Ranma humphed as she dispatched the Hyuga sentry. She looked over at Gray as he finished putting the deep freeze on the other sentry. Her hand went to her fore head, “Where the hell is your shirt?”
Gray scowled at the young Saotome, “Damn, I don't have a shirt. Why are you wearing Ezra's armor?”
“Cuz Hyuga suck nine kinds of vacuum if they can't hit your pressure points.” She looked at the pilfered armor and casually rubbed off a scuff mark on the formerly pristine armor, “I'll have it back by morning.”
The two orphans worked their way deeper into the compound moving towards the main family's residence. Gray sat below an opened window standing lookout holding a large brown sack open. His eyes widened as a dark haired head slid out the window. He caught the dark haired girl just as Saotome was about to drop her out the window, “What the hell?”
Ranma clasped her hand over the icy ninja's mouth, “Shut up!” She quickly bundled the Hyuga into the burlap sack and tossed it over her shoulder.
Gray scowled at the red head. In hushed tones he whispered, “What the hell Ranma. Why did you stuff Hinata in a bag?”
The two quickly made their way out of the Hyuga compound. The armored girl's eyes almost twinkled as she grinned back at Gray, “Remember blond day?”
“What does she have to do with blond day?” Gray asked as they ran back to the orphanage.
Ranma's grin spread across her face, “Nothin, she's just a prop.”
Gray rolled his eyes, “Old man is going to give you hell for this one.”
“Feh, let him.” The young Saotome bounded back to their home, “This will be epic.”
Bleary eyes slowly opened as Naruto searched to silence his alarm clock. He reached for the clock but found it just out of reach. He tried to roll onto his side only to find his right arm restrained. He sat up slightly as he heard the familiar click of a camera shutter.
A teasing adolescent voice called out, “Saotome has a wicked sense of humor sometimes.” To say Nabiki did not like being blond was like saying a skunk stank. While she had nothing against the Hyuga princess the black mail opportunity against her blond antagonist was just too rich.
The pair of lavender eyes attached to said princess slowly opened as her sleep was disturbed by the noise in the room.
A scream reverberated down the halls, “Saotome!”
Nabiki chuckled. Ezra just found the dented armor Ranma had borrowed the night before.
Hinata sat up right as morning chaos of the orphanage kicked into high gear. The swirls of chakra and flares of killing intent were the polar opposite of the orderly Hyuga compound. Quickly assessing her situation she looked at her left arm and found it shackled to a still half asleep Naruto.
The shutter on Nabiki's camera as she teased, “Did you sleep well Hinata?”
Capillaries expanded all along the girl's face as it turned bright red. She took one look at the restraining device attaching her to Naruto and panicked. The blushing heiress jumped out of the bed. The half asleep Uzumaki was pulled out of bed.
Nabiki's camera cycled through several more pictures. Her camera captured Hinata leaping back pulling Naruto's arm. The next picture contained Hinata falling out of the bed pulling a somewhat groggy blond falling out of bed with her. The picture following that centered on Naruto mid air slowly becoming awake as he fell towards the developing kunoichi. The final picture captured a half naked Naruto and a pajama clad Hinata intimately entangled on the floor.
“Na... Bi... Ki!” Naruto growled from his position in the heiress's budding cleavage.
The short haired girl gave him a little wave as she walked out the door, “Don't be late for class or Mizuki might just fail you.”
Ranma sat down across from Naruto. Hinata had taken an extra pair of pants and a shirt from Naruto. Ranma wondered just how she had gotten the shirt on but ignored that little detail. A jaunty smile crossed his face as he set his tray down, “I see you made a new friend Naruto. Care to introduce me?”
Naruto bit his tongue. He would get even for this, “I know you had a hand in this. You know Hinata already.”
“Oh! That's Hinata?” Ranma laughed as he took a good look at her, “Couldn't see past all that orange.”
Naruto's fist lashed out, “Get these off of us.”
Ranma directed the blow away from his head. He flippantly replied as he munched on a stack of pancakes, “Can't.”
Ezra thumped the pigtailed youth in the back of his head as she sat down, “What Ranma meant to say was that he was sorry to involve you in this Hinata. Unfortunately the cuffs are on a time release.”
The smirk on Saotome's face widened by at least six inches at as Ezra revealed the twist in his prank. The smirk widened and turned into laughter as the simmering blond erupted, “Ranma!”
Naruto tossed a glass of cold water at the laughing Saotome. Ranma's curse triggered but she continued laughing. Ezra just hung her head. She grabbed the laughing red head by her collar and drug her off, “Don't make Hinata late for class Naruto!”
Ranma barely managed to contain her laughter by the time Ezra deposited her in Mizuki's classroom. The armored red head left her pigtailed charge sitting beside Natsu and Mokoto. The sole surviving Aoyama sword mistress looked at him with distain, “You shouldn't have dragged the Hyuga into your little prank war.”
The martial artist scoffed, “Feh, you didn't like being blond any more than I did.”
Mokoto frowned but did not press the issue. Arguing with Ranma was like arguing with the wind. Ranma was right about one thing, she was most displeased with blond day. She was also happy he didn't pick her to be shackled to the blond wonder.
Natsu just laughed, “Blondie had it coming but why her.”
She just smiled, “Oh you'll find out soon enough.”
Naruto and Hinata entered the class room just ahead of Mizuki. The white haired instructor looked over his class and frowned, “I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Now I am going to pair you off for a surprise exam.”
A collective groan came up from the usual suspects. Mokoto curiously looked at the grinning Saotome who blurted out, “I guess we know who Naruto's partner is.”
Mizuki glared at the other child he had come to loath in this current class,“And how do you know that?”
Saotome barely held back her laughter, “Cuz they're chained together.”
Mokoto turned and glared at him while Natsu chuckled. Mizuki frowned at the pigtaied girl who had just ruined a perfectly good opportunity to sand bag the yellow haired brat. He took solace in the fact that he could still screw over one of the annoying orphans, “Well then. Seeing as Hinata was to be your partner Mr. Saotome I suppose you'll just have to work with Choji.”
Loud gag then cough followed the teacher's proclamation. Choji looked down at Ranma who just grinned back. She taunted, “Choji's fine. He does so well with the proper motivation.”
Said apprentice ninja paled at the bubbly threat. The last time he was on Saotome's team and they lost his jaw was wired shut for a week. Choji silently resolved to pass this surpise exam with flying colors because he did not want to eat through a straw again. Mizuki raised his voice to rein in the class as he started reading off the pairings. The white haired teacher continued, “This is a test on escape tactics and locks. You will have fifteen minutes to free your self from these shackles and work your way through the obstacle course.”
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