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Sasuke…

This was weird. He had wanted to find Sasuke on this mission, but he hadn’t actually expected to find him… But here he was, Sasuke in front of him, Neji and Gaara beside him…

Oh, you’re wondering what Neji and Gaara are doing here, right? Well, he had asked for a mission that would help him find Sasuke from Tsunade-baba, and then Neji had volunteered, and Gaara just happened to be in town… And for some reason, he really wanted to help, too. Pretty strange.

Anyway, they had actually found Sasuke, but it wasn’t anywhere near Orochimaru’s base. How’d they know this? Well, maybe because they were in the Village Hidden in the Mist, where they were supposed to find clues as to where Sasuke was. Well, what do you know, he’s right there!

Things were silent. Finally, a single word escaped from Naruto’s mouth: “Sasuke…”

“Naruto…” Sasuke suddenly disappeared, and reappeared right in front of Naruto. Instinctively, Neji and Gaara jumped back, but realized that was a bad idea, since now Naruto could be in danger without their protection. (Never mind the fact they had both gotten their asses kicked by him, he needs them!!)

“Naruto… Orochimaru gave me time off… I came to ask you…” Sasuke began, grabbing onto Naruto’s hands, “Will you come to Orochimaru with me?”

All three of the non-traitorous genin were bewildered. “E-eh??!?” said Naruto, a bit weirded out.

“Naruto… join me at Orochimaru’s! We can fight together! Train together! I know I tried to kill you before, but I was being a fool! I know now that you and I, together, can kill my brother!” he said, and the three sweatdropped.

Naruto twitched. “Sasuke… what did Orochimaru DO to you?”

“He trained me. Why?” The three’s sweat drops grew larger.

“Uh…” “Naruto, please… We don’t have to be enemies. But we don’t have to be friends, either.” He drew his face closer to Naruto’s. “We can be so much more…”

BAM!! Sasuke flew to the side, blood flying from his mouth. Naruto turned and saw Neji standing there, looking pissed off and clenching his fist in front of his face.

“b*****d… Naruto would never come with you,” he said, grinding his teeth.

Sasuke sat up, rubbing his cheek. “How do you know? He didn’t answer. Besides, do you think he’d rather stay with you?”

Gaara stepped foreword. “Fools. Naruto wouldn’t stay with either of you.” He walked towards the extremely confused Naruto, and grabbed his hands, just like Sasuke did. “Naruto… I’ve been meaning to ask you… will you come to live in Suna with me?”

“EH?!?”

Neji growled. “You’re the fool! Why would he come live with YOU? Naruto will stay in Konoha! And maybe…” he said, stepping foreword, “He could live with me at the Hyuuga Estate?”

Naruto twitched. They’re all asking me to move in with them… This is so WEIRD…

“WHAT? There’s no way!” Sasuke yelled, getting to his feet. “Naruto will come with ME!”

“As if! Naruto and I will live together! It’s fate!” Neji yelled back.

“Idiots. Naruto and I will be together,” Gaara said calmly, but you could see by his face he was annoyed.

Naruto was too shocked to say anything. He just stood there, gaping, as the three fought over who would have Naruto move in with them. He plopped to the floor, too weirded out to move.

“He’ll stay with ME!”

“NO! He’ll stay with ME! Together we will be the strongest fighting force known to ninja, and we shall defeat Itachi! And we’ll revive the clan… I don’t know how… but we will!”

“Naruto will come to Suna with ME, and he and I will destroy any trace of our loneliness together!”

Ok, now I’m seriously freaked out…

As Sasuke was about to throw out a retort (and possibly a punch), his cursed seal glowed, and he shot a hand to his neck. “Ugh… Orochimaru’s calling me!” He looked to Naruto. “Naruto…” He disappeared again, and reappeared right in front of Naruto, giving him a peck on the lips. “Bye!” With that he disappeared.

The area was silent. All three ninjas looked at each other, feeling extremely awkward.

