A/N I have absolutely no self-control, so here you have another freaking Naruto SI OC fic from me, except this time, we're taking on a different concept! The same rules as before regarding my other Naruto SI OC fics apply, in that world building and OCs carry over, except for the SI. So do keep that in mind and don't take it too personally when my OCs pop up, as someone had with Metamorphosis.

Disclaimer for whole story: I don't own Naruto or anything related to the Naruto franchise! I am in no ways Masashi Kishimoto, nor will I ever be! I only own my OCs, of which I have many—so do keep that in mind.

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Sasuke is four years old when he bumps into a chubby, spiky-haired child with ochre skin. He lands rear-first onto the ground and winces in pain from the impact. It hurts, he thinks as he opens an eye. He can already hear his older brother, Itachi, admonishing him for not watching where he was going.

"You should have been paying attention." And there he goes. "Now apologize."

"Y-Yes, Nii-san…" A light blush dusts Sasuke's cheeks a light red. "I'm sorry for…"

Sasuke trails off, his onyx black eyes widening in awe when he realizes his face isn't the only thing that is red. He had seen quite a number of people with spiky hair of varying colors, so he is quite used to the sight. But he has never seen spiky hair of such a fiery red color. It's so bizarre, because he didn't think such a color could exist—except it does, and he's looking right at it.

"What're you lookin' at-ttebayo?!" Violet eyes stare angrily at him.

Sasuke sputters, pale skin burning red as he suddenly blurts out the very first word that pops into his head. "T-Tomato!"

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Whiskered cheeks heat up with a blush as violet eyes narrow angrily. "What was that?"

"Tomato?" Sasuke unconsciously repeats. His eyes are still on the spiky-haired redhead, who looks even more like a tomato when angry— "Whoa!"

Sasuke barely has any time to react when Itachi suddenly grabs him by the arm and pulls him away. He barely avoids a potentially forceful tackle from the redhead, who instead lands face-first onto the ground where he once was.

"Wow…that probably hurts," Sasuke thinks, before letting out an annoyed whine when his forehead receives a forceful poke from Itachi.

"It's not nice to tease girls, Sasuke," is what Itachi tells him.

Sasuke needs a moment as he rubs at his forehead. For one thing, he never meant to tease that girl and for another— "That's a girl?"

Well…that's the last time he'd make any assumptions based on clothing. At least he now knows what his relative, Kōichi, meant when they said clothes were clothes (it makes a lot more sense now that he actually thinks about it)…

"Go on, Sasuke—help her up." Itachi gives Sasuke a gentle shove towards the spiky-haired redhead.

Sasuke doesn't even try to argue. He just does as he is told, and narrowly avoids getting punched in the face seconds afterwards. "What the heck?!"

"That was supposed to be for calling me a tomato-ttebayo!" the redhead angrily replies, her hands balled into tiny fists.

"Oh…sorry…" Sasuke is at a loss at what to say. He's not used to talking to new people… "Umm…I didn't mean to insult you—I like tomatoes, actually!"

"Yes, that's nice…what?" The redhead's anger subsides, her expression now replaced with one of confusion. "You…like…tomatoes?"

Sasuke nods his head. "Yeah! They're really good and…I didn't think it was possible to have hair as red as one, so…"

"Well, your hair looks like a duck's butt, but you don't hear me saying anything, dattebayo!" The redhead crosses her arms and turns her head in a huff.

"Tsun-tsun," Sasuke says almost automatically. It's what Shisui tells him when he acts like this.

"I am not!" she protests. Her face contorts into a scowl she sees that Sasuke is laughing. "What's so funny-ttebayo?!"

"You are!" Sasuke can't help but smile. He just finds her so entertaining. He wonders if this is what it feels like to be Shisui… Though, he doesn't linger on that thought for too long, as a new one quickly takes over. "Hey—what's your name?! I'm Uchiha Sasuke!"

Sasuke waits eagerly for a response, his smile never once leaving his face. He doesn't have any friends, but just now, he thought that maybe—just maybe—this girl would make a good friend. He likes that idea.

"Uchiha Sasuke…" the redhead repeats, looking somewhat uninterested…at first, until she realizes whose name she had just said. It is at that moment that her eyes widen in horror as she loudly exclaims, "Oh crap!"

Sasuke stops smiling almost immediately. He frowns when the redhead suddenly bolts and turns to look at Itachi, who has been watching this entire time. "Was it something I said, Nii-san? Hey—does she hate me?"

