A/N Hello people! KD's back after a month-long hiatus! Sorry about that, but I've been busy and all…what with an AP test I needed to make up and finals… Oh, and what's this? Another story that is of a different fandom…? Why, yes it is! :D *avoids getting bricked* Count this as a Naruto counterpart to my Pokémon fanfic, I am Trainer, because that's basically what I think it is! Anyways, let's get the disclaimer up, shall we?
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! To be honest, I don't know what I'd do if I actually did own Naruto, aside from averting some character deaths, I got nothing else in mind.
Anyways, moving on to what this story is about…yeah, this story will be in first-person point of view… It's quite easier for me to write this story since the style is similar to I am Trainer, just…different plot and fandom…and such…well, let's get on with the summary!
Summary: AU You never know when one little person can change just about everything until the last minute. Take Naruto, for instance. His last minute graduation threw off the prearranged teams. Because of him, I'm stuck with a Sasuke fangirl, the Uchiha himself, and Naruto... Eh, it could be worse...though, what exactly counts as being worse? No clue... I guess I'll find out for myself, sooner or later.
Hope you guys enjoy this story! Also, my FF friend, ChibiFoxAI, is going to be my main contributor to ideas for this fic...trust me, you will see her name a lot in my A/N's, so I'm just gonna say it now. So don't be surprised when I mention her name a lot..she be my FF buddy! ^^ Almost been two years, now! So…let's get on with it, shall we? So…let's get on with it, shall we?
It's just another day as usual…Iruka-sensei's looking for Uzumaki Naruto, the fangirls are staring at Sasuke with pink hearts in their eyes, Chouji was eating potato chips (and he's doing it rather loudly), and I'm bored out of my wits.
Sigh…
I swear…it's always boring when Naruto ditches class—wait…a light clicked in my head. If Iruka's searching for Naruto and he'll go through any means to drag him back…bingo, entertainment! Now, all I have to do is wait…
Growl…
I narrowed my eyes. Fricken' stomach…okay, just ignore it and it'll go away.
Growl…
Okay, that sounded louder…and I'm starting to feel hunger! Hunger does not feel good! Hunger feels bad… I turned to Akimichi Chouji, the boy with spiky brown hair that was sitting in the row right in front of me. He was still eating his chips…
"Hey, Akimichi…"
Chouji looked over his shoulder. "Hmm…?"
"Give me some of your chips…" I'm starving…
Chouji arched his brow. "Why?"
I made a face and clutched my stomach. "Because hunger does not feel good…"
Chouji just stared at me. I stared back at him, ready to complain if he didn't comply to my request. After a few moments, Chouji shrugged and held out his bag of chips towards me.
"I hope you like barbeque," he remarked.
I grinned widely. "You are the best…"
Just as I was about to reach for a potato chip, Iruka barged into the classroom with a tied-up Naruto at his side.
I closed my eyes and sighed. "Never mind, Akimichi…Iruka-sensei is back and…I don't want to get you into trouble."
Chouji seemed to understand and hid his bag of potato chips in his jacket. I frowned as I heard my stomach growl even louder. Why did I forget to remind Aneki to buy groceries? Oh, right, because I was supposed to buy them…
Well, I'll just have to wait it out…I am SO going to Ichiraku's after this—
"THAT'S IT! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REVIEW TEST FOR THE HENGE NO JUTSU!"
I snapped out of my thoughts, having heard Iruka's loud voice, and blinked. "Wha?"
Did I just blank out? I am so confused…and Iruka sure does look pissed. I wonder what Naruto did to make him so mad…that means I must have missed it! Damn…
"Everybody line up, NOW!" a very angry Iruka yelled. "This includes those who passed as well! I want you to transform perfectly into me!"
Groans filled the room and I slammed my forehead into the desk. While I was not annoyed with the request-er, make that demand, Iruka made…I mean, I already passed the test and everything, but… Do I have to change into him?
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After watching Haruno Sakura transform into a perfect image of Iruka-sensei, making her the fifth kid to do so, it has been confirmed that I do have to transform into Iruka. It was there that I came to a very simple conclusion…
I am thoroughly screwed.
"Uchiha Sasuke!" Iruka called.
I narrowed my eyes as I could hear various girls sigh dreamily as the black-haired, onyx-eyed boy walked to the front of the class. I could practically feel the pink, fluttering hearts emanating from the girls crushing on Sasuke. It was rather unnerving…and not to mention, disgusting.
We're only twelve, for crying out loud! To top it off, we're still students of the academy! If anything, our top priority should be graduating, not falling hopelessly in love with a cute boy who may or may not be interested in girls.