Neji cleared his throat. “Uh…” Before he could say anything, Naruto stood up.

“Well, I’m going to go home to Konoha, where I will stay in MY apartment, and I will only stay in MY apartment, sitting in there and thinking about how I lost the first chance I had to bring back Sasuke, then go out on MORE missions to find Sasuke, only to come back to MY apartment, where I will stay.” Naruto thus jumped off towards Konoha, leaving Neji and Gaara there alone.

“Um… What now?” said Neji, turning to Gaara.

“I’m going home,” muttered Gaara, disappearing in a swirl of sand.

Neji sighed. He then disappeared as well, calling after Naruto to ‘wait up’.

The fillers have begun again…
-Owari-

Thanks! I'm glad people are reading it. Well... two people read it, at least... I wish people would at least do the poll. sweatdrop

They were so cute!

crying THEY LOVE ME! THEY REALLY LOVE ME!!

sweatdrop Kidding, kidding. I'll try and write more, but I need some inspiration... I know! I'll post an actual story on here! mrgreen

I warn you--it will be long, and it won't be finished for a while.

(PG-13 for language.)

Of Perverts and Jealousy

Chapter 1: The Mission
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Sasuke leaned back against the bridge, sighing. (Mentally, of course—Uchihas don’t show emotion.) Sakura had actually gotten bored of hanging on to him, and was standing next to him, annoyed.

“Naruto-baka’s taken after Kakashi,” she grumbled angrily. It seemed to be true—neither the dobe nor our copycat sensei was anywhere to be seen.

We looked up simultaneously when we heard a cry from the top of the hill. It was Naruto, waving vigorously and shouting greetings.

“Good morning Sasuke-teme! Sakura-chan!”

When Naruto came up to them, grinning, Sakura hit him over the head. “It’s afternoon now, BAKA.”

“Itaiii!” Naruto whined, holding his head in pain.

“Hn. Why are you so late, dobe?”

Naruto grinned. “Is Kakashi-sensei here yet?”

Sakura gave him a weird look. “No.”

Naruto put his hands behind his head and leaned against the bridge. “Then I’m not late!”

Sakura’s eye twitched. “Well, what would you do if he was already here, Naruto-baka?”

Naruto flashed her another foxy grin. “He wouldn’t be here.”

“How do you know?”

“I bring a watch! Even if Kakashi-sensei is always late, he’s always on time!” he said, holding up his arm and showing them an orange watch with little ramen bowls decorating it. How does he find those watches? Naruto put down his arm and looked at the watch. “For example. He should be here in five… four… three… two… one…”

POOF! Kakashi appeared in a puff of smoke, scratching the back of his neck sheepishly. “Sorry I’m late, I had to—“

“YOU’RE LATE!” Sakura said, pointing and yelling. All of Team 7 sweatdropped.

“Yes, Sakura, I am. Anyways, we have a new mission today.” Kakashi said, pulling out his favorite orange book.

Naruto bubbled up in excitement. “A new mission? What are we doing? Protecting princesses? Fighting bad guys? What? What?”

Kakashi waved his hand at him. “Calm down, Naruto. Those missions are only once in a blue moon.”

Naruto growled. “What rank is it?”

“D-rank.”

Naruto hung his head sadly. “Awww…”

“We have to be replacements at Old Man Kaki’s house. Three of his servants have quit and he needs new ones. Until he finds some, we’re going to do their jobs.”

“Three? How many servants does he have?” asked Sakura curiously.

“About thirty.”

“WHAT??” said Sakura and Naruto at the same time. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

“He has bad eyesight. He bumps into stuff a lot, so there’s a big mess.”

“Why doesn’t he just get glasses?”

“He can’t see well enough to go get them, or to find the phone to bring someone over there. He wears sunglasses, though, and when he hears he wears glasses, he thinks he can see perfectly fine. He just thinks stuff gets in his way.”

“How do you know all this?” Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow.

Kakashi sighed, and his shoulders slumped. “I had a mission with him once.”

