Hi minna-san! This is the rewritten version of 'Rippling Waters.' I'm rewriting it because the older version was crappy (according to me) so I will try to improve the content and lengthen the short chapters!

The pairings in this story will still be the same as the old one- Sasuke x Sakura, Naruto x Hinata, Neji x TenTen and Shikamaru x Ino. Everyone in the Rookie Nine are 15 years old and Team Gai are 16.

Naruto - Talking and the story

Naruto - Thoughts or flashbacks

Naruto - Inners talking or loud yelling

Please read and review! 3

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to me… Kidding. Don't sue me!!

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Chapter one - One pissed kunoichi

Naruto was sitting inside Ichiraku devouring his seventh bowl of ramen when he felt an earthquake.

"Why do I have a feeling that Sakura is causing this earthquake?" the blonde asked aloud.

His back tensed as he peered outside the shop to see a very pissed pink-haired girl. A pink-haired girl who always beat the shit out of him when he pissed her off. The blue-eyed boy gulped and turned to Teuchi (owner of the ramen shop).

"Neh, Teuchi-san! If Sakura-chan comes in to find me tell her I'm not here!" he pleaded. Teuchi nodded.

Naruto 'henged' into a stool like the ones in the stall and hid among the other ones in the shop.

Sakura stormed into the shop looking very angry. "Have you seen Naruto-baka?" she asked politely. The owner shook his head.

"Damn it where the hell is he?!" she said angrily. "If I ever get hands on the stupid idiot I will kick him into next week and beat him into a pulp!"

Naruto shuddered a bit.

'Sakura-chan is SCARY!!'

The kunoichi noticed one of the stools quivering and she smirked. "Are you sure Naruto isn't here?"

"Well if Naruto isn't here then the chair won't do anything if I do this!" she yelled as she grabbed the stool (Naruto's neck XD ouch!) and smashed it onto the ground outside.

The jutsu on Naruto came off and he sat before her with a large bump on his head.

"Itai!" the boy said rubbing his newly-formed lump.

He saw Sakura glaring at him and laughed nervously. "Um… Hi Sakura-chan! I better get going!"

"Not so fast," she whispered in a deadly voice as she grabbed the collar of his shirt.

"Shit…" Naruto gulped not daring to even think about what will happen next.

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU TELL EVERYONE THAT I WENT ON A DATE WITH LEE??!!!" she yelled into Naruto's ear.

"I did?" Naruto said in a I-am-innocent-voice. Sakura scowled and cracked her knuckles.

"Don't play dumb with me." the rosette seethed. "Or you will never live long enough to be the next Hokage."

"GOMENASAI!" Naruto aplogized as waves of tears fell from his eyes. "I'M NOT READY TO DIE YET. I WANT TO BE THE NEXT HOKAGE! I HAVEN'T TOLD HINATA-CHAN I LIKE HER- …. shit." Naruto clasped a hand over his babbling mouth.

"Aw…" Sakura dropped him onto the floor. "You have a crush on Hina-chan!" she exclaimed. The blonde shinobi turned pink.

"Sakura-chan! Be quiet! Neji will kill me!!!"

"Fine. I won't kill you because Hinata will kill me if I did…"

"Why would she kill you?"

Sakura smacked her hand against her head. "For one of the strongest shinobi alive you sure are dense."

"Huh?" Naruto asked with a confused face.

The kunoichi sighed. "Never mind. Come on I'm hungry."

Naruto bounded into the ramen shop after her.

"And if that ever happens when I study Taijutsu with Lee; I will kill you." she said with a smile on her face.

Naruto shuddered at the thought.

'How can she say that so calmly?! And she's SMILING!'

"Yes, whatever you say Sakura-chan. It will never happen again!" he promised.

"Maybe…" he whispered under his breath.

Sakura turned to face him. "Did you say something?" she asked with a glare on her face.

"Nothing!" he stammered nervously.

When the two of them were eating a shinobi 'poofed' next to them. "Sakura-san, Naruto-san the Hokage requests your presence immediately." the shinobi said before he disappeared again.

They paid for the food and headed towards the Hokage Tower both thinking the same thing.

'Why does Tsunade-sama / Obaa-san want to see us?'

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So… do you think the rewritten edition is better? (I personally do) I know this chapter is still pretty short but I will try to make the other chapters longer. If you have any advice or criticism please send a review and tell me your opinions. Even if you don't have advice… please review and tell me what you thought about it anyway 3

R.E.V.I.E.W