At least that's what Aneki has been drilling in my head for the past few weeks after being notified of my upcoming graduation…which she is under the assumption I will pass, no questions asked. Well, it does help that she has actually been paying attention to me, so I'm happy…she has also been training me…rather harshly…up to the point of exhaustion…
I guess she wants me to know that there is no possible way for me to fail…
"Hey, Ando, are you paying attention?" I managed to hear Iruka say.
I blinked, feeling rather confused. I really needed to pay attention and stop blanking out. It might get me killed one of these days…great, now I sound like Aneki…feh, whatever.
"Ando!" Iruka exclaimed.
I blinked again and immediately dashed to the front of the class. I pushed through various fangirls who were surrounding Sasuke, earning their hatred and death threats. Tch, not my fault you guys were in the way…
…
I inhaled and exhaled steadily. I tried to ignore all stares on me as I concentrated on trying my best to NOT screw this technique.
"Henge!" I exclaimed.
White smoke obstructed my vision momentarily. I stared at Iruka with anticipation. He was silent, looking me over closely…most likely for any errors I might have made—crap! I probably didn't pay too much attention to detail when it came to his clothes!
"I'm sorry I screwed up with your clothes, sensei!" I exclaimed.
Iruka blinked. "A-Actually, you got that down to detail as well as everything else…"
I sighed in relief…and then quickly held my breath as I heard Iruka say, "But…"
"What did I do wrong?" I asked.
Iruka covered the lower half of his face with his hand. He seemed to be face-palming…oh, he's not amused. I'm screwed…
"Try to keep my gender the same next time," he said. "I'll let it slide this time…"
I blinked a few times, my eyes widening as the transformation dispelled. Damn! I was so close…so close…wah… I failed this review…
I turned around, sulking at my own failure…even if Iruka did let it slide. Hah…
A boy with jet-black hair tied up in a spiky ponytail stared at me as I passed him. "Just how did you pass your test again?"
"Screw you, Nara…" I snapped. "If you haven't noticed, I used my Aneki as a basis for my last test…now you do the math and see what you can come up with that information."
I know you are a genius, Shikamaru…you're just too damn lazy to do anything. Thankfully, the time we took our last transformation test, Iruka told us we could transform into anyone we know that time. Apparently, I have problems transforming into anyone of the opposite sex…and because of that, I tend to weird out the people I transform into, like I just did with Iruka. Aneki is so going to be hearing about this…
I sighed again and watched as the next student made it to the front of the class. Naruto was up this time. I wonder what the blonde had in mind, this time… It's obvious he's still sore about being tied up and dragged back to class.
Within the next few seconds, I, as well as the rest of the class, observed just what Naruto used to get back at Iruka. Let's just say…my eyes!
Naruto had transformed into something that was so not Iruka-sensei…no. He transformed into a beautiful girl with blonde pigtails…a naked beautiful girl with blonde pigtails, huge boobs, and a voice that just sounded so weird…and so wrong because it was Naruto doing it! I can never see Naruto in the same light ever again! Not without the use of so much head-bashing and even then, it's questionable!
"MY EYES!" I exclaimed loudly as I covered my eyes. "I can't un-see it!"
As I was blind to the world for a moment (I am NOT taking my hands off my eyes right now!), I could hear Iruka's reaction and Naruto's laughter.
"How was that?" I heard Naruto say. "I call it the Oiroke no Jutsu!"
I heard Iruka's response from Naruto's remark at full force. "You idiot! Don't invent such a stupid technique!"
Stupid…tch, forget that! Make that mind-scarring! I still have that image burned into my memory!
"Ando, you can quit doing that, now," I heard Shikamaru tell me. "The transformation's been dispelled."
I sighed in relief and removed my hands from my eyes. I turned to Shikamaru and, for once, I felt a sense of gratitude towards him. Usually, I'm very neutral to just about anyone…except for Sasuke's fangirls! Because of them, Sasuke treats us girls who aren't fangirls (which is quite exceedingly rare as Hinata and I are the only girls not interested in the Uchiha) the same way he treats his fangirls…and that is basically treating us like dirt.
I could remember the first words he ever told me when I was assigned to him as a sparring partner during our class's weekly sparring matches. Now keep in mind, this was the first time I actually ever had a chance to talk with the boy. I wanted to be his friend just because I wanted to make friends! And Sasuke looked like a cool person to be friends with, plus he looked like he needed one! I had no friends, unless I counted Aneki, but she's family… Now acquaintances…I had and the number of them is quite high.
Anyways, I was just walking up to him, about ready to shake his hand because I was so excited to have him as a sparring partner. He was the best fighter in the class and for me, it was a great way to see just how much I had against him! I was in one of my happy moods in where I wasn't as energetic, but I wasn't as lethargic, either. I was perfectly in between and I couldn't be any happier than that!
And then I heard him speak…"Just so you know, I'm not interested."
And he said it with a face so expressionless…it pissed me off to no end!