"Hn…" Itachi thinks for a moment and then shakes his head. "I don't think so…"

"Then why did she just run?" Sasuke recalls how terrified that girl was of him. "I just told her my name and…"

"Maybe she's afraid of getting in trouble…" Itachi tries his best to offer some possible insight. Although, it isn't the best, but he's still trying. "Uchiha has a lot of history behind it, after all…"

"Hmph…" Sasuke pouts childishly. "Well, then…I don't like being an Uchiha!"

A small smile tugs at the corner Itachi's lips. "I guess that means you don't want to learn the Goukakyuu…"

"What—nonono, I do!" Sasuke is quick to react. "I still want to learn it, just… I really wanted to know her name…"

He did tell her his, after all…

"Ah…well, I happen to know it." Itachi was waiting for Sasuke to ask him, but he decides that waiting isn't worth it. "It's Uzumaki Naruto."

"Uzumaki Naruto…" A wide grin crosses Sasuke's expression. "So that's her name! Hey—do you think she'll be my friend?!"

"That all depends on you." Itachi averts his gaze as he recalls the unfortunate situation regarding the spiky-haired redhead. It's only by chance that that he and Sasuke had happened to come upon her in such an empty area on their way back home. The last thing any of them needed was unwanted attention by random bystanders… "It's your choice, after all."

And Itachi is willing to respect whatever decision his little brother makes. It's the least he can do as an older brother, considering how little time he has to spend with Sasuke. The life of a Genin is rather difficult for someone as young as he is…but Itachi doesn't complain. He just continues doing what he can do.

"Okay!" Sasuke understands completely. "Then the next time I see her, I'll ask her if she wants to be my friend!"

Itachi chuckles and gives his little brother an affectionate poke to the forehead. "You do that…"

"Stop poking me!" Sasuke whines.

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Uzumaki Naruto tries her best not to swear up a storm as she runs as fast as she can down the dirt path. She ends up swearing anyways because she recalls, quite vividly, her encounter with Uchiha Sasuke. Her head begins to throb when Sasuke's older brother, Itachi, pops up in her thoughts. Her stomach churns in response to the sudden influx of concerns she has regarding the future.

No, no, no, no!

Naruto doesn't want to think about that! She doesn't…but she somehow does, and it is just so overwhelming— "Huurk!"

Naruto retches quite violently. Nothing comes out, but the sensation is still unpleasant enough that it doesn't really matter. Her stomach is hurting, as is her chest. Her head is still throbbing and the pain is just…

It's too much…

Naruto crouches down onto the ground, her arms wrapped tightly around her stomach. She wants to cry. She wants to cry so much, because nothing wants to go right today. All it takes for her to snap out of it is a simple smack to the face. Her cheeks are hurting, but she feels much more grounded than before. It's not much, but it still helps her focus on calming her nerves.

It takes a few minutes' worth of breathing exercises, but she manages. She's still trembling, but otherwise, she's fine.

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Well, as fine as she can possibly be.

"It's a lot harder to hold it in when you're a kid…" It's rather unfortunate, but Naruto has enough firsthand experience to know that. It really fucking sucks, but there's not much that she can do. Her life has been like that since the very day she was given her second chance at life in the form of a red-haired baby girl.

There are so many things that Naruto finds wrong with her new life. The fact that her name is Uzumaki Naruto is one of them, because it's not fair that she has to find out that she has been reborn into the world of Naruto as the titular character. It's not fair that her life had been threatened by a man wearing an orange mask—just mere minutes after her rebirth. It's not fair that both of her parents had to die on the very day she was born, alongside many others due to the tailed beast that now rests within her stomach and the aforementioned masked man.

It's just not fair.

Not fair not fair not fair!

It…really isn't fair. Because she's barely four years old—she's just a child, but not many people treat her like one. She's not even living the life of one, either, considering the fact that she's living on her own in an apartment that has seen better days. Not that she ever had a chance of living the life of a child, considering what her future entailed as Uzumaki Naruto in a world where children, at a young age, are trained to become killers.

"Even so—even so!" Naruto thinks it's unfair for any child to have to live the life she currently has, where everyone avoids her like the plague. Shopping for food is such a difficult task, when some shopkeepers decide that it's perfectly fine to yell at a child who barely even approaches their shop.

Naruto is fine with being ignored, despite how much it hurts. Because at the very least, she didn't have to worry about anything—certainly not people yelling at her for doing absolutely nothing wrong. But now she does, because the damage has been done. She can't walk around town without feeling so anxious around adults.

Children she can handle, despite the fact that many like to pick on her for having such red hair. It doesn't get to her, though…it just annoys her, getting called a tomato day in and day out (it's not even that creative of an insult, especially since she isn't the first person to get called one for having red hair and a round face). It's rather sad that she's doing sooo much better now that she's living on her own instead of at the orphanage.

