Love in disguise
Chapter 1
Rated: T for 13 and up
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Get over it.
Hi! This is my first fanfic (or is it?). It's meant to be a romance funny thingy, mainly about my favorite: Sakura x Lee. But it ended up having a lot of other pairings in it, too, so… oh, well, it's still kinda funny. If you read the first chapter, there's not really anything happening 'cause I'm just getting started, but the other chapters will be better and I'll put them up as soon as I can.
Sakura walked down the road slowly looking for Sasuke, but he was nowhere to be seen. So, she stopped and asked a few people, and none of them new either. That's when she saw Ino running down the sidewalk carrying a beautiful flower. Of course, she automatically assumed it was for Sasuke and ran after Ino in a rage.
"INO- PIG!" she screamed as she chased her rival down the road.
Ino twirled around, shouting "BILLBOARD BROW!" in response.
Then the two girls proceeded to scratch and claw at each other. When they were finished they began arguing again.
"Ino," began Sakura, panting "where are you going? Is that for Sasuke? Where is he? Stay away from him!"
Ino was also panting. "I don't know where Sasuke is you jerk, what do you take me for, a stalker? This is for Shikamaru! I'm meeting Chouji at the hospital to visit him!"
Sakura did one of those 'DING!' surprised movements and froze.
"W- What?" she stammered.
"Didn't you hear?" Ino asked, shocked. "Something happened last night…"
"What? What?"
"Well… I don't know exactly, but something went down! Several Genins were involved; there was an attack… and invasion or something."
"What attack? What invasion?"
"Like I said, Sakura I don't know! Get it together! If you want you can come with me and Chouji. We're going to see who else got hurt, too."
"…Uh, yeah… okay, thanks…"
"It's not real bad or anything. Just a few scratches. They said something about Sand… come to think of it; maybe it wasn't an invasion… Oh, well. Shikamaru would know. Come on! Chouji's probably stuffing himself to pass the time, and if he gets any fatter he might explode!"
"Yeah…"
But, as Sakura followed Ino to the hospital she wasn't exactly thinking about Chouji's fatness. What was going on?
As they entered the building, Sakura saw something familiar out of the corner of her eye.
"Kakashi, sensei?" she asked as she ran over.
"Sakura?" he asked in return. "What are you doing hear… Oh. I guess you heard."
"Kakashi, sensei, what's going on? Was there an attack? An invasion? What does it have to do with Sand? Where's--"
"Whoa, whoa, one thing at a time." Kakashi said, a bit overwhelmed by all the questions.
Just then, Ino and Chouji ran up.
"Sakura, did he tell you? What's happened?" Ino asked quickly.
"Well, girls…" Kakashi began "…it was an attack. But not by Sand. This was done by a new enemy… an unknown enemy… they began attacking the village, so all the Jonins and some of their Genin students retaliated. The Chunins joined in later on. They're a bit… well… testy upon waking... so the Genins did their job for a bit, and it resulted in many injuries, but none serious. They should be okay by Friday. Just so you know today is Wednesday."
"Really? Who attacked? Who's the enemy? Which Genins where involved?" Sakura asked as soon as Kakashi stopped. "AND YES, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WE KNOW IT'S WEDNESDAY!"
"The attacker went by the name of I.C. Yuin Thesh Ower. He disappeared after killing a Chunin and left the rest to his little army of 'Sneaky Peaky' ninjas, as he called them. They weren't very strong, so Konoha doesn't consider him much of a threat… yet. The Genins involved were… uh… I think… I don't know actually! I'm sure the nurse over there by the front desk will, though. All I know is that Naruto was there…"
"… Of course…" finished Sakura.
"… He actually beat 5 of the foreign ninja before we stepped in. He's maturing quite well as a fighter…" Kakashi added.
"And Sasuke?" asked Ino.
"… He wasn't there. He was at a meeting." Kakashi replied.
"A… meeting?" Sakura said strangely.
Chouji spoke for the first time. "What kind of meeting?"
"A confidential meeting. Something about a plan to burn all purple socks or something like that…" Kakashi said with a grin.
"Uh… okay…" Sakura said, a bit freaked out.
"Anyway, come on Sakura! Let's see who's here!" Ino shouted running ahead.
"Sure! Here I come!" Sakura replied running after her.
Eventually, Chouji made it to the desk, too, panting.
"Um, excuse me nurse but do you know the names of all the Genin involved last night?" asked Ino politely.
The nurse pulled out a binder and flipped through it. "Yes… let's see… here we are!... Just their first names? Um… Shikamaru, Tenten, Kiba, Shino, Naruto, Neji, and Lee. Why? Would you like to see them? All of them?"
Sakura was shocked to find that, besides Hinata and Chouji, Sakura and Ino were, like, the only ones NOT there. And… were they all okay?
"Sure," Ino replied. "We're all friends, right?"
"Well, lucky for you we managed to fit three per room! Well, except for the girl, we had to put her in with some other ladies…"
"Yeah…" said Ino.
"Okay then," said the nurse getting up from her desk "follow me!"
Each of them followed her down the hall and were surprised to see Hinata along the way.
"Hinata?" Sakura said as she saw the shy girl walk past.
"Um…" Hinata replied, fiddling with her fingers. "I w- was um… looking for my teammates…"
"Right this way!" said the nurse with a grin. (Was she on drugs or something?)