I wonder what he thought of me right after I beat the crap out of him for saying that afterwards! I got detention for it because I fought him before Iruka gave us the word to start. Despite that, I managed to usurp Uchiha's ranking as best fighter in our class that day…and detention has never been so much worth it since then!
And since then, Uchiha's been on my case, trying desperately to regain his title. I take pride in this…what was I talking about again?
"Ando, you're staring," Shikamaru said.
I blinked and shook my head. I really have to stop blanking out… "What'd I miss?"
Shikamaru rubbed the back of his head. "Nothing much…though, classes are over, you know."
I actually missed class dismissal? Damn, I was really out of it…
"By the way, Ino is waiting for you outside," Shikamaru said before walking away.
Ino's waiting for me? I wonder what she wanted from me…
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I met the long, blonde-haired Yamanaka in the hallway. She had her arms crossed and was obviously not amused with having to wait for me. She stared at me sternly with her green eyes.
"Took you long enough…" she said, uncrossing her arms.
"What do you want, Yamanaka?" It isn't like Ino to suddenly wait for me after class for no apparent reason.
"Yamanaka Flowers needs to restock on wisteria flowers," she replied.
I narrowed my eyes. "Let's go, then…"
I better get paid for this…
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I stood before one of the various trees from where flowering wisteria vines hung from its branches. Yeah, Aneki and I have been growing wisteria flowers for quite a while. It's the least we can do to keep some part of our family alive. It's just us, now…
…
Growl…
I tried to ignore my growling stomach as I carefully searched for the right area on the flowering vine to cut. Ino was standing behind me, carrying a bundle of numerous lavender-colored flowers in her arms. The pleasant aroma of grapes filled the air, the source coming from the flowers themselves.
This did nothing to help stop the growling in my stomach. Now I'm craving grapes… At least I'll be getting paid for this and that money is SO going to be used to buy groceries…but first, to Ichiraku's! I am not buying groceries without having eaten first.
It's a good thing the Yamanaka clan has been paying Aneki and me to provide wisteria flowers for their flower shop. They're rather popular, so we get paid rather nicely for the profits they made off of the wisterias. It also helps with preventing overgrowth, so everything works out!
The wisteria flower holds a lot of meaning to Aneki and me… It is the symbol of our clan and to Aneki… It holds all the memories she had of our parents and brothers.
I never knew them…our Okaa-san and Otou-san… I never knew I even had brothers, either, until I came across a picture of Aneki with them. It was a family picture, but without me… Aneki told me it was taken before I was born. There is a picture of the family with me in it, but she doesn't know where it is.
I'm not sure if she's telling the truth or not… She might have just told me that so I wouldn't feel left out of the picture…Did I just make a pun?
Growl…
My left eye twitched slightly. Hunger was starting to get annoying…and it still didn't feel good!
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Sometime later, Ino and I paid Yamanaka Flowers a visit to drop off the wisterias. I got my pay and I couldn't be any happier. The first thing I did was buy groceries, despite my initial intents to eat first then buy groceries afterwards. I changed my mind after realizing that it would be much easier to shop first, and then eat.
I mean, I might as well get it over with…right? Whatever, I'm eating now… I just got myself a bowl of ramen and my stomach is driving me crazy! Well, time to dig in!
I slurped up my noodles, enjoying the taste as I finally had something to eat. My stomach stopped growling…good! And, as always, Ichiraku's ramen is always the best!
"Oh, ramen, I'll never leave you again!" You're my new best friend! Wait…I never had a best friend—meaning…Oh, ramen! You're my only best friend—who isn't Aneki!
"Stingy!" I heard someone exclaim.
I blinked and looked to my side to see Naruto and Iruka sitting a few seats away from me. Iruka was laughing for some reason and Naruto was frowning… I wonder what was going on between them…
"Is that why you took your goggles off?" Iruka asked Naruto.
Naruto turned away from Iruka. "I want another bowl!"
I couldn't help but smile as I heard Iruka's reaction. Those two…they seem pretty close…almost like brothers. Just looking at them reminded me of my relationship with Aneki. While she might not always be home most of the time, she still acts and is my Aneki. She never passes up any spare time she has to train me or just walk around in the garden, helping each other care for the wisterias. During those times, we bond…she might be harsh on me during training, but I can tell she means well. I just wish I got to see more of her…
That reminds me…Aneki should be home by now… Sighing, I turned to my bowl of ramen and finished my meal. Afterwards, I grabbed my groceries and headed for home, but not before waving goodbye to Naruto and Iruka. I couldn't help but laugh as I caught them by surprise.
They really need to be more aware of their surroundings…but I digress. I'd probably react the same way…no doubt about it. I mean, with my tendency to blank out…I'm quite easy to surprise…
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The walk home was nothing below or above usual. I was greeted by the presence of my Aneki when I entered my house. She was lounging about on the couch, her gaze now focused on me.
