Yukiko's revenge

Walking down the road, Yukiko already knew it was a strange day. She hardly saw any women on the streets, and when she did, they were in huge groups, searching for something. Yukiko was a little curious, but she didn't bother asking anyone. Someone along the way would inform her eventually, so she need not take the trouble.

A few blocks down the road, Yukiko saw Raiden and Hikaru running away from a mob of girls after them. She heard screams of 'show us your butt' and 'Patrick', but she did  not understand what was going on.  She just laughed at the situation. Sure those two might have done something perverted to make all those girls run after them. Shrugging it off, Yukiko continued walking.

A few minutes later, she heard another stampede, loud and clear like the sound of drums. Yukiko wondered how it was possible for Raiden and Hikaru to come along this route again, but shrugged it off. A few steps later, she saw Atsuo and Dou, running like the wind towards her direction. Yukiko froze wondering what happened to them to be running so fast. She stood in place, waiting for Atsuo to confront her about this, but Atsuo didn't stop. He just caught her hand and pulled her along with him. Since he was a little faster than her and she did not know why they were running, Atsuo ended up dragging her most of the way. She tried asking what was wrong, but then she saw them, a mob of girls running behind them. Did Atsuo...... no, that was not possible. Atsuo isn't a pervert like Raiden, Hikaru or Dou.

"What's going on?" she asked him, yelling to be heard over the noise that the mob was making.

"No time to explain," he yelled back "just keep running."

Yukiko knew that no good will happen from running like this, she had to improvise somehow.

"Take that left route" yelled Yukiko.

Atsuo did as was told, but Dou continued running straight ahead. Yukiko pulled Atsuo to a halt with all of her strength. Atsuo looked frantic and tried convincing her to start running again, but Yukiko would not budge.

"Trust me," she said and cast the chameleon genjutsu on them. Atsuo, obviously didn't know what it was and still tried running away, but Yukiko wouldn't let him. "I told you to stay here and be quiet. You don't want to get caught, do you."

The noise increased as the mob came closer. Atsuo looked more scared than Yukiko had ever seen before, but he stayed and tried hiding behind her. The closer the mob got, the tighter Atsuo caught onto Yukiko. Yukiko was a little annoyed by this childishness, but Atsuo never behaved like this, so there must be something traumatizing about this situation.

The mob finally reached the turning and split into two groups. Half ran straight after Dou, and the other half turned left, like Yukiko and Atsuo had, but instead ran straight past them. Atsuo's shriek, as the mob past them went unnoticed, drowned by the shrieks of the girls.

Once the area was clear, Atsuo slowly let go of Yukiko.

"Wha-What happened?" Atsuo asked "How did they miss us."

"I cast a chameleon jutsu around us" she replied "It's a camouflaging technique that helps us blend with our surroundings unnoticed."

"Oh, that's nice" said Atsuo "I'll probably need something like that for a few days."

"Before I decide to further help you or not," said Yukiko "will you tell me what you did to have so many girls running after you?"

"I don't know," replied Atsuo "they just came out of nowhere and started running after us."

"I don't believe you" said Yukiko sternly "there has to be some reason."

"I swear, Yukiko. I did absolutely nothing wrong" said Atsuo "I was just walking down the street, and so was Dou. All of a sudden, these girls just came up running. At first, I thought that they were after Dou, but then I realized that they were after the two of us screaming.... things."

"What things" Yukiko asked. Atsuo blushed a little and Yukiko got even more suspicious "Atsuo..... tell me."

"Well, things like... they want to see our butts" Astuo said, still blushing. Yukiko's jaw dropped at that, and she just stared at her boyfriend, unable to say anything "They tried taking off our pants, and that's why we were running."

"Ho-How dare they" Yukiko said, face turning red "Those fangirls have gone too far. I'll get them for this.... destroy every one of them with their own weaknesses....... make them pay for even thinking abou-"

"Before you start with your evil planning," said Atsuo, interrupting Yukiko from entering her dreamland-or in this case, nightmareville- "Can we get out of here, I'm getting a little paranoid. I feel as if someone will jump at me from nowhere."

"Okay fine," replied Yukiko "Let's go to my place."

Holding his hand, Yukiko slowly led Atsuo to the Fujihara compound, doing her best to concentrate on keeping the genjutsu up. Upon reaching the compounds, however,

"Atsuo, can you do a transformation jutsu?" she asked.

"Yeah, why?" he replied back.

"The compound is filled with genjutsu experts," she said "We'll be caught the moment we step inside."

"O-okay" he said "What should I transform into?"

"I don't know.... Ubume, transform into Ubume" she replied "She mostly wanders around the compound anyways, it won't look suspicious."