It hasn't even been that long since she had moved out—maybe a few months at best. As disturbed as she is with how easily acceptable it is for a child her age to be allowed to live alone, she does enjoy some perks. She gets to sleep in as long as she wants, without having to worry about anyone jumping her in her sleep (her roommates at the orphanage were assholes). She also gets to stay up, without anyone telling her to go to sleep.

It makes her life so much easier, since her ADHD makes it damn near impossible for her to stay still for long periods of time. From the very moment she could walk, Naruto has found it increasingly difficult to sleep early now that she can get places without the help of a caretaker. Living on her own had only managed to fuck up her sleeping schedule, as she had done in her past life, due to living the life of a university student that had a nasty habit of procrastinating. The only issues Naruto really has, living on her own, is remembering to take a shower and wash her own clothes.

Growl.

Oh, and eat…

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"I should probably get something to eat…" Naruto knows she didn't eat lunch, since she spent an obscene amount of time wandering about the public bathhouse in hopes of taking a bath while the women's side was empty. "Yeah…I should…"

Naruto stands up straight and exhales shakily. She is somewhat relieved, somewhat nervous—but mostly just relieved… She's not even that surprised with how easily distracted she can get. She welcomes it, because it's keeping her mind off of the encounter she had with a certain pair of Uchiha brothers.

She knows she'll eventually have to confront the future issues surrounding the two (as well as many others in general), but for now, she doesn't want to think about the future at all. She doesn't want to even consider the responsibilities she even has, being Uzumaki Naruto. She just wants to live and do as little as she can to avoid changing any of the events that have yet to come.

Foreknowledge has its limits once events begin to deviate. And Naruto isn't willing to take any chances. She already has enough to deal with, anyways, being a deviation herself. So she goes on her way, pushing all thoughts aside, except those regarding ramen. It's such an easy thing to do, when she's hungry.

Not that she minds…it makes her life all the more easier when she isn't a nervous wreck.

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A/N Okay, I have no excuse at all for this fic—it just is and say hello to Tomato 2: Electric Boogaloo. AKA, the SI!Fem!Naruto fic that no one ever asked from me!

Yeah…so like, did I ever voice certain pet peeves of mine I have regarding the concept of fem!Naruto? For one thing, it bugs me with the lack of spiky hair, because I feel that should be consistent with any Naruto, unless otherwise. Name changes from Naruto to Naruko (or any other name that isn't Naruto) also bother me because the name came from Jiraiya and actual naruto, which is a ramen topping that connects back to Naruto, due to his love for it. Like…it's because of that that Jiraiya is Naruto's godfather and just…yeah…

I have a lot more pet peeves to list, but I'm gonna space them out for the sake of giving space to breathe. In any case, this fem!Naruto has Kushina's red hair and violet eyes, while still keeping Minato's spiky hair. She also has Minato's eye shape, so unlike canon Naruto, who inherited Kushina's eyes, SI!Naruto, here, has Minato's eyes. SI!Naruto ALSO has her mother's childhood chubbiness, which has earned her the nickname, "Tomato."

Hence, the joking title, Tomato 2: Electric Boogaloo.

ANYWAYS, here you have another instance of me writing a child Sasuke as someone who lacks tact and isn't that much of a shit as he is when he's 12/13. He's only four, after all, and he still has his family. Itachi hasn't traumatized him, either, so yeah…whether or not Sasuke ends up developing the way he did in Butterfly Child or going the way of his canon counterpart is something we'll just have to see, considering this is just the first chapter to Que Será, Será.

Que Será, Será, by the way, means, "What will be, will be" and it does come from the song by Doris Day. Many thanks to UnstableFable for helping me out by contributing lyrics the instant I suggested Que Será, Será as a title for this fic.

By the by, that cover art is done by moi and it's not the best art, but damn, if I'm not proud of it! So basically, that's what SI!Naruto looks like, if you need a reference (I'll update the links on my tumblr, klonoadreams, later for you guys to check out).

And because I know it's inevitable, feel free to ship to your heart's content, because I'm always up for a round of the shipping games! By the by, SI!Fem!Naruto, like all of my other SI/SIOCs is asexual (lack of sexual attraction) and totally not straight (panromantic and has an extreme weakness for aesthetically attractive people). A lot like me, yeah…if you're uncomfortable with this, feel free to drop this story and any others I will write. I have no time for heteronormativity.

That's about it for now, so I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Until next time, everyone! KD out! XD