Chapter 6: Explanation and Curiousity
"Ehh?! What did you just say, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto was shocked and struggled to process the words he had just heard from his sensei.
"So you didn't catch it. Let me say it again: you have an armpit fetish. Does that sound clear to you?" Kakashi Said as he continued walking ahead of Naruto.
"N-no, I don't! And what is this armpit fetish, anyway?" Naruto protested and denied the entire ordeal.
"Hmm, it seems that traveling with Jiraiya for three years didn't help you at all when it comes to this kind of stuff," Kakashi sighed, a bit disappointed at his student's cluelessness.
"Just tell me what it is! I didn't pick up on anything about this kind of stuff from pervy sage," Naruto said, annoyed.
"Alright, let me make it simple. An armpit fetish refers to people who are attracted to and turned on by armpits. They get distracted when this body part is exposed, which is what happened to you during our training," Kakashi explained to Naruto, who looked stunned and embarrassed.
"Hmmm, quite understandable, so that's why.. Eh!! I mean, N-No, no, no.. I don't have that weird thing! I'm just tired because of our mission yesterday, that's why I wasn't fully focused," Naruto tried to avoid the fact that he had the fetish and denied it at any chance.
"Don't deny it, Naruto. People don't call me a genius for no reason, right? I already saw you staring at Sakura's armpits whenever she put her arms up and exposed them. You need to know that it's natural to be attracted to her armpits," Kakashi said, smiling.
"Ugh, okay. Let's assume that I have this fetish. Can you tell me more about it?" Naruto asked desperately, wanting solutions to his problems with his fantasies.
"Unfortunately, I'm not the type of person who can explain more about this kind of stuff, especially to someone like you, Naruto," Kakashi said, smiling with both of his eyes closed.
"Oh c'mon, Kakashi-sensei. I want to know more about it!" Naruto said with a curious face.
"Hmmm, why don't you try to ask Master Jiraiya? I'm sure He knows more about this kind of stuff than me," Kakashi suggested.
"Well, I've never seen pervy sage peek at any girl's armpits or talk about it before. So please, please, please Kakashi-sensei. Just a little bit. Okay?" Naruto begged.
"Alright, Naruto. See you next time, and good luck with your new fetish," Kakashi stated before heading home and bidding Naruto farewell.
"Ehh?! Hey, I've told you that I don't have it!" Naruto shouted. But Kakashi took out his Icha Icha Paradise book and kept walking towards the exit fence.
After everyone had left the practice field, Naruto was still there, sitting on the grass and holding his head as he overthought and constantly whined. Then he took a rock and threw it at the training dummy.
"Ugh.. How come Kakashi-sensei knew that I have this armpit fetish thingy?!" Naruto shouted.
His shouts, however, were heard throughout the streets. A group of women who were walking along the street heard him, and they looked at him and laughed at each other. Naruto immediately felt embarrassed, and his cheeks gradually turned red. He then looked away and muttered quietly.
"Huft.. I hope Kakashi-sensei didn't tell Sakura or anyone about this."
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On the next day, Hinata woke up early and prepared for the day. She looked in the mirror at the new sleeveless outfit she had been wearing for an hour.
"Okay, today is the first time I'm going to wear sleeveless clothes and have my underarms exposed in public. Just relax, take a deep breath. Nothing bad will happen, Hinata," she said to herself.
But a few minutes later, her emotion suddenly changed. She became panicked and insecure.
"I can't believe this is really happening to me. I never thought in my life that I would wear revealing clothes like this. I'm so scared! What am I going to doo?!" Hinata shouted.
After muttering for a bit, she looked down and saw herself in the mirror again. She posed by putting both of her arms behind her head and said to herself,
"Bu-but maybe it's not bad after all, right?"
In the corridor of his house, Neji was walking towards Hinata's room because he wanted to convey that Kiba was already in front of the house to pick her up.
When he arrived in front of Hinata's room, Neji wanted to knock on the door, but it was slightly open. So he peeked a bit and saw Hinata posing with both arms behind her head in front of the mirror. However, his eyes were glued to Hinata's white armpits that looked as smooth as snow, and it made him stunned for a few minutes.
After watching Hinata for some time, Hinata suddenly looked back and was startled by the presence of Neji, who was frozen in front of the door looking at her. With embarrastment, She quickly put her arms down immediately.
"WAA—Ah, Brother Neji!?" Shouted Hinata blushed.