Without any further hesitation, Atsuo transformed into a replica of Ubume as Yukiko deactivated the genjutsu. The two walked into the compound and towards Yukiko's house, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible.

"Slouch," Yukiko whispered "and look a little sleepy. People might get suspicious."

Atsuo-transformed as Ubume-did as was told and continued to walk beside Yukiko, still fearing for the worst. Once Yukiko opened the door, Atsuo pulled her in and locked the door. He then proceeded to hug the life out of her.

"Thank you, thank you so much" he said, excited "I am forever in your debt."

"Sure, whatever you say," she replied back "but can you undo the transformation. It feels weird hugging Ubume."

"Oh right," he said and let go of Yukiko, undoing the transformation. The couple walked in the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Why do you think they're behaving like that?" asked Yukiko "Is it the same pink waters again?"

"I don't think it's the water this time" said Atsuo "Nii-san won't be that unoriginal."

"Can you tell me everything you know in detail?" she asked "we might be able to figure out what's going on."

Atsuo told her everything he could, which was next to nothing.

"Patrick?" Yukiko asked "What is a Patrick?"

"I'm not sure" replied "I heard someone saying that today is Saint Patrick's day or something. But that does not explain why there were a bunch of girls trying to violate Dou and me on the streets."

"Raiden and Hikaru too" said Yukiko "I saw them run by just a few seconds before encountering you."

"Oh, okay" he said "I might have missed them while running away, screaming my head off."

Yukiko giggled at that.

"You know what?" said Yukiko "I think I'll try to find out what's going on."

"You mean go out there?" Atsuo asked terrified "But they'll eat you alive."

"No, they won't." Yukiko replied "And it's better to find the cause of this now than later, before things settles down."

"But what if they ambush you to find me?" Atsuo asked "They probably even saw me drag you off too."

"Don't worry, they won't find me." Yukiko said as she started walking towards her bedroom. Atsuo followed her in, but was pushed out and had the door slammed on his face.

"Wait out there" she yelled from inside.

---

Atsuo waited out the room for the past 15 minutes, wondering what his girlfriend was up to. Suddenly the door opened and revealed a tanned girl with long red hair. She had bright green eyes and freckles decorated her tan face. She wore blue shorts and a yellow tank top. Atsuo stared at her for a while.

"Yukiko?" he said, finally finding his voice "What.. I mean how... this....?"

"How do I look?" Yukiko said, stepping out "Do I look like me?"

"You look.... wow" he said, still suffering from speechlessness "I almost didn't recognize you."

"That's what I was looking for" Yukiko giggled. "Now to find out the problem."

"Don't leave me alone," requested Atsuo.

"Okay fine," said Yukiko "I'm sure I can find a dress that will fit you."

"A-a dress?" Atsuo asked.

"Of course," she said nonchalantly "you'll be even more safe disguised as a girl."

"I-I think I'll pass" he said.

"Thought so" replied Yukiko "You stay here, no one will be able to find you."

"Bu-"

"Trust me" interrupted Yukiko as she slipped on a long cloak "I've had this house burglar proofed so Ubume can't sneak in whenever she wants. If Ubume can't break in, no one can."

"Okay," said Atsuo "Good luck."

---

With her cloak off now, Yukiko stood in the middle of the market. She did not know where to start her investigation from. Since Atsuo didn't know what was going on, she highly doubted the other three were aware of situation. She decided that she will try searching for them anyways, and maybe rescue them if possible.

She didn't have to search for long. A few minutes into her investigation, and she heard the mob close by. She ran after them and found out that they were running behind Hikaru and Raiden. She was thinking of a plan to somehow run past the mob towards the two victims, but she saw a fangirl slow down to catch her breath. Perfect.

Yukiko jogged up to the girl and stopped next to her.

"So.... how's the chase going on?" she asked.

"Terrible" replied the girl between breaths "we almost caught up to Hikaru-kun, but then Raiden-kun pulled him ahead."

"Um... this might be a little awkward" said Yukiko "but I wasn't there when all this started, can you fill me in. I'm a huge admirer of Raiden-kun, and being out of the loop upsets me."

"That's so sad" replied the girl "let me tell you what happened. They have a tattoo on their butts and they said that they'll show it to us if we catch them."

"A tattoo? really?" asked Yukiko, a little shocked. She knew Raiden had a lightning tattoo on his chest, but one on his butt? "Raiden-kun and Hikaru-kun?"

"Not just them" replied the girl "but Dou-kun and Atsuo-kun too. It's so cool."

"Did they tell you that?" Yukiko asked.

