Curiosity Broke the Scissors

Chapter 8

Last Time-

"Trust me Star, it'll make sense in three... two... *poof* now." Ino said with a Cheshire grin as Naruto did a single hand-sign and was engulfed in a cloud smoke. Once it cleared, Star's jaw hit the floor as she found herself looking at a bodacious female version of Naruto with 'her' hair done up in pigtails, a decent sized rack, curves that made Ino a bit jealous, and an adorable glare on 'her' face.

"Happy now?" 'She' asked with an irritated huff.

"Definitely."

-And Now, Ino's Bedroom-

"I hate you so much right now Ino." Naruko grumbled, still in her Oroike no Jutsu form, standing on a wide but short stool as Ino and Star walked around him, the former taking her measurements while the latter was poking and prodding every inch of her.

"Come on, it's not that bad... Naruko~." Ino said teasingly, jotting down the last few measurements she needed on a small scrap of paper and walking over to her bed where several large bundles of Star's woven silk lay neatly stacked.

Said fabric was quite intriguing as it held an interesting balanced between the colors soft pink, light lavender, and mauve that gently glistened under the rays of light filtering through the nearby window.

"Says the one not currently being forced to be the opposite gender then they've been all their life," Naruko snarked before looking down at Star irritably as she prodded her chest. "And you stop poking me already, it's really getting annoying."

"But this is so cool! You're actually a girl!" The transformed princess yelled excitedly as she got right in Naruko's face. "Is it hard to do? How long can you stay like this? Could you show me how to do it?!"

"It's not too hard to do really, just needs some practice. And you might be able to, I mean you have done some pretty cool stuff with that wand of yours so I can't say it's impossible." Naruko answered, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "As for how long I can stay like this, I haven't a clue. This is honestly the longest I've ever used the Oroike no Jutsu at one time."

"Speaking of which, maybe you should take a break really quick. You're probably running a bit low on chakra by now." Ino suggested.

"Uh not really, I'm fine actually." Naruko said with a shrug, earning a disbelieving look from the platinum blonde.

"Really? You expect me to believe you aren't tired from maintaining a solid transformation jutsu, one of the most chakra intensive technique the academy teaches, for twenty minutes straight?" She asked dully before standing up with a roll of her eyes when Naruko nodded. "Then I guess you won't mind if I check your chakra pool for myself."

"Sure, go aheeee... Wait, you can do that?" Naruko asked with wide eyes as Ino walked towards her.

"Yep, to help us learn our mind possession jutsu, my clan developed a simple but useful technique that lets us link to another's chakra core so as to give us a way to grasp the feeling of being connected to someone else's mind and body." Ino explained while doing a short series of handsigns, making her right hand glow a soft blue. "As an added bonus though, it also allows us to gauge how much chakra someone else has."

"Okay... but only as long as you don't go digging around inside my head while you're at it." Naruko said with a frown, one part being she simply didn't want someone in her head but mostly her worry was for a certain massive beast of destruction currently located in her gut.

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry. I'd never do that to a friend without permission... unless they pissed me off." Ino said, adding the last bit as an afterthought as she placed her hand against her fellow blonde's chest. "Now just hold still and let... me... whoa..."