So, now the party of four (and I mean that literally, 'cause they randomly started doing the electric slide, except Hinata) continued down the hall toward room 333 (lots of threes, yay!).
"In here are Naruto, Kiba, and Shino," she said as she opened the door.
As they entered, they noticed that the room was very quiet… too quiet.
"BOO!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Naruto jumped out of a pile of cardboard boxes on the floor and shouted 'boo'. The girl's natural response was a shrill scream.
"N- NARUTO!" Sakura shouted back in a rage.
"Ha ha!" Naruto pointed at the nurse. "That's what you get for not serving ramen!"
"Grrr…" the nurse replied, coming out of her 'happy' stage. "UZUMAKI NARUTO! You should be ashamed! How dare you—all because of instant noodles!"
"HEY!" Naruto said in return "Don't insult the sacred soup of champions!"
"And look what you did to poor Kiba and Shino! They're all tied up!" the nurse said with shock.
Looking to the back of the room, the girls saw Shino and Kiba both lying on their beds with socks in their mouths and ropes tied around them. They were squirming wildly.
"…They were gonna tell…" Naruto whined.
"And I was going to order take out ramen tonight!" the nurse said running over to the two boys. "But after what you did I think I'll have to change my mind…"
"NOOOOOOO!" Naruto screamed, jumping on her. "PLEASEEEEEE! ONE MORE CHANCE!"
"Ah!" the nurse replied. "Yes, fine, but get off of me! And DON"T DO IT AGAIN!"
Naruto was off before you could say 'noodle'. "Yes m'am!"
The nurse untied Kiba and Shino and left the Genins only, saying she'd be back in 5 minutes.
"So, wassup?" Naruto asked dumbly, staring at the four new additions to the room.
"YOU DUMBY!" Sakura yelled. "WE CAME TO SEE YOU!"
Naruto blushed. "Really?"
"NOT JUST YOU! EVERYONE INVOLVED LAST NIGHT! YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL!" Sakura yelled back.
"Oh…" Naruto said, looking toward the ground.
Sakura realized that in her anger she had said the wrong thing.
"Naruto…" she said, grabbing his shoulder. "I'm sorry… I didn't mean it. I was just angry about your little sneak attack. Everyone's special somehow…"
She was mad at herself. Really. She knew she was mean to Naruto too often for nothing, and, not that she loved him or anything, but she didn't want to hurt him. Despite everything, she thought of him as a friend.
Naruto perked up instantly. "Thanks! Anyway, me and my buds were just foolin' around…"
"… we hate you at the moment…" Kiba said.
Shino, of course, didn't say anything.
"So…" said Chouji, trying to break the ice. "How are you?"
"We're good," said Kiba. "I don't understand we we're here though… we're all fine… well, except for…"
"Except for who?" asked Ino quickly.
"… Well, Lee got it pretty bad. Heard he beat a Jonin." Kiba finished.
The 'DING!' again. Sakura was worried… and she didn't know why. Lee was her friend, of course, but this felt… different.
"How is he?" she asked.
"Well…" replied Kiba "not THAT bad… some pretty big cuts, but he should heal."
"Wow…" said Ino. "…A Jonin… He's strong."
"Yeah…" said Shino out of nowhere. Silence. "Is something wrong Hinata?"
Hinata was shivering in a corner, unnoticed.
"A- are you sure you guys are okay?" she asked shyly.
"Don't worry! You always do that," said Kiba in reply. "Of course we're okay."
Sakura had to agree. They only had a few bandages on.
"Hey, Hinata I barely saw you!" said ignorant Naruto.
Hinata blushed fiercely. She was as red as a tomato.
"HINATA!" Naruto cried out. "I think you've just gotten an enormous fever! Don't move! I'll get a cold compress!"
He ran over to the sink, wet a cloth, ran back over to Hinata, and smacked it on her head. She went even redder.
"Whoa, I think you might need to be the one in the hospital!" he said frantically.
"No, Naruto!" said Sakura. "She's just blushing!"
Naruto blinked. "Blushing? Why?"
Hinata started to sweat.
"Uh… because…" Sakura didn't want to give away Hinata's obvious secret (known by everyone but Naruto), so she turned to Kiba. DING! "Because she's embarrassed by Kiba over there, picking his nose!"
Everyone turned.
"Hey, I'm not picking my nose!" Kiba shouted back. (He really wasn't).
"Don't deny it!" Sakura said, winking at him.
"Ohhhhhhhh…" he said, starting to understand. "THAT kind of picking… Boy, aren't I disgusting? She has a right to be embarrassed!"
Everyone gave a sigh of relief.
"…Ewww…" Naruto cringed. "Keeping your gold mining to yourself, dude… GROSS!"
…
"So, anyone know how to split this flower three ways?" Ino asked.
And they got to work with scissors.
"Be careful!" shouted Chouji.
"Yeah…" said Sakura.
In a minute, Ino held up the finished… pieces.
"Here," she said putting one third in a vase and shoving it at Shino "you guys get the ugliest part."
"Heyyy…" Naruto whined.
Just then the door opened.
"Okay," said the once again cheery nurse, sticking her head through the door crack "next room!"
Until next time, I'll be eating mint pizza. And I have another name on Fanfiction but no one will ever find out… muwahaha!