Naruto For Hire!
Summary: It's summer time in Konoha. Sasuke's fan girls are in a major frenzy. Naruto's all out of money and Sasuke needs a break. Sasuke comes up with a plan that could give both him and Naruto what they want.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto Uzumaki. I do not own Sasuke Uchiha. I do not own any other characters from the Naruto world that may or may not be mentioned. I do not own Konoha nor do I own any associated villages and lands that may or may not be mentioned. If it's named, I do not own it.
Chapter 1
School's Out
Sasuke sat with his head in his hands. He gazed at the clock, only five minutes to go. It seemed as if Iruka had been talking for forever. Oh, how Sasuke wished the bell would just ring already. Sasuke gazed at the second hand of the clock circling its round face.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
Then, the minute hand moved slightly yet again. Sasuke sighed. Only four minutes were left in the school year and Father Time was ensuring it was moving agonizingly slowly.
Finally, after forever and an eternity had passed, the bell rang at long last. Sasuke packed away his books quickly and proceeded to run out the door. It had been a long school year but typical in almost every other way. Sasuke had busted his butt studying, and now all he wanted to do was relax and unwind and forget everything he learnt for the school year. He was just about to leave the school building when he walked into a mass of people.
"Sasuke-kun, I'm going for a smoothie before I go home now. It's so hot. You wanna join me?" It was Sakura.
Then a blond girl pushed Sakura out of the way.
"Aww, such a cute attempt billboard brow, but he can't. He's going to catch a movie with me tonight, right Sasuke?"
"Fat chance, Ino pig!"
Sasuke mentally groaned. He suddenly remembered why this school year in particular was so long, and what had really stressed him out. This year, he had acquired a fan club.
All the girls in his year and then some constantly nagged him throughout the year, trying to get him on a date. They followed him everywhere. Some even attempted to follow him to the bathroom and from the look of things; it didn't appear as if they had any intention to break for the summer. Sasuke suppressed a groan. This was going to be a long summer.
"Hey, old man! One more bowl!"
"Coming right up, Naruto!"
Ichiraku sent another bowl of pork ramen Naruto's way. It was his seventh bowl of ramen. Naruto was celebrating the beginning of summer break.
This school year had been a rough one for him. Besides the usual mistreatment and insults thrown at him, he had failed his genin exam for the third time. Naruto had tried his hardest but still he just couldn't produce an effective clone. He had almost decided to give up on becoming a ninja when Mizuki had come to him, telling him about the secret scroll that could help him become a genin. Naruto had been gullible enough to believe him and went after it.
When Naruto found the scroll, he taught himself to use Shadow Clone and had felt proud of himself. With new energy Naruto was prepared to show Iruka his new jutsu, but when Iruka showed up he didn't seem too happy. Apparently the scroll Naruto had taken was forbidden, and angry ninjas were looking for him.
Luckily, it had been Iruka who found him. He was very kind and understanding towards Naruto. He tried to talk to Naruto, to explain what was wrong but Mizuki found them before he could explain anything.
The idiot told Naruto about the Demon Fox inside of him and tried to get Naruto to hand over the scroll. A chase broke out and ultimately led to a fight when Iruka protected Naruto from one of Mizuki's attacks. Naruto had panicked, and when Mizuki tried to attack the injured Iruka, he created a legion of Shadow Clones to fight Mizuki instead.
The awesome display of chakra and use of Shadow Clone had changed Naruto's failing to a pass. The next morning Iruka took Naruto out for ramen.
"Hey Naruto, I know I said I'll treat you but you gotta slow down."
Iruka was half smiling, half concerned. He had watched the blond scarf down now eight bowls of ramen for the past hour and a half. After the incident from the night before he was glad to see Naruto was in such light spirits but the child was seriously going to make himself sick if continued eating like he was.
"Okay sensei. Just one more bowl, please."
Naruto was starting to order another bowl.
"I think I've treated you enough! You're going to make yourself sick and if you order anymore I'll make you pay for it yourself." Iruka had a scolding face now, he was very serious.
Naruto pouted.
"But sensei, you said you'll treat me!" Naruto whined.
"I know, but too much of anything can make you sick."
"Fine." Naruto conceded reluctantly.
It wasn't really that Naruto was still hungry, he just really loved ramen. He would have gotten himself another bowl and willingly paid for it, but he was broke. As a matter of fact, he was very relieved when Iruka offered to buy him ramen. Naruto had been running low on funds for the past three months, he was rationing on food and money. He had also been looking for a job but no one in the village wanted the 'demon' to work for them.
About a week ago, Naruto had run out of food and money. He was eating left over food in containers thrown in the trash to stay alive. The food wasn't so pleasant and Naruto was starting to feel sick, physically and mentally. When Iruka offered to treat him, he jumped at the chance, and although he knew gluttony was a pitfall of any ninja and asking for so much ramen was abusing Iruka's offer, Naruto couldn't control himself. He didn't know when his next meal would come again and after eating trash for so long the ramen was like heaven to him.
Sasuke was pissed. Everywhere he turned.
'Hi Sasuke~'.
With their shrilly voices that buzzed in his ear like swarming bees. Couldn't someone just tell them that their so-called 'seductive' voices weren't seductive at all?
No matter how many times he told them, they just wouldn't accept that no meant no and leave him the hell alone. Sasuke unplugged his phone – yes, they even had his home phone number – and sat quietly on the leather couch in his living room.
He needed to find a way get all those fan girls off his back. He couldn't deal with them for an entire summer else something would break. Sasuke sank deeper and deeper into his thoughts when one person came to his mind.
Naruto.
A/N
Hey guys I'm DaisyQueen. I'm definitely going to try and finish this story.
I'll try to get the next chapter up by the end of this weekend.
Special thanks to espeon16, my beta reader, for helping me out and reading my story. ^_^
Feel free to leave constructive criticism.