A/N: Well, I'm a fan of the Naruto series, and this started as some one-shot. However an absolute genius suggested I do daily drabbles, due to the fit I was pitching in a forum. So this is that. Be warned. These one-shots will be extremely AU and or Crack.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Naruto!

The spiky haired blond was finishing off his last bowl of ramen at Ichiraku's, when his recent failure at the academy came to mind.

"Stupid Sasuke," the eight year old mumbled. "Him and his taijutsu."

Another day in the academy, another spar lost to Sasuke. It would have been fine but every time Naruto lost, Sasuke would look at him with that irritating smirk. That freaking smirk made him angry in ways he couldn't understand. It irritated him so much, that the blond even tried to sneak a punch after Iruka-sensei called Sasuke's victory. Of course, their sensei stopped his punch and later reprimanded the blond on his behavior.

"It doesn't matter if he makes you mad, you can't just hit him whenever you like," Naruto said, mocking instructor, before he tipped his bowl and drank the broth it held. "Stupid Iruka-sensei, I punch who I wanna punch. Especially that duck-butt teme."

Ayame, the brunette that helped her father around the ramen bar, was subjected to listening to Naruto rant every day. It happened so often that it was basically a part of her daily routine. However something was different about today. Earlier in the day, she had been dropping hints to a chunin that she had wanted to date for a good month. He finally caught on, and told her that he wasn't interested.

'Not interested? Ha! He was totally interested, he was just intimidated by my beauty…right?' And thus, Ayame went through her twentieth inner crisis that day. Unfortunately, she had unwittingly ignored Naruto for the better part of six minutes, and that eventually dawned on the blond.

"…neechan! Yo, Ayame-neechan! Are you alive?"

"Not now Naruto, I'm thinking."

"Whatcha thinking about?" he asked, excitement creeping into his voice. "Is it a plan to help me get rid of Sasuke?"

"Yeah, sure. Whatever."

"Oh! Oh! What is it?" he asked, completely oblivious to Ayame and her internal struggle.

"Um…" Ayame's mind was, unfortunately, still on the the chunin. "Maybe I should tie him up," she mumbled, "and knock him unconscious…"

"Tie him up? Do you think it'll work? Huh? Huh? Do ya, Ayame-neechan?"

Ayame broke out of her stupor and immediately responded with the first thing on her mind, "Yeah! It'll totally work! Long as somebody can get the drop on him."

"I can totally do that!"

"Are you sure?" Ayame asked as a picture of the chunin went through her mind. He was tall, and had a defined musculature if the guy's toned arms were anything to go by. That didn't seem like somebody Naruto could take. "He might be a little out of your league."

Naruto's excitement immediately vanished and he looked down to his empty ramen bowl, "What're you tryin' to say, neechan?"

Did she not believe that he could do it? Was that what she was implying? He was plenty strong! Sure, he hadn't beaten Sasuke in a head-on match yet, but even his neechan had said that it could work if he snuck up on the teme.

Or maybe she was testing his...what was the word? Resolve? Yeah, that had to be it! Ayame-neechan was always finding ways to cheer him up, ramen not excluded, so maybe she decided to mix it up.

Ayame realized what she said and went to apologize, "Naruto I'm so sor-"

"Thanks for the idea neechan! Gotta go get some rope and stalk the teme home!" the blond told her as he quickly shot off in the direction of his apartment room.

Ayame blinked and processed Naruto's words. She had unintentionally insulted him, and he thanked her?

"Wait…" she looked at the counter. "He forgot to pay for his meal."

Oh, her dad was so going to ground her once he found out what happened.

Done! Geez, I'm so glad Due (he was gonna be my beta for the one-shot) suggested this. These drabbles are going to be so much fun!

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