I am your brother!

"Waaah—!"

Naruto was so scared by Menma that his soul nearly left his body. He sprang up from the ground as if he'd been electrocuted, both hands frantically patting himself down at lightning speed, his face full of sheer terror.

Only after he confirmed that all his important parts were still perfectly intact did he let out a long breath, then collapsed onto the ground on his butt, feeling as though he had just taken a trip through the gates of hell.

"False alarm, false alarm..." he muttered, patting his chest, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

And Menma, the culprit behind it all, finally couldn't hold back as he watched Naruto's exaggerated reactions. He let out a laugh filled with the delight of a successful prank.

"Pfft... hahaha..."

That laughter made Naruto instantly realize he'd been played!

"Hey—!" Naruto shot up from the ground like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his face a mix of anger at being teased and lingering fear that had yet to fade. He clenched his fists.

"You jerk! What kind of joke was that?! That wasn't funny at all! Do you have any idea how scary that was?!"

Although Naruto himself often used the Sexy Technique to turn into a beautiful woman and mess with Teacher Iruka, Teacher Kakashi, and even Grandpa Third Hokage, that was all to get everyone's attention, or for some specific tactical purpose.

But if he really had to turn into an actual girl...

Just thinking about it made his skin crawl. Absolutely not!

After venting the anger from his fright, Naruto finally had a chance to carefully size up the guy who had been messing with him.

The other boy looked about the same age as him, with short black spiky hair and a fairly handsome