A few months had passed since Tayuya became Yuna's maid, and she was currently standing in the kitchen and was cooking breakfast. Since this job was half-forced onto her, she really wanted to complain, but she actually had very little to complain about.

Her salary was good; the work was easy, and the people of the Uzumaki clan were very kind. Well, she could probably complain about the spanking she received on the first day... and the other ones she earned due to being incapable of keeping her mouth shut. However, Tayuya went through much worse punishments while she was still part of Orochimaru's people, so she could endure them.

Naturally, the spankings still hurt like hell, and being forced to stand in the corner after her spankings were over was ridiculously humiliating, especially if Anko was there to tease her or if Karin was there to stare at her red butt with envy.

'Oh well, at least Anko's words weren't wholly misleading. Except for the spankings, which I get as punishment for swearing, Yuna never did anything to me I wouldn't want. F*, if I could just stop swearing, everything would be fine. Well, fine except for the insanity I occasionally have to endure, but I will manage somehow. Orochimaru didn't exactly have the best state of mind either, and I managed to overcome that just fine.'

Anyway, after her first spanking a few months ago, she half-expected to be forced into sexual activities as well, but that was not the case at all. After Yuna was done spanking her that day, she simply picked up Hinata like a sack of potatoes and left the room, while Anko did the same with Karin.

Well, Tayuya had a pretty good idea of what happened afterward and was relieved that she wouldn't have to participate.

Moments later, someone knocked on the door.

"Excuse me, there is a guest for Yuna-sama!

"

Tayuya's eyebrows rose at such an early guest but opened the door anyway. As soon as she opened the door, her eyes widened in surprise.

'What is a Hyuga doing here? If I remember correctly, the relationship between Uzumaki and Hyuga is somewhat strained right now.'

Meanwhile, the guard who brought the guest to the door decided to leave and left everything else to Tayuya. After gathering her thoughts for a short moment, Tayuya started speaking.

"Yes, how can I help you?

"

Recently, Tayuya has become rather proficient in greeting people without immediately insulting them, which she was rather satisfied with. Well, it was either learning how to do it or more spankings, so she really didn't have much choice in that regard.

Meanwhile, the Hyuga guest, Hisoka, was surprised due to seeing a familiar face that she never expected to see.

'Is that Tayuya? Why is she here? Shouldn't she be dead at this point in time? No, wait a moment. I heard that Yuna-sensei fought Danzo on the day Sasuke left, so maybe he got in the way, and Tayuya never died? Okay, that's possible, but why is she here, and why is she wearing a maid outfit? Whatever, no point in pondering on that right now.'

"I'm here, so see Yuna-sensei; I have something important to tell her.

"

"Sensei? As in, you are her student?

"

Hisoka's eyes became distant when she heard Tayuya's question before she nodded her head.

"Yeah, but I recently was promoted to chunin. Haha, I did it, you know; I actually did it, you know. Hahaha, and unlike the others, I'm completely fine, you know. No problems, no problems at all, you know. HAHAHA.

"

Tayuya took some distance from Hisoka, fearing that she would start stabbing people any time soon, and after a short burst of laughter, Hisoka snapped out of her daze and her eyes refocused on Tayuya.

"Sorry about that; I spaced out for a second. What were we talking about again?

"

"My condolences.

"

Hisoka tilted her head in confusion when Tayuya gave her her condolences but decided not to bother about that for now.

"A-Anyway, my name is Hisoka Hyuga. Is Yuna-sensei already up?

"

This time, Tayuya's eyes grew distant.

"Yesterday evening, the whole building was practically shaking, so she will probably stay in bed a while longer.

"

Hisoka's face flushed a little and awkwardly averted her gaze.

"*Cough* My condolences.

"

Tayuya shook her head to get out of her daze and motioned Hisoka to enter.

"Anyway, my name is Tayuya, and I have recently been hired as a maid. How about you wait inside until Yuna-sama wakes up.

"

Lately, Tayuya even managed to use

"sama

" every time she said Yuna's name. Although Yuna herself didn't care about that, Karin would glare at her every time she called Yuna normally, and Tayuya had to admit that Karin could be pretty intimidating for a pervert.

Moments later, Hisoka was seated while Tayuya continued cooking. While Tayuya was busing herself, Hisoka couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

"Err, do you mind if I ask you a question.

"

"I don't give a rat's a... *cough* I mean, please go ahead.

"

Although Hisoka found it a little weird that Tayuya stopped her cursing midsentence, she decided to inquire about that later.

"Well, since you decided to become Yuna's maid, are you... like... you know... a pervert?

"

*Crack*

The spatula Tayuya was using to flip around some eggs was crushed in her hand. She slowly turned her head and looked at Hisoka like she would attack her at any moment.

"I. Am. Not. Like. Karin.

"

She spoke every word slow and deliberate to really bring home the point, while Hisoka had some sweat flowing down her back due to Tayuya's intense glare.

"Cough* Okay, okay, I'm sorry about that. But I think you can at least understand where I am coming from with this, right?

"

Tayuya gritted her death at Hisoka's words and took a deep calming breath to control her anger.

"I was tricked into coming here by Anko, and before I could understand what was going on, I was already hired. The job pays well, and the Uzumaki clan's people are all rather nice, but... but... urgh, I don't even know how to describe it.

"

"The feeling you want to describe is called 'the Yuna'. It's the feeling when you know that Yuna is nearby and that she will do something crazy soon, but you don't know when or who will be the victim.

"

Tayuya was in a daze for a short moment when Hisoka started speaking, and moments later, she eagerly nodded her head.

"That's perfect! That's precisely the feeling I meant!

"