Told someone a long time ago that I'd do this story for them and here it finally is.
Chapter One
A figure stepped out of a private jet. He was six foot one and dressed in a tailored black suit. His blonde hair shone in the sun of Tampa Bay Florida. His blue eyes were hidden behind Ray Ban sunglasses and he carried himself with a certain swagger.
The man was non other than Naruto Uzumaki former quarterback for the LSU Tigers and new rookie quaquarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He walked through the airport ignoring the camera flashes and got into a Mercedes Benz that was waiting for him. Naruto was driven through the city and straight to the Buccaneers stadium.
Once there Naruto was taken to the GM's office.
When Naruto walked in a man behind the desk greeted him. "Naruto Uzumaki it's nice to finally meet you."
Naruto took off his sunglasses and held out his hand. "Its great to meet you too."
Larry Siefert was the General manager for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was one of the main reasons why Naruto was drafted with the number one overall pick.
nodded. "Well I'm actually real busy today you know, training camp starts soon, so we gotta keep this short.
Naruto nodded and took a seat. "As the GM it's my job to make sure all players are properly situated and comfortable. So first are you happy with your contact?"
Naruto smirked. "Of course I'm happy with it. Four years twenty five million with a nineteen million dollar signing bonus. That's more than ten million a year."
nodded. "So have you spent your signing bonus yet?"
Naruto laughed. "I got about a million left. I bought a house for a little over one million. I also got a Rangerover and a Kia Optima. The clothes is what really drained me I had to stop myself."
"Alright Naruto. My door is always open but before you go one thing, as quarterback your going to be the leader of this team and I want you to let me know any suggestions you have to make this team better."
Naruto nodded and walked out out of the office. On his way out Naruto ran into someone.
"Yo my bad bro. Oh shit Naruto!"
Naruto looked up to see Ricky Jerret, wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and one of Naruto's college teammates and best friend.
"Damn Ricky I ain't see you came to the school for that championship game."
Ricky smirked. "Well you know me I'm a busy ass mother fucker."
Naruto laughed. "Yeah I know so how's Annabella."
Ricky smiled. "She's fine you know trying to hold me down as long as she can before the season starts. You should come over later. You know Bella would love to see you again."
Naruto nodded. "Alright I'll slid on over later."
"Cool well I gotta go and talk to Siefert about something but I'll catch you later."
Naruto nodded as he left the stadium and got back in the Mercedes which took him to his new two story house. It wasn't anything like the other guys in the league but it was in a gated community and had a pool so he was good.
Naruto sighed as he sat on the couch. He wasn't like most people who would be put in this situation. He didn't have any friends he felt should be with him. The only person who deserved to be here was his mother Kushina Uzumaki and she was at their apartment in Louisiana geting a few things for their new home.
After a few hours of lounging around the house Naruto showered and changed into black jeans and a white t-shirt. He then got in his Kia and drove to Ricky's house.
Ricky had the kind of house that you could only dream about. He had all of the latest cars and Naruto felt a little jealous.
As soon as he got out of the car Ricky came out of the house. "Yo I still can't believe your really here man. With you leading the charge we just might make the playoffs."
Naruto smirked. "You just know I'm going to throw you the ball more than the others."
Ricky laughed. "Well if it happens."
Naruto and Ricky laughed together as they walked into the house.
"You want a drink?"
Naruto nodded as the two went to the kitchen and Ricky poured them to glasses of Hennessy. "To a hopefully successful season."
The two teammates clinked glasses together before downing their drinks.
"Ricky who is that?"
"An old friend. Come down an see."
A few seconds later a Latina woman with long brown hair and brown eyes walked into the kitchen. As soon as she saw Naruto her eyes lit up. "Naruto, Oh my god it's been so long. Congratulations I can't wait to see how you do this season."
Naruto smirked and hugged her. "It's good to see you too Bella."
Bella frowned when she saw the bottle of Hennessy and the two glasses. "Training camp starts in one week and you two are really going to get drunk!'"
Naruto waved it off and went to pour himself another drink. "Naruto if you even touch that bottle I swear to freaking God I'm going to tell your mom."
Naruto sighed. Back at LSU Naruto, Ricky and Annabella were really close. When Naruto and Ricky were at practice Annabella would hang out with his mother. She's the one who got Ricky and Annabella together.
Ricky groaned. "Then what are we supposed to do babe?"