He suddenly got back into cheerfulness and clapped his hands together. “Ok! Go get your stuff together. I’m not sure how long we’ll be there, so bring a week’s worth of stuff. You can just wash your clothes if we stay longer than a week.”

The team dispersed to get prepared, except Kakashi, who just left to get the new Icha Icha novel.
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“Hey, I hear that some ninja are coming to take their place,” said a blue-haired boy, biting on an apple. He had long dark blue hair, with spiky bangs on the left side of his face that covered a bit of his eye, matching the hair on the top of his head right above it, which was also spiked. The rest of his hair was flattened, falling down onto his shoulders in a slope. His ears each had a ring in the lobe, with studs lined along the edge. He was wearing a tux, the uniform for his job as a servant.

“Really? Gee, Yuki, I had no idea you gossiped,” said his friend, standing next to him and dusting a shelf. He had slightly-long brown hair with bangs that were just above his eyes. He had no piercings, and was also wearing the uniform.

“Shut up, Saka. I just overheard it. Well, anyways, I hope they’re cute.”

“Are you talking about the guys or the kunoichi they’ll most likely have on their team?”

“What does it matter? And don’t use all those ninja terms, it’s confusing.”

“Seriously, I don’t understand how you can like both guys and girls,” said Saka, rolling his eyes and grabbing the apple out of his friend’s hands. “And we’re not supposed to eat on the job.”

“Ah, you’re boring. I don’t see how you can choose! They’re both hot to me. And give me back my apple.”

“No.”

Just then, a huge crowd ran by, going down the hall at top speed. Yuki and Saka overheard them whispering things like “They’re here!” “What do they look like?” and “Damn it, let me see!”

Saka sighed. “Look at those idiots, all crowding at the doorway just to see a couple of replacement servants. They’re ninjas; they can probably sense them all.” Saka looked down at Yuki, who gave him a quick glance.

Saka rolled his eyes. “Oh go ahead and join them.” Yuki jumped up and ran to join the crowd. Saka sighed again. “A bunch of schoolgirls, that’s all they are… a bunch of giddy schoolgirls,” he said, walking away to finish more chores.

Yuki tried to squeeze through the crowd, but didn’t manage to get all the way to the doorway. He listened carefully, trying to hear what people were saying.

“Whoa, weird, that guy’s face is missing.”

“He’s wearing a mask, stupid!”

“Oooo, the dark-haired one is cute!!”

“Yeah, but his hair looks like a duck’s a**.”

“WHO ASKED YOU?” (BAM!)

“ITAI!”

“Shut up, you idiots!”

“The pink-haired one is cute, but her forehead’s a little big.”

“I’ve seen bigger.”

“Who wants to place bets that she’s named after a flower?”

“Hey, I can’t see the third guy!”

“SHH! They’re saying something!”

Yuki strained his ears, trying to hear the ninjas. He soon was able to make things out:

“Hi, we’re here for the mission,” said the tall masked ninja.

“Ah, yes! I’ve been hoping you’d come soon!” said Old Man Kaki. He was leaning on his walker, adjusting his sunglasses.He had no hair and had a small white goatee. He wore a Hawaiian shirt and black shorts, with matching flip-flops. He just screamed: ‘I’m an old geezer, but I’m still crazy!’ “Okay, what have we here...” he said, pushing his sunglasses down and squinting at them. “A boy and two girls. Okay! I’ll get your uniforms ready!”

“Excuse me, I’m a guy.” Uh-oh…Kaki’s mistaken a guy for a girl again…

“What? Oh, you are not! I can see you’re a girl!”

The crowd snickered. Yuki leaned forward, hoping to see this ‘girl’.

“But I’m a guy!” came the voice again. It wasn’t very deep, so talking obviously wasn’t going to convince Kaki.

“Ha! Yeah right! I’ve heard that before! A lot of tomboys have tried that to get out of wearing the uniform!” All those ‘tomboys’ were guys…

“But—“ The grey-haired ninja interrupted. “Just wear it, Naruto; you’re being rude to our client.”

