and the door closes behind us.
"Jura." The Director doesn't even ask a question.
"Oh yeah. Got it all."
"That kid is gold."
"Why does Ino get special treatment?" Naruto whines to himself as he's rubbing himself in a vain attempt to warm up. "He listens to her but not me? Come on how unfair is that!"
"You went about it all wrong Kiddo." Anko steps out of the crowd and walks over to the shivering genin. "Alvarcus isn't like you, he's not going to leap at every offer of social interaction he can. He's someone who needs to be pushed into it, at times he even needs to be manipulated into it. Especially so because he has decided to distance himself from anything to do with Konoha."
"But he always caves for Ino!" Naruto whines again. "Why is that?"
"Two reasons." Anko explains to the thick headed genin. "One: They know each other better than you two know each other. Earlier today he admitted to me that she knows way too much about him. He didn't seem particularly bothered by it though.
How many times has she been inside his head? It's at least once - I've picked that much up from contextual clues - and I'd wager it's either two or three times. There's something that the Yamanaka Clan doesn't broadcast about their clan jutsu, they're very intimate. There's no secrets that you can keep hidden from a determined Yamanaka who has a lot of time on their hands.
The best you can do is slow them down and that's only if you're aware they're in your head. But here's where it gets tricky, a Yamanaka doesn't view the memories from a third party perspective, they relive it themselves. They experience exactly what the person did.
All the pain, pleasure, sadness, rage, happiness and all the rest of the emotions of each memory. I can guarantee you that Alvarcus has some very unpleasant memories and Ino has probably seen a few. But because she has she understands him better, she knows who he is as a person more than you do."
"Two: He subconsciously treats girls differently. He's inclined to give in to them easier and is much less rough and vulgar around them. Or didn't you notice that his cursing drastically drops whenever he's around girls? I'm pretty sure that's part of his upbringing, I bet his parents drilled into his head to always treat women with respect.
Though he does still curse a lot when he's in combat, that rule seems to fly out the window then. He's not that way around guys at all, he's worse than most of these sailors. Sure he will still say some very outlandish things but that's only after he's known the girl for a while. Yet even then he's refined about it, he's not as crass as he could be."
"That is so unfair!" Naruto pouts, or attempts to. His shivering kind of ruins the entire image. "We're friends too! Shouldn't he at least listen to me?"
"Kiddo life is unfair." Anko sighs in disappointment. She's going to stick to just teaching Ino. It's a lot simpler that way. "You really should go change."
And with that Anko walks away from Naruto.
But there's a third reason that she didn't share with Naruto. Anko is very confident that Alvarcus has seen the beautiful young woman Ino has become. She's betting that there's something more… primal behind it.
Even if Alvarcus doesn't realize it himself.
'Hahaha!" Anko lets out a raunchy laugh as numerous scenarios run through her mind. "BOINKING!"
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