"I really wish you'd stop doing that," said the Hokage, glancing in that direction.
"Doing what?" asked the ANBU member whose mask resembled some demonic face.
"The overly dramatic entries and exits," said the Hokage. "Might Guy gets away with it due to his extreme competence in physical abilities."
"Oh..." said the ANBU member, now apparently sulking.
"Fine," said the Hokage, rolling his eyes. The ANBU agent WAS good, but not as a combat operative. Covert operations involving information gathering was a much better deal. "Report, Crow."
"Those three troublemakers," began Crow.
"Which ones?" asked Sarutobi, the Third Hokage and frequent sufferer of headaches. Not all of whom were named Naruto.
"Komugi, Inaho, and Gennai," qualified Crow. "They were the ones who did a 'dine-and-dash' at Eisen's Bagelworks. The customer who identified Hinata as one of the runners was less than truthful."
The Hokage nodded.
Crow took out his notebook. "The medic-nin examining Hinata formerly-Hyuga have declared she is ready to return to school, though she apparently has not completely recovered from her ordeal. Her condition is, however, stable."
"Good," said the Hokage, waving Crow to continue as he poured himself some tea.
"Her strength and speed are over five times what they were, and continuing to increase," said Crow. "She's doing better than she was, but she still tires easily. At a couple of points she knocked Naruto Uzumaki over so that she could use him as a pillow."
"How is HE handling that?" asked the Hokage.
"Tolerating it fairly well, actually," said Crow. "Though he runs and dodges a lot when he determines it's about to happen, resulting in him getting chased down first."
"Ah," said the Hokage, the scene he'd viewed earlier in his crystal ball device now making more sense.
"Her senses are exceptionally acute," said Crow. "Sense of smell, hearing, and sight - particularly in dim lighting or at night. Apparently she has some resistance to genjutsu because her senses ARE sharpened to such a degree."
"Yes, Aoba Yamashiro mentioned something to that effect," agreed the Hokage. "At least she's not eating any of his ravens now."
"I'd abandoned that research as useless," mused Orochimaru. "What did these three do differently?"
"There were several things different about this girl," said Kabuto. "Two being that she IS young and a girl. All previous attempts involved male subjects and were considerably older. She also was the previous owner of that Byakugan."
"Oh yes, those," said Orochimaru. "Such pretty eyes. You did well in acquiring them."
"It was entirely my pleasure," responded Kabuto.
"It is said that the Sharingan came from the Byakugan, but the Sharingan is for combat only while the Byakugan is useful in a variety of situations," noted Orochimaru. "We may have to implant these in someone soon to better study them. Find a suitable prisoner."
"Yes," said Kabuto. "We have some suitable candidates."
"Good," said Orochimaru. "Also keep an eye out for a young ninja girl, strong and healthy, whom we can acquire for experimentation."
"Someone from Konoha, perhaps?" asked Kabuto with a smile.
"Oh yes," said Orochimaru with a matching smile. "You sometimes know exactly what to say."
There were many in the class who just went ahead and stared as Naruto entered.
Not because of Naruto, but because of the girl who followed him in.
"Hinata?!" asked Kiba, basically summing up what everyone else was thinking.
"Urf?" asked Akamaru, trying to make sense out of what his nose was saying.
"Today we're studying shuriken trajectories and explosive mixes," said Iruka-sensei. "If everyone would take a seat? Uhm, no, Hinata. You may not sit in Naruto's lap."
"Mou," complained Hinata as she got off a flustered Naruto's lap to take her own seat.
"...i just don't understand girls..." said Naruto.
"Hmmmmmm," hmmmed a speculative Sakura as she eyed her neighbor.
"No," said Iruka, seeing as several of Sasuke's fangirls were apparently considering trying that with Sasuke.
Sasuke grumbled something about the annoyance.
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