“Naruto? Aren’t they those fishcake things in ramen?” whispered one of the butlers, Kaju.

“Yeah,” one of the maids, Jin, whispered back. “I wonder what this kid looks like…”

The crowd leaned in for a better look, and the people at the front with the best view gasped.

“Aww, he’s so CUTE!!” said some of the girls. Kaju was blushing, and one guy was sporting a nosebleed. Yuki saw the masked ninja’s ear twitch.

“Excuse me, how old are most of the people working here?” said the grey-haired nin. Ah. Must be worried about ***** or something…

“Oh, about 14 or 15. Why?”

“Just wondering.”
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Yuki walked down the halls, looking for the ninjas. “I never got to see any of them, besides that masked guy… But I don’t think he stayed. They sounded cute, though. I hope they are…”

He had asked Saka to join him, but he had, of course, refused.

“Man, I just don’t get you. I’m amazed you haven’t been fired… you never do any work around here,” he had said.

Feh… I’m surprised I’m still friends with him. He’s so boring!

He almost missed one of the ninjas, clad in butler uniform. He noticed that his hair was spiked up in a way that reminded him quite a bit of a duck, just like that one guy had said.

“What?” said the ninja coldly. How rude. He’s not my type at all.

“Nothing,” he said, walking away.
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Next Yuki ran into the kunoichi, who had pink hair that he was surprised to find was her natural hair color (check the eyebrows, people). She was cute, but anyone looks good in a maid outfit. (Old Man Kaki is a bit of a perv.)

At first Yuki was intrigued. Hmm… She looks nice… smart… a bit boring, but not as boring as Saka…

“Excuse me, have you seen Sasuke-kun?” she said sweetly.

Who? “No.”

Her face fell, and she looked like she was going through something inside her head. “Oh,” she muttered darkly.

Interest lost. He got out of there quickly.
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Yuki walked down the hall, a bit depressed. Sure, they’re good looking… But I don’t like them much so far. Oh well, maybe I’ll get lucky with this ‘Naruto’ guy…

He stopped, seeing a small blond in a maid’s uniform with their back to him standing on a shaky stepladder to dust a higher shelf. That must be Naruto… he’s seriously wearing it? Cool! (Yuki is also a bit of a perv.)

Suddenly, the stepladder collapsed and Naruto began to fall. Yuki dove quickly, and caught him.

Naruto stood up and turned to face him, bowing. “Arigouto! I suppose I ought to be more careful.” Naruto stood up straight, and Yuki instantly blushed. He’s cute…

He couldn’t help but stare. Naruto had hair the color of the sun that defied gravity, popping up all over the place and at last falling down to frame his face. He had three whisker-scars on each cheek, and perfect blue eyes with an exotic tilt that seemed to sparkle. And to top it off, he had perfect, unblemished tan skin, making him look a bit like a sun god. No… He’s beautiful…

Naruto noticed the staring, and blushed. “You must be wondering why I’m in this getup, eh?” he said sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck. “Well, Old Man Kaki is blind as a bat, and thought I was a girl,” he said crossly, folding his arms in front of his chest. “The old baka…” he grumbled.

Yuki laughed. And he’s my type too!

Suddenly, a bell was heard. You see, Kaki had set up a bell system, because he couldn’t just yell the name of the butler or maid he wanted to see, could he? Naruto turned towards the sound. “Oh! That’s my bell!” he said, about to leave, but stopped. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t introduce myself! I’m Uzumaki Naruto! And, um. Who are you?”

Guess he didn’t notice our spying… “I’m Yuki.”

Naruto grinned and turned around, waving. “See ya later, Yuki-san!” he said, running off to the bell which was now ringing vigorously.

Yuki chuckled. “’Yuki-san’, huh? Wow… And I just met him too.”

He didn’t notice someone in the shadows, glaring at him harshly.

Damn it… Naruto is mine.-----