Naruto: The Prince of Lust

The Monster Study also explains why Atsui will not stop flirting with her. To her great annoyance, she has to force herself to be patient with an overbearing man who can't understand 'no' is an answer. Any general greeting or kind rejection from her only seems to motivate his delusion of them as a couple; as if she's simply playing coy and hard to get. It leads her to wonder if it's even possible for her to help him. It's clear to her, Atsui needs a strong male figure he respects to guide his behavior.

Despite Atsui's behavior, her position as Kumogakure's Chief Operational Manager does align well with this mission and her personal goals. On top of closely engaging with Samui and Atsui, she's intimately familiar with Kumo's finances and operations. Killer Bee may want Kubikiribōchō, and A may want to gift him the legendary executioner's blade, but neither of the bulls spare a second thought to the financial balance sheets. Samui is the team's leader and Mabui is in charge of approving the sale on behalf of the Raikage.

Noting the time, Mabui wonders if she should come clean to her blond team leader about her personal reason for joining this mission. Opening her intricately organized storage clipboard, Mabui's chakra-covered finger unseals the very personal reason for her interest in joining this mission. Overlooking six pages of complex Fūinjutsu, the silver-haired kunoichi is hopeful she'll be able to decipher the Heavenly Transfer Technique with the help of one of Konoha's manuals on Fūinjutsu.

Wearing a black, knee-length skirt with a narrow cut at the waist and a high-collard, light-gray, long-sleeved dress shirt, a stylish Mabui files her sheets of Fūinjutsu in her clipboard. Recalling the platform she had received with the ancient texts of the Tensō no Jutsu, she hasn't had much luck decrypting the older Fūin characters. Mabui then secures her silky silver mane in a tight bun, though, allowing long bangs to frame either side of her beguiling tan face before she exits her room.

Upon which, the tall and shoulder-broad Atsui immediately steps right in front of her, ignorant of how deeply he's invading her personal space and smirking perversely. Her nostrils are filled with his musk as Atsui's square jaw grins, brashly voicing his urges.

"Looking scorching hot today, as usual," he says, his gaze plainly lingering on her shapely form as she sneaks around and away from him. "You're going to burn my eyes if you keep dressing this sexy," he adds moving close to her retreating form.

"Atsui-kun," Mabui calmly tells him, putting her hand out to halt him. "You're being inappropriate again." With sufficient distance between them, she continues, "remember, this unwanted—unwanted—sexual advancement that I don't want… I don't want… Please, stop."

"Kami be good," he happily hums. "It's the hottest thing in the world when you play hard to get," fondly expresses and Mabui has to take a deep breath to keep from hitting him.

Rather than encouraging that misbehavior by disapproving it, Mabui explains in a direct and clipped tone, "I need to survey the security of the library. I'll be back before dinner."

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"Actually, we'll be back before dinner," Atsui corrects before adding with a shrug, "or not. We could do something else—something hot and sweaty—just the two of us," he suggests, obviously ogling at her fit, yet curvaceous hips in her formal and form-fitted attire. She isn't dressed scandalously or showing much skin, however, she's quite aware of the secretary fantasy many men have. Her fiance had admitted as much.

"Again," Mabui tries, ignoring how offended she feels while raising her clipboard to cover her large breasts. "Atsui-kun, listen to my words. I do not want to date you. I do not want to sleep with you. I don't ever want to marry you. I can't stress any of those points enough."

"Don't worry, my little hot-pocket," he confidently grins, and Mabui's shoulder tightens, her arm flexes, and her hand clenches into a fist ready to dislocate his smug square jaw. She just manages to withhold her reactionary attack as he adds, "even though you're older, my parents approve and they're going to take good care of us. We'll live like royalty and all they want is at least four grandchildren, but I'm sure we can hit six as long as you keep that scorching figure of yours."

Inhaling deeply for as much air as patience, her eerie voice tries, "…Atsui-kun…" then stagnates is sheer disbelief.

"Yeah, Hot-Stuff," he suavely responds taking a long stride closer to her.

Rather than continue to point out what he doesn't seem to grasp, Mabui tries another tactic. Taking a step back, she patiently asks, "if you spoke that way to your mother, would she approve?"

Aghast, he responds, "she's my mom," as if the notion sickens him. "I'd never say that to her. She's fat, ugly, and weak."

"How about your father," Mabui asks, ignoring his odd choice of defense.

"Are you nuts," he winces, looking at her with clear confusion. "Why would I ever say that to my dad… unless, how kinky are you? I've heard some stories, like daddy-issues-"

"Atsui-kun!" she yells, netting his attention. "The point is, there are reasons why you wouldn't speak that way to your parents. Did you know that there are also reasons why you shouldn't speak that way to me?"

Looking at her with squinted eyes, evidently unable to grasp her meaning as he asks, "uh, that a trick question? Obviously, it's different when two sexy-ass people are in love."

"No, it isn't," Mabui voices painfully patient. "We're not in love, we won't ever be, and I don't want you to speak that way to me because you're hurting my feelings."

Smirking, Atsui waves aside her assertion as he gripes, "come on, hot-cake-"

"ATSUI-KUN," the silver-haired beauty blares, adding just as loudly, "when you don't listen to me, you hurt my feelings!" In the small room, her voice easily reverberates, however, an authoritative voice subconsciously assists in regulating rebellious instincts for subjugating responses. Like the sharp cry of a predator, her loud voice cuts through him as she yells, "I feel sad being around you-"

"Yo, wait, babe," he tries, attempting to calm her down with open palms. "There's no need to feel like that. I got it. I can listen."

"Good," Mabui quickly asserts. "First, when you talk to me, pretend you're talking to your father. If you make me sad again, I will stop speaking to you. Understand?" She can tell by his quirking eye he's trying to keep up and so she stomps the ground and asks hurriedly again, "do you understand? Do you understand? Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes-"

"Good," she interjects, not giving him the chance to revert to his comfortable way of being. "Second, I don't need you to babysit me. We may be in a foreign country but I can take care of myself."

Standing straighter, Atsui replies, "listen, babe- Uh, look, sis ordered me to be your bodyguard, so, wherever you go, I go."

Knowing full well she can't disregard that directive, Mabui continues, "as I said, I'm going to the village's library to gather intel on their security. If you must come, you absolutely cannot draw attention to yourself."

Pressing his lips to a line as he shakes his head in disbelief, flowing his long straw-colored hair. Smacking his chest with his palm, he reassures her, "I think I know how to infiltrate a stupid library."

It would appear Atsui does not know how to infiltrate a Fūinjutsu protected library. Mabui stayed clear of Atsui as he tripped the alarm attempting to enter the building from the roof. Fortunately, his blunder gave her a clearer indication of how complex the security is and how fast Konoha's Chūnin respond as they chase after a fleeing, and thankfully, disguised Atsui. With Atsui's unintentional help, Mabui reasoned the best flaw to exploit is the human factor.

It didn't take the sexy secretary more than forty minutes to locate the most bored and easily aroused Chūnin, pretend to be a ditzy kunoichi who sheepishly forgot the protocol to enter the library, effortlessly manipulating the aroused young man into giving her access up to Chūnin level knowledge, and gather a few scrolls to begin reading. Though she's aware, the Chūnin level material is unlikely to assist her, she still needs to verify as much and makes plans to recon a few more days before securing Jōnin level clearance.

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