I smiled at her as I closed the door behind me. "Welcome back, Aneki!"
Aneki smiled at me as she got off the couch. "I heard your graduation exam is tomorrow…"
Having heard this, I let the groceries drop to the floor as a sense of panic began to rise in my chest. How could I forget about that?
Aneki just took one look at my face and shook her head. "Just come with me, Imouto-chan…"
I am so dead…
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I stared questioningly at Aneki as she held up a short-sleeved, white hoodie. It looked around my size, give or take a size. I didn't see any significance in this hoodie until Aneki turned it around. Right on the back, was the crest of the Ando clan.
"I was meaning to give this to you tomorrow as a graduation present," Aneki began. "But I decided to give it to you early…"
I blinked. "And you're assuming I'll pass—ow!"
"Baka-imouto!" Aneki said after hitting me in the back of the head.
I glared at Aneki as I rubbed the back of my head. Her hits hurt! "What was that for?"
"There is no way you can fail!" Aneki exclaimed. "You are going to pass and that is final! Now, put this on!"
With that said, Aneki shoved the hoodie into my hands. I blinked a few times, staring at the hoodie in my hands. Shrugging, I decided to put on the hoodie. It fit me a little big, but that didn't matter to me! It was very comfy and that's all I cared at the moment. I love this hoodie already…
"I have more of these that look exactly the same, but this one is special…"
"Why?" I mean, this hoodie is awesome, but if Aneki had more of the same article of clothing, how could just one of them be special? Wouldn't they be equally special?
"Okaa-san gave it to me when I entered the Academy," Aneki said softly, smiling at me afterwards.
Ah, that explains it… Okaa-san gave this one to Aneki personally. I can see what she meant by special, now…
"It's your turn to wear it now…and be thankful that it fits you, even if it is a little big. Okaa-san was never good with sizes… And I was actually meant to get this when I was older, but I didn't… Wear it well, Imouto-chan."
I looked at Aneki as I placed my hands in the hoodie's pockets. "Thank you…"
Aneki placed a hand on my shoulder, her smile never once leaving her face. "Let it be known, to everyone who sees this crest, that you are from the Ando clan."
I couldn't help but smile back. Aneki was giving me something of hers…and by the manner she spoke, it seems this hoodie is something very precious to her. I feel…happy.
"I'll make you proud…" It's the least I can do… "I promise…"
Aneki grinned. "I know you will…"
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A/N End of chapter. Date of completion: 5-29-12
Hey guys! Guess what? KD's out of school! ^^
OC: "Though, her senior friends are gone…"
And I'll be graduating next year…
OC: "And KD has her SATs this Saturday…"
I'm already off to a great start on my summer vacation! *sarcasm* Oh, and before I forget…let me get some honorifics out of the way!
Aneki—this basically is another way of saying older sister and I guess the difference might be formality or something, I don't know… To sum it up, it's the female version of Aniki…yeah…
Imouto—younger sister
Anyways, yeah, I'm quite happy to be out of school, but here's the problem, unlike last year, and the years before that, I have summer homework. I have a calculus packet I need to finish that's due the first day of school during my first class of calculus…yes, KD is taking calculus, even though she hates math!
OC: "But she is good at it…"
I find it ironic…but whatever! I'm also taking AP Literature and I'm stuck with this assignment involving me reading a book and analyzing its contents as well as keeping entries of my process as I read it… It's something not out of my league, but it's gonna be rather tedious because KD isn't exactly in a writing (with pencil, mind you!) mood during the summer.
Also, I'm officially signed up in my town's pageant! And I'm back in Academic Decathlon! To summarize everything I had just said…OC, if you will…
OC: "KD screwed up her summer."
Yeah, I'll be busy, but hey! I have a schedule, so I know what to expect. Though, currently, I'm having trouble involving my first job as a pageant contestant…selling raffle tickets. Don't know how much I sold, but I have one-hundred tickets to see…so yeah…
Eh, if all else fails, my brothers said they'll buy them all… Ahem, moving on… Let me explain the whole basis of this story as well as the creation of it…well, I'll do this next chapter. Can't have the A/N be too long, right? Yeah…
Well, this is KD's attempt at her first Naruto fic…and if you're wondering, I'm on hiatus for Secret or Misconception, so don't bother asking me about it! DX Anyways, review if you wish, just NO FLAMES! :C I don't appreciate being told something is hated without reason…
If you hate it, tell me why. Don't just say it's stupid or whatever floats your boat…you have to give me a reason why. Constructive criticism is always welcomed, because sometimes I need it…just don't tell me what to do! I want advice, not lessons…thank you.
Well, I guess this is it for now…till next time! KD out! XD