Bella smiled. "We do what we used to do. You have that grill that you never use and back in college we would use any excuse to have a barbeque. I say Naruto being here is a great reason."
Annabella was right so almost the entire week the cooked on the grill. On Friday Kushina finally came to town, they cooked on the grill.
Things were looking great which is why when Naruto showed up for the first day of training camp he was excited. Almost half the city came to watch the players get out of their cars and head into the stadium.
When Naruto put on his pads and practice gear everything felt good until he threw that first pass. Most of the team couldn't even catch the ball.
Whoever could catch wasn't fast enough to keep up with his passes.
The only player who was actually playing was Ricky. Naruto tried to keep his cool but when he watched the center hike the ball over his head Naruto couldn't take it. He took off his helmet and threw it in frustration.
"How is it possible that you all suck this much!"
There was a collective gasp as all of the cameras zoomed in on him. "Each and every one of you suck. Except you Ricky you good, but the rest of you pathetic."
Naruto didn't say anything else. He just walked to the locker room.
A few hours later Naruto sat on the couch in his house watching ESPN replay his breakdown at practice.
"Naruto you have a visitor."
Naruto saw his mother walk in with Siefert. "You know we could have talked this out in private. Now you've pissed off the owners and your teammates."
"Screw my teammates. And the owners can kiss my ass. I was bought here to win and those guys clearly don't wanna win."
Siefert shook his head. "I told you that as the GM it's my job to make sure everyone is happy, and you're clearly not so. Who do you want?"
Naruto looked at him surprised. "Excuse me?"
"I said who do you want. You may think our players suck but they have value around the league. Plus we have a bunch of first round picks, so who do you want?"
Naruto smirked.
Next Week
When Naruto showed up for training camp there was no screaming fans and camera crews like last time. Just an empty lot. When Naruto went inside he was ushered into the locker room where all the coaches and owners were waiting.
When everyone finally arrived Siefert spoke. "Last week someone spoke out on a sad but true fact. We suck. So some changes have been made. One our training camp is no longer open to the public. Two if you already have a secured spot on the team you don't have to compete in the preseason."
The was a loud cheer from the players. "But your practices will be extra longer."
Naruto laughed and Siefert continued. "Now some of you may have noticed that we're a little short but we actually have made a few moves an signings."
There was a loud mumble amongst the players trying to figure out who they got. "Guys I'd like you to meet your new teammates."
A bunch a men walked into the locker room and the team was surprised at who they saw.
Standing in front of them was Antrel Rolle(FS), Justin Tuck(DE), Osi Umenyiora(DE), Dane Sanzenbacher(WR), Wes Walker(WR), Rob Gronkowski(TE), Austin Collie(WR), Mike Alstott(FB), Ronde Barber(CB) and Tiki Barber(HB).
Siefert stared at the team and smirked. "What are y'all waiting for I want all of you on the field in ten."
Week one
Naruto was dressed in all his gear ready to play. He was a little nervous about playing in his first game but he wasn't showing it.
The team was looking good but there was always a problem when you bring so many high caliber athletes together. It was Naruto's job to keep them together and on the same page.
They were playing the Jets at MetLife stadium but his mom was still in the stands.
Everyone was in the tunnel waiting to run onto the field and Naruto had to rally his team.
"Alright y'all tonight is the start of a long season for us. We got all the right pieces to make a good run but it all starts here. Hands in everyone."
The team huddled up. "On three. One. Two. Three."
The team broke their huddle and ran out on the field.
The Jets fans who were thinking that they were going to get a easy win were now second guessing themselves when they saw Tampa Bay Buccaneers squad run on the field.
Tampa Bay would win the coin toss and elect to receive the football.
Starting their first drive of a long season Naruto lined up everyone in a singleback formation.
"Red, nineteen, set, hut hut hike!"
Naruto faked the running play with Tiki before throwing a short pass to Gronkowski for a gain of five yard.
Naruto got his team back to the line of scrimmage this time in shotgun formation. "Tango, 88, set hut hut hike!"
The center launched the ball to Naruto who was able to connect with Ricky for a gain of twenty five on a streak route.
Naruto didn't have much success on the next play when he was sacked for a loss of five.
The same thing almost happened on the next play but Naruto sensed it coming and scrambled before deciding to cross the line of scrimmage and ran for a gain of eight.
So here he was third and seven at his own forty seven yard line. He lined everyone up in pistol formation. When the ball was snapped Naruto immediately saw the blitz coming from the right side and threw it to Gronkowski who was wide open for a gain of ten.