"Yes, they did" the girl replied "They came out that tattoo shop, Omoichidou Ink and when one girl confronted them, they told her and everyone present there. They even gave a little peek and told us that if we can catch them, they'll show us the entire thing."

With that, the girl left. Yukiko stood in that place, thinking. Tattoo's..... but that was impossible. If Atsuo had gotten a tattoo, he would have told her about it. And the girl said that the guys themselves told them about it, so how was this possible. There was something fishy going on. She should check things out with the owner of the tattoo shop, Neko, if she remembered correctly. He was the one who tattooed the badger on her back last December.

---

Yukiko slowly opened the doors to Omoichidou Ink, to come across the owner of the shop, Kuro Neko. She walked across the room to the desk that was decorated in rose petals, where he was sitting at.

"Excuse me, Neko-san" said Yukiko "But I have to ask you a few questions."

Neko looked up from the ledger he was adjusting, to Yukiko. It seemed that he did not recognize her. Of course, he didn't, Yukiko thought. She was in disguise, and he had tattooed her months ago. It would be difficult to recognize her even in her normal attire.

"Sure, Madam," he said politely "Is there something I can do for you?"

"Oh no, nothing" Yukiko replied "I just want to find out something from you."

"Okay," he said "As long as there's no confidential information, I can tell you what you want to know."

"Did you, or any other artists tattoo four guys today, on their butts?" she asked "because there seems to be a misunderstanding."

"I'm afraid not," said Neko "We had a few backs, arms, a leg, a chest and a neck. But no butts today."

"But that's strange," Yukiko said "People seem to be talking about four guys getting something tattooed on their butt from your shop. They were seen leaving this shop."

"Could you be talking about the six people that broke into my shop and exited the main door without doing anything?" he asked.

"What?" she asked in turn. Things were getting too complicated.

"Well, a couple hours ago, a bunch of people broke into my shop. I thought they were burglars but they didn't do anything and just left. I think they didn't notice that I actually saw them." he replied "Maybe it's them the rumor is about."

"Could be, can you describe them to me." Yukiko said "Was one of them wearing a shirt with pink flowers? Brown hair and blue eyes?"

"Hm, yeah not sure about the eyes, but he was one of them. He also carried a machete." Neko said "Then there were these other guys, four of them had brown hair in different shades while one had blue hair.... Oh, and there was a dark skinned girl with them too."

"Did she have orange hair?" Yukiko asked.

"Yes she did," Neko replied "and she wore a black outfit."

"Ubume, I was right" Yukiko thought out loud "And the hair.....Blue is obviously Raidens. Atsuo, Dou and Hikaru have brown hair in different shades.... then who is this other brown haired person?"

"I wish I could help more" said Neko "but I couldn't see them very clearly."

"No, that's alright," said Yukiko "I know at least one person involved in this, so I might be able to find the other."

"Okay then," said Neko "you can come back if there's anything else you want to know."

"Sure," said Yukiko "Thank you so much, Neko-san."

With that, Yukiko ran out the store, trying to search for her so-called 'best-friend'.

---

Yukiko did not know where to search for Ubume. She asked a few people, but all they could say that they saw her laughing around the village with some guy. Knowing Ubume, she could safely assume that it was no date, but her prank partner, but who was it. Brown hair.... she thought of all the brown haired people, but the only ones she could think of were the victims of this prank.

Yukiko searched most of Ubume's favorite hiding places till she found her with a guy, laughing about the prank they played. The  guy came up with it and Ubume helped him. The guy made the list of people to prank and Ubume went along with it. The guy was Haru Kai Kobiru.

Yukiko could not believe her eyes. The quiet Haru, the only Kobiru member who did not flirt or mess around, the one who looked like a devoted disciple of Tardar Sauce was the mastermind behind the prank. How was this possible. Atsuo has been telling Yukiko about how the past few months has been pretty hard on Haru. The boy has been moody lately and Yukiko herself witnessed his outbursts on many occasions, so how could she see him laughing about a prank he had masterminded? Was she trapped in another whimsical world? Or maybe it was a transformation jutsu. If the prankster can transform into Atsuo and the others, they can easily transform into Haru. There was only one way to find out.

Yukiko gathered a small amount of chakra in her hands and made a run for it. If this person was really a transformation, he would transform back into his original self when his chakra pathways was disturbed by hers.

Yukiko ran up straight and bumped into Haru, falling down the moment she transferred some chakra into him. By falling down, she could see the change easily. But there was no change, this person really was Haru after all. Yukiko got up and dusted herself.

"I'm sorry mister" she said in a high pitched voice "I was in a hurry."

With that she took off again.