Neji was also surprised by Hinata. He immediately winked his eyes several times and looked away from her shoulder.
"Ah, I'm truly sorry, Lady Hinata! I didn't mean to startle you. I just wanted to inform you that Kiba is waiting for you outside," Neji stuttered.
Hinata immediately placed both of her hands directly at her armpits, trying to cover them.
"Sorry, I didn't realize you were there! T-thank you for the information, Brother Neji.. I'll be there in a minute," Hinata said, feeling very embarrassed.
"Okay then, I'll also go meet with Guy-sensei and the others now. Good luck for today, especially with this new rule. I hope you can adapt quickly, Lady Hinata. See you later," Neji quickly walked out of the room.
Along the corridor, Neji felt a bit embarrassed after what had just happened.
"What is she doing? No, despite all that, what's wrong with me? Why was I suddenly staring at Lady Hinata's armpits?" Neji thought, grumbling to himself.
Neji still couldn't get the image of Hinata's armpits out of his head and slowly became frustrated about it
"Ugh, how do I get rid of it? It always pops up in my head! I wish today's training session will keep me busy!"
Hinata, who was still in her room, continued to blush and muttered to herself, "I hope Brother Neji didn't see me when I posed earlier. So embarrassing."
A couple minutes later, Hinata got out of her room and headed to the entrance of the compound. When she arrived at the main door of her compound, she met up with Kiba and greeted him, "Hello, good morning, Kiba. Sorry for the long wait."
Kiba looked back at her, astonished by her new look, and commented, "Oh hey, Hinata. No problem. Anyway, you look really nice in these new sleeveless attire!"
Kiba's words made Hinata blush for a moment, then she slowly put down her hands that were covering her armpits.
"Ah, u-uhm, really? Thank you, Kiba. Kurenai-sensei gave them to me yesterday," Hinata said.
"I see, She does have a great sense of fashion!".
Later, Kiba and Hinata began to walk side by side towards their training area while talking, but then Kiba was suddenly distracted by an unpleasant odor. He came to a halt and asked Hinata.
"Hinata, do you smell something really bad around here?"
"Oh? Uhmm, no, I don't think so," Hinata said as she glanced right and left.
"Really? Well, I've never smelled something as bad as this before," Kiba said.
Kiba then talked to himself in his mind, annoyed by the smell. "Yuck, what's this smell? I've never smelled this type of shit before!"
He then focused his chakra on his nose to pick up the smell, wanting to identify it. After a few minutes of looking for the source of the smell by sniffing in all directions and turning his head around, his nose pointed at Hinata beside him.
Kiba was very confused, as he had never smelled the foul smell emanating from Hinata before. "Huuh, is this unpleasant smell coming from Hinata!?" he thought, surprised.
He then looked at her armpits and finally realized something.
"I-is it coming from her armpits!? I've never noticed she smells this bad before. Maybe her hoodie was covering most of her armpit smell. Damn, it smells so awful!" Kiba thought as he looked at her.
A few moments later, their faces were in front of each other, with Kiba intensely staring at her. This awkward situation made Hinata's face turn red and blush really hard.
While stammering, Hinata asked, "W-what's wrong, Kiba?"
Kiba shrugged while scratching his neck and said, "Oh, ah, it's nothing."
"Uhmm, okay. Anyway, do you still smell it, or should we track it down? Honestly, I'm afraid it's a threat from something, considering that you've never encountered that smell before," Hinata said.
"I think we can just forget about it. We need to hurry up. Shino and Kurenai-sensei are waiting for us," Kiba replied.
"Okay then", Hinata said silently as she tried to keep up with Kiba.
Kiba and Hinata arrived at the training ground and Shino looked at both of them, asking, "What took you guys so long?"
Kiba smirked and answered, "Princess Hinata took her sweet time dressing up, trying to impress someone we all know."
"NO, I'M NOT!" Hinata yelled in embarrassment as her face turned red like a tomato, hitting Kiba lightly on the shoulder.
Kiba smirked and said, "Knock it off, Hinata. I'm just joking, haha.. "
Kurenai looked at her team with amusement and said, "Alright, since everyone is here, I want to talk to you about the new rules that have been applied since yesterday. What do you think of it? Specifically, Shino, I want to hear your opinion."
Shino raised his eyebrows at his sensei since she valued his opinion. "I don't mind at all if this rule will help our village in the future."