On the next play Naruto handed it off to Tiki who ran for another ten yards.
After that Naruto threw it to Wes Walker who ran all the way to the seven yard line.
On the next play Naruto tried to hit Gronkowski in the end zone but the pass was too high for him to catch. After that he tried to get Ricky but Antonio Cromartie jumped in front of it and intercepted it.
Naruto groaned as he went to the sideline and watched the Jets punch it in for a touchdown.
On their new drive they started at the thirty five thanks to a great return by Ricky.
Naruto surprised everyone when he threw a deep pass to Wes Walker for a gain of fifty five.
After that Tiki ran for another six yards putting them at the four yard line.
Next Naruto lined up in the shotgun formation with max protection.
"Red, Red, Tango, 77, set set hut hut hike!"
When the ball was snapped the Jets bought a pass rush that forced the offensive line and Naruto back.
Naruto looked down the field and didn't see many options so he decided to run.
He ran all the way for his first NFL touchdown even if it was a rushing touchdown.
Naruto didn't care about the boos from the crowd as he ran to where his mom has sitting with Annabella and flicked it up to her.
Naruto stood on the sideline going over plays with the coach when Antrel Rolle caught an interception.
Looking up at the clock he saw forty seconds left with sixty yards until the touchdown.
Out of the shotgun formation Naruto tried to pass it to Walker but a linebacker swatted the ball away.
On the next play Naruto passed it to Gronkowski for a short pass but he managed to turn it into a ten yard gain when he dragged his defender for another couple of yards.
On the next play Naruto tried to give his receivers time to get down the field but ended up getting sacked forcing them to use their final timeout of the first half.
One the next play Naruto managed to throw it to Ricky who caught it at the seventeen yard line which set up the field goal giving the Buccaneers a ten to seven lead over the Jets.
The Jets didn't get off to a good start because on the opening play they threw a interception to Ronde Barber.
That set up Naruto to score his first passing touchdown to Dane Sanzenbacher.
Naruto smirked as he watched the defense force a punt.
Naruto's next drive wasn't as successful as the last few ones.
His first pass connected for a gain of fifteen. Then Tiki ran for another six yards.
After that Naruto threw a pass to Ricky but he couldn't get a grip on it and dropped it.
On the next play Naruto tried to run the ball but got tackled two yards away from the first down. The worst part was that Naruto couldn't hold on to the ball and fumbled it.
Naruto groaned as he went to the sideline.
Luckily for him the defense managed to hold the Jets to a field goal tying the game up with just over six minutes left in the third quarter.
The Buccaneers started their drive at the twenty and surprisingly Naruto threw a eighty yard pass to Ricky for a touchdown.
Naruto smirked as he ran up to Ricky and the two did their touchdown ritual that they hadn't done since their days at LSU.
They ran at each other and did a shoulder bump and then slammed their helmets into each other.
The Jets struggled even more when Antrel Rolle caught his second interception of the game and returned it for a touchdown thanks to great aggressive blocking by Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck.
After that the defense forced another punt. When Naruto got back on the field he threw a series of short passes and a few runs by Tiki the Buccaneers got to the ten where Naruto threw it to Gronkowski for his third passing touchdown of the game.
Naruto approached Rob and the two looked like they were going to punch each other but they both missed and locked arms instead.
The Jets next drive started with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter and it ended empty handed when they unsuccessfully tried to go for it on fourth down.
There was three minutes on the clock and it took only two minutes and twelve seconds for Naruto to score another touchdown on another pass to Ricky.
That basically ended the game with Tampa Bay beating the Jets thirty one to ten.
Two Days Later
Naruto was in his Rangerover heading to practice when he spotted a car on the side of the road. The occupant of the car was outside it screaming into her phone.
Naruto pulled up next to her and stuck his head out the window. "You okay over there?"
The lady shook her head. "No I'm having a terrible day. First I got into a fight with my stupid boyfriend. Then this stupid car stops working and now the stupid tow truck is saying that they won't be able to make it out here for a few hours."
Naruto sighed as he looked at the time on the dashboard. "Look miss I can help you out. Where you heading?"
The women seemed to debate her options before sighing. "Okay."
She went into her car and bought out a suitcase. The put it in the backseat before joining Naruto in the front.
"So where you headed?"
She took out her phone and showed him address.
Naruto nodded and typed it into the GPS.
It took twenty minutes for him to reach the destination. A hotel not too far from the stadium.