---

Yukiko needed a plan, an effective plan. She not only needed to get those girls off her boyfriends back, but she somehow needed to get back at Ubume and Haru. But how???

A few more minutes of brain storming later, Yukiko sketched a plan. It wasn't a perfect plan, and would only involve Haru, but then again, she can prank Ubume any other time.

Yukiko ran again, searching for the fangirls and like last time, it didn't take too long. She ran up to a particular group-who were chasing Dou-, and said "Hey girls, you are not going to believe what I just found out."

A few annoyed whispers later, Yukiko finally said "This story they have been feeding us is fake, these four guys do not have any tattoos."

"You're lying" said one girl.

"We saw a bit of the tattoo ourselves. There's no way this is fake." said another.

"There is a real tattoo," said Yukiko "but that does not belong to either of these guys."

Another wave of whispers, but this time, of confusion.

"What are you talking about?" asked one of the girls.

"The tattoo's we saw earlier were fake" she said "they were just stickers. These four guys sacrificed themselves as a decoy to protect the real person."

A collective "What??" was heard.

"Remember," Yukiko continued "along with these four guys, was Haru-kun. Why was he the only one left alone. I heard him talking to another friend in Doki Doki park about this. He paid the four of them to pretend to get tattoos so that he can go home safely, without anyone suspecting him."

"It cannot be true," Yukiko heard someone say, but there wasn't much confidence in her voice. They were starting to believe her.

"It is," Yukiko said eagerly "think about it, Haru-kun decided to get the tattoo, but since he does not like attention, he asked four guys, who are popular for their attention seeking abilities to help him out. They removed the focus off him and he was able to get away with it easily. So it is Haru-kun we should be looking after, not Hikaru-kun, Dou-kun, Atsuo-kun or Raiden-kun."

Murmurs of "she's right""makes sense""sneaky fellow""really smart" was heard all around.

"You two," said Yukiko as she pointed out at two girls "Why don't you inform the other groups about this too. Since there is one guy to get hold of instead of four, the task will be much easier."

"Yes, this is genius" said someone from the crowd. The two girls ran away to search for the other mob chasing Raiden and Hikaru, with this mob waiting for more instructions.

"Well, what are we waiting for" said Yukiko "I saw Haru-kun at Doki Doki park with one of his friends. I came  here only to inform you guys of my findings."

With that the mob headed towards Doki Doki park. Yukiko ran with them for a while, but when no one was looking, she quietly slipped away before anyone could notice. She waited out for a while till she noticed another mob running towards Doki Doki park. Smirking at the success of her plan and slipping her cloak back on, Yukiko started walking home. Unlike Haru and Ubume, Yukiko was wearing a disguise. Hence, it would be even more difficult to pinpoint her for this.

---

Yukiko knocked her house door, but no one opened.

"Atsuo," Yukiko yelled out "It's me, open up."

The door opened up a little, and before Yukiko could react, Atsuo had pulled her in and closed the door.

"You're back" he said, hugging her "and safe too. I'm so glad."

"I'm glad that you were worried for me," said Yukiko, gently pushing Atsuo off, "but I'll let you know, everything is resolved."

She walked into her room, and just like last time, shut the door behind her. Atsuo still continued to  ask questions through the door, but Yukiko did not answer him.

Only once Yukiko had changed and taken all of her makeup off did she open the door. As expected, Atsuo was waiting at the door as he flooded her with more questions.

"Wait, I will tell you this, and I will tell you this once" Yukiko said, walking to the living room, where Atsuo followed her. "I found out the problem, I found out what caused this problem and I found out who cause this problem. Don't worry though, I've taken care of things and there will be no girls after your pants." Realizing how wrong that sounded, she blushed and said "I mean after you...."

"But what did you do? and what happened?" he asked again "And who did all of this?"

"I'm sorry stupid flower-boy," Yukiko said "I can't say who caused all of this because you will never believe me. Let's just say that this person spread a rumor about you guys getting a tattoo on your butt. So in turn, I made them believe that this story is fake, but instead the mastermind behind this prank is the real person that was tattooed. So they all are after him now."

"But who is it, Yukiko?" Atsuo asked again. "and are you sure you got the right person."
"Well, I got one of them," replied Yukiko "but considering that the other person is Ubume, I can prank her later on. As for the person that I got back at..... it is him, I got it confirmed. You won't believe me if I told you, so I'll just let you find out about it in a few days."

"Bu-" Atsuo tried arguing with Yukiko again. Not wanting to answer, Yukiko grabbed Atsuo by his shirt and pulled him towards her, crushing his lips to hers. She smirked into the kiss when she found Atsuo kissing her back. All she wanted was for him to forget about the prankster, and looks like she had succeeded.