Kurenai looked at Kiba and waited for his answer. He shrugged and said, "Well, I'm not a girl, and I really don't care that much, but I'm sure you're okay with it, Kurenai-sensei, since you're already wearing a sleeveless dress."
"You're right, Kiba. I don't mind, since I've been wearing sleeveless for my whole ninja career," Kurenai replied.
Then Kurenai looked at Hinata. "Okay then, what about you, Hinata?"
"W-well, I don't know. There's nothing I can do about it, but since Lady Tsunade is the one who made the rules, I guess I'll follow through with her instructions," Hinata said as she looked at the ground, fixing her bag
Soon after Hinata spoke, Hinata's armpit scent stung Kiba's nose, and he was a bit disgusted. So he walked up to Kurenai and whispered,
"Uhmm, Kurenai-sensei... I just want to tell you that I can smell Hinata's armpits from here, and they're kinda stinky."
Kurenai was surprised and tried to hold back her laughter, but she was also curious about how Hinata smelled. It would be extremely weird to ask her student about such a thing, so she hesitated. Hinata was staring at them with confusion while Shino didn't seem to care at all, just looking at his bugs instead.
Kurenai put on a smile and said, "Okay, thank you for the information, Kiba."
Kurenai looked at her team and said, "Alright everyone, we have a big mission tomorrow, so I'll give you the rest of the day off. And Hinata, I want to talk to you in private."
Kiba and Shino nodded to their sensei as they left, leaving Kurenai and Hinata alone behind. Hinata asked after her teammates left, "What is it, sensei?"
"I want to know how you are feeling about the new rules. Do you really not mind them at all? I know it's a big change for you, and I don't expect you to feel comfortable right away," said Kurenai.
Hinata sighed and said, "No, I'm totally not, Kurenai sensei.. I'm still adapting to this new change in my outfit. And to be honest, I'm only comfortable when I'm around you and my team, but I feel very insecure around everyone else"
And then She added "These rules are really making me feel stiff. I'm not able to put my arms up freely in public. You know what I'm trying to say, right, sensei?"
Kurenai sighed upon hearing Hinata, saying, "Huff... I knew you would say that, but there might be a bright side to your situation, you know?"
Hinata looked at her sensei confused, "A bright side? What is it, sensei?"
Kurenai smirked and said, "I'm sure you could attract Naruto by showing him your smooth armpits."
Hinata was shocked and her face slowly turned all red as she looked at the ground, mumbling, "E-EH!? W-Wait, what do you mean by showing my armpits to him? There is no way in a million years I would do that, Kurenai sensei... It's very embarrassing!"
"Haha, I'm kidding," said Kurenai, laughing at her student's embarrassment.
Hinata was confused, but then Kurenai added, "But who knows? Maybe he has an armpit fetish that he hasn't talked about yet? But I have to warn you about people who have armpit fetishes: they like smelly armpits."
"Armpit fetishes? What is that, Sensei?" asked Hinata, confused.
"Oh, you don't know about it? It's something like people who like armpits. Well, nevermind, you can explore more about it on your own someday," said Kurenai, holding back her explanation so as not to disgust her student.
"H-Huh, People who likes armpits!? there's such a thing like that...? Can you tell me more about it?" Asked Hinata with a curious and shocked face.
"Nevermind, okay?" said Kurenai with a smiling face and a little bit of panic.
"O-Okay... But uhmm, I'm not smelly, right?" asked Hinata to her sensei.
"Haha, you always think too much. But you have to go home now. We will have a long mission tomorrow, so don't forget to bring deodorant, okay?"
"Hmm okay then, see you tomorrow, Kurenai sensei".
Kurenai walked home while waving her hand towards Hinata. Hinata also waved her hand back, but not high, as she still felt uncomfortable.
"How can I be confident while wearing sleeveless clothes like Kurenai Sensei?" thought Hinata to herself.
Soon after Kurenai had left, Hinata walked to the exit, but the curiosity regarding what Kurenai had explained earlier appeared in her head. While lowering her head, she asked herself,
"I wonder what's that armpit fetish Kurenai sensei was talking about? Someone interested in armpits? Like how? I don't understand.. It's very strange and also very disgusting!"
But then she suddenly stopped walking and glanced down at her left armpit.
"B-But, I wonder what the chances are of him having the armpit fetish that Kurenai sensei talked about? There's no way Naruto likes armpits, right?"