She took her suitcase and got out of the car. "Wait I didn't get your name."
She looked back at him. "Names Nicole, yours?"
Naruto smirked as he pointed to the door of the hotel.
Nicole looked at the door and saw a poster of a man in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers jersey. She was surprised when she saw that the person was the one who drove her to the hotel. The name on the poster said 'Naruto Uzumaki'.
Nicole looked back at Naruto but he had already started driving away.
It took ten minutes for Naruto to get to practice and when he got there the other players were halfway dressed so he had to rush.
Practice was good. There was very few dropped passes and Naruto even helped his coach make a few plays for the next game.
When practice was almost over Naruto was throwing the ball threw hoops from about fifty yards away.
"So check it out. Annabella planned this party for these WWE people and they invited people from her party planning buisness. She going so I gotta go and I need you to come with me."
Naruto looked at Ricky as he effortlessly threw the ball through the hoop.
Naruto nodded. "Alright. Ain't got nothing else to do."
Ricky smirked. "Good looks bro. So what you doing after this?"
Naruto shrugged as he threw the ball through the hoop again. "Heading to the autograph tent with Rob. Then got a meeting with my agent."
Ricky nodded as Naruto was about to throw the ball and he slapped it out of his hand before he could.
Naruto turned to Ricky. "I told you about that bullshit!"
He reached out to grab Ricky but he ran towards the locker room before Naruto could touch him.
When practice was finally over Naruto was on his way to the autograph tent when Siefert walked up to him.
"Great first game Naruto. I don't think anyone could have ever imagined a game like that."
"Thanks a lot . That really means a lot."
"Yeah well what I really wanna talk about is that rushing touchdown you had."
"Yeah sorry about that. I just saw the opening and I took it. I know that's not really in the playbook but I had to take it."
Siefert laughed. "I don't care about you running the ball. What I want to talk to you about is the five thousand dollar fine you received."
"What?"
"The NFL is fining you five thousand dollars for throwing a football in the stands.
Naruto stared at him in shock and Siefert laughed. "Don't worry about it. I just wanted to let you know. Since its your first fine and it's not a big deal the team is going to pay it."
Naruto nodded. "Thanks I'll be more careful next time."
Siefert patted him on the shoulder. "Don't worry about Naruto just continue to do what you do and win us some games."
Naruto nodded as him and Siefert parted ways.
Later that day
Naruto was dressed in a classic black tux as he walked into the party with both Ricky and Annabella.
For the first hour Naruto understood why Ricky wanted him there. It was one of those champagne sipping type of parties.
Naruto was currently sitting by himself when he heard someone behind him.
"You know I never got to thank you for this morning."
Naruto turned around to see Nicole.
"Well my mother taught me how to treat a lady right."
Nicole took a seat next to Naruto who had to admit she looked good in the red dress she was wearing.
"You know I can't believe I didnt recognise the number one pick in this year's draft."
Naruto looked at her surprised. "You watch football?"
She nodded. "Me and my sister are big fans. And considering you don't know who I am means you don't watch WWE."
Naruto shook his head and Nicole smiled as she held her hand. "Names Nicole but people know me as Nikki Bella."
Naruto smiled as he shook her hand. "Naruto Uzumaki."
Nicole smiled at him before frowning when she looked across the room.
Naruto followed her eyes and saw her looking at a muscular guy talking to a few other people.
"Your boyfriend?"
Nicole shook her head. "Ex boyfriend. I broke up with him after you dropped me off."
Naruto didn't know why but he felt a little happy when she said that. "Well I don't know what happened but I can tell you this guy's make mistakes especially when it comes to women."
"Yeah but what if it's repetitive?"
"Then he's an idiot."
The two laughed and Naruto saw the guy looking at him out of the corner of his eye.
Naruto and Nicole talked for what felt like hours. They talked about there training schedules, favorite music genres and just about anything else.
Naruto didn't even realize it was time to go until Ricky texted him saying him and Annabella were waiting for him outside.
Naruto looked at Nicole. "Well it's been fun but my friends are waiting for me."
Nicole nodded. "We should do this again sometime."
Naruto smirked. "We definitely should."
"How about we go get lunch tomorrow?"
Naruto nodded and the two exchanged phone numbers before parting ways.
When Naruto got in the car with Ricky and Annabella his friends couldn't help but tease him about the smirk on his face but he didn't give a fuck. Living in Tampa was going to be way better than he originally thought.