A few days passed since the end of the chunin exams, and everyone had already returned to their respective villages.
Hinata and Anko noticed rather quickly that something weird was going on with Karin because she would occasionally enter the room, glance at Yuna, Hinata, and Anko, just to run out of the room with a crimson flush on her face.
Naturally, Hinata and Anko asked Yuna what was wrong with Karin, but she only chuckled in amusement and told them they would find out soon. If it were the typical Karin, her desire would have easily overwhelmed her shame, but Yuna was pretty sure that Karin was still flustered from the kiss somehow.
Yuna was currently sitting on a couch in her living room with Anko leaning on her left side and Hinata lying to her right, with her head on Yuna’s lap. Opposite of her sat Naruto in a similar position but with Ino and Haku. Yuna was telling the trio and Anko what happened during the chunin exams, especially about Gaara’s drunken antics.
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door, and after Yuna gave the permission to enter, one of the compound’s guards came into the room. To his credit, his eyebrow twitched only once when he saw Yuna and Naruto’s current position.
“Yuna-sama, Jiraiya-sama tried peeping on the women’s bathhouse and was caught by the security seals…again.”
Yuna tilted her head in confusion when she heard the guard’s report.
“So? Beat him up and toss him out like you always do.”
“We planned to do that, but while he was getting beaten up, his gag fell out, and he claimed that he wanted to talk with Naruto-sama, so I was sent here to report about it.”
Yuna chuckled in amusement when she noticed that the guard was clearly not happy that he was forced to make a report instead of continuing to beat up Jiraiya.
“Well, what do you want to do, Naruto?”
Naruto pondered on the situation for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.
“Finish beating him up and then toss him in here, Saburo.”
Unsurprisingly, Naruto knew the name of the guard. In fact, Yuna was pretty sure that Naruto knew the names of every single Uzumaki in the compound, which were over 200 names.
“Yes, Naruto-sama.”
Saburo hastily left the room while hoping that he could at least a few kick in. Beating up one of the Sannin is not something that can be done every day. Well, if you are a guard of the Uzumaki compound or a female Uzumaki, it happens surprisingly often.
“That pervert sure is persistent, huh? Shouldn’t he have learned his lesson by now? Maybe his brain is rotten due to all the perversion?”
When Yuna heard Hinata’s surprisingly vicious words, she chuckled in amusement and started petting her head that was still lying on her lap.
“Hehe, he is indeed persistent. In fact, his skill in sealing is improving at quite a fast pace. It’s always surprising to see to what heights desire can push someone.”
Hinata looked at Yuna in disbelief when she heard that Jiraiya’s skills were improving. Although she knew that Jiraiya supposedly was a sealmaster, she always thought that that was propaganda and nothing else. Hinata’s face became a little strained, but after a few seconds, she relaxed again.
“Well, even if he is improving, that doesn’t mean he can break through the security seals, right?”
This time, it was Naruto’s turn to answer instead of Yuna.
“Hehe, while you were in Suna, I did a slight modification to the security seals in the women’s bathing area.”
Before he could finish his explanation, Ino and Haku glared at him while they started radiating a dangerous aura, causing Naruto to get flustered.
“I-It’s not like that! Do you remember that the baths were closed for one day? That was on my order since I wanted to modify the seals.”
The duo squinted at Naruto, but after a short moment of thinking, they realized that there was indeed a day like that, and the dangerous atmosphere vanished. Naruto sighed in relief when he saw that Ino and Haku were satisfied with his answer and continued his explanation.
“Anyway, as I was about to explain, I modified the security seals a little. At first, we only had one extremely strong one, which I didn’t touch, but now there are multiple, much-weaker ones before it.”
Hinata couldn’t help but look at Naruto weirdly when he finished speaking.
‘What’s the point of that? If someone is good enough to unravel the good one, they will easily crack weaker ones, so the security pretty much is the same.”
However, Yuna knew exactly why Naruto did what he did and chuckled in amusement.
“I see, so you laid out some bait so he would try again.”
“Hehe, correct. Despite getting beaten up, I bet he is quite happy right now because I assume he almost managed to unravel the seal without getting caught.”
Yuna nodded her head in approval.
“Did you put in a function that captures his facial expression when he realizes he isn’t done yet?”
Naruto clearly looked offended when he heard Yuna’s question.
“Who do you think I am? Of course, I added such a function, nee-san.”
“Right, that was a stupid question. Sorry about that.”
While everyone rolled their eyes at the twin’s antics, Hinata mirthfully shook her head.
‘While I was worried that Jiraiya could break through the seals, Naruto saw it as an opportunity to play pranks on him and didn’t even worry about the security. Right, since Yuna’s abnormality overshadows everything, I sometimes forget that she isn’t the only abnormal one in our group.’
Moments later, there was another knock on the door, followed by Saburo opening the door with a beat-up Jiraiya over his shoulder.
“I’m here to deliver Jiraiya-sama.”
“Damnit, don’t treat me li…”
“Ah, good job. Just toss him on the ground, and you can leave.”
“Oi, I’m still your go…”
“Understood, Yuna-sama.”
Saburo casually tossed Jiraiya on the ground and left the room while Jiraiya started wiggling around on the floor.
“Damnit, how can you be this heartless to me!? Am I not your godfather!?”
While he was yelling, his eyes landed on Yuna and Naruto, who both had two women clinging to them, causing Jiraiya’s eyes to widen.
“Shit, untie me right this instant; I need to take a few notes for my book!”
Five pairs of cold eyes landed on Jiraiya, while Yuna couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“Hahaha, and that’s why you are treated like this.”
