SASUKE: Shoujo Beat NARUTO
A/N: Those KakaSaku fics I read are so annoying! Now, I can't help but want to write something on Naruto. Since the last time I read or watched Naruto was well, ages... (Blame me for being the only animanga fan in the house why don't you...*pouts*) This story will be AU-ish (because I can't stand having my favourite characters dead), I'm deeply sorry loyal Naruto fans out there. For those who enjoys shoujo and romance like myself, enjoy!
P/S: I'll be putting a few (maybe a LOT) OC in this fic. And OOC-ness is expected, hontou, gomen!
Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own Naruto or else you'll find me lying dead on my desk, the series already finished (all my favourite characters alive and lots of romance). I'm too kind (or too lazy) to stop torturing people with all the suspense.
Summary: After coming back from a three year mission, all Sasuke wanted was to recharge and get back to work, as per usual. Imagine his remorse after finding out he was sentenced to a temporary 'vacation'-only will be given missions no higher than B-Rank, if he was lucky. Not only that, he was ordered to be a 'Substitute Jounin Instructor' (whatever that is) to a team of genin. He blames Tsunade for the example, Sakura for insisting his body needed time off, Iruka for being one of the Hokage's soft spot, Sai for actually smiling sincerely and Kakashi for just being Kakashi through the whole ordeal.
He blames the sixth Hokage most, Uzumaki Naruto. "Dobe, I'll fucking kill you for this!"
CHAPTER 1: The Dobe Is Dead.
THE SUN began showing its joyful beams, prompting anyone basking under its dazzling light and warmth to shine as itself. Morning mist was still faintly taunting, adding a serenity one basked with a peaceful mind as birds chirped merrily and dewdrops dripping onto the river surface. The day was early indeed, a good day at that. Perfect for training and most shinobi agreed, judging by almost half of the training grounds were occupied so early. A day as such, was greeted joyously by everyone living in the Hidden Leaf village; Konohagakure.
Whish! Not everyone.
Five innocent dummies were sliced to pieces in Training Ground Three, a giant shuriken stuck on the fifth three behind those dummies, the tree's friends in front of it sliced. The tree was lucky it was not struck by any fire or lightning jutsu else it would not have survived, nor would its other pals. A grunt was heard after the whole ordeal, before a fisted hand punched a bark of tree in frustration. Withdrawing his left hand, the last surviving Uchiha inhaled a deep breath to calm himself. If anything, he would not lower himself enough to be unable to control his emotions on his first meeting with his students. Yes, let it be known throughout the whole nation that from this day onwards, Uchiha Sasuke-ex-international criminal, ex-missing nin, skillful Jounin, respected ANBU captain-was a 'Substitute Jounin Instructor' for a team of genin. Unable to diminish the vein popping on his head at the reminder, he punched the tree again, successfully tumbling it onto the ground. It was lucky he was not Tsunade or worst, Sakura. Thinking about both women made him think about the common denominator those two shared with a certain someone he desperately wanted to kill at that particular moment. More than he ever wanted to kill Itachi-that was saying something.
The kyubi vessel. Jinchuriki. Dobe. Teammate. Rival. Best Friend. Hokage.
Uzumaki Naruto.
ANOTHER successful S-Rank mission. This time, in Lightning. For three whole years. A solo mission. He was rather proud for finishing a supposed to be five years mission ahead of schedule-by two years. Heh. How many could brag about that? He passed the Konoha gate in his usual apathetic, slightly cheery-he changd a bit, sue him-manner. Izumo and Kotetsu greeted his return warmly and was regarded with his ever so popular 'Hn'. It was amazing what time could do, and honesty. And sincerity. Else he would never be able to walk through that gate again after what he did to Konoha a few years back. He paid handsomely for the trouble he caused, of course. His chakra sealed for a year, a week of interrogation-intense one from Ibiki-two weeks of house arrest and six months of monitoring. His eyebrow twitched remembering the last part of his 'payment'. Simply because the two person in charge of monitoring him was no other than a ramen-loving idiot and the green beast of his generation. Even Uchiha Madara would repent after being with the two twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Which explained why his punishment was rather severe compared to others. Tsunade is a very terrifying woman.
Most shinobi woud have headed home first, then the Hokage's office. Especially since the current Hokage was very understanding but not him. He would rather deliver his report first, then head home. A wise choice too since he would possibly be exhausted again afterwards. Emotionally and mentally. If he was unlucky enough, physically. He reached the Hokage's office in a matter of minutes, wanting to settle this whole ordeal as quickly as possible and recharge himself thoroughly. Granted permission to enter after several knocks, he entered the Hokage's office to find familiar faces gathering inside.
"Teme! Welcome back! I wasn't expecting you until next year and next year!" The Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto greeted happily.
His eyebrow quirked. Next year and next year? Konoha's Hokage, everyone. He sighed. "Couldn't you just say 'in two years' like a normal person, dobe?"
Naruto glared at the dark haired Uchiha as he banged his table and pointed a finger rudely at his rival/best friend. "Who're you calling 'dobe', teme?! I'm the Hokage, I demand you to call me Hokage-sama or Naruto-sam-aa...Ow! Sakura-cha~n!" He rubbed his head and pouted, giving Sakura his 'sad eyes' for interrupting him with her fist.
The pink haired medic and only kunoichi in Team Seven crossed her arms across her chest as she glared daggers at her childish friend. It was a wonder how Konoha still survived since Naruto took over the mantle of responsibility from her shishou. "Seeing that you're aware that you're the Hokage, how about acting like one, Na-ru-to-sa-ma?"
Every male in the room, namely; Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sai and Iruka winced at her deceptively sweet tone. Naruto, being the soon-to-be target of Sakura's wrath gulped before sitting down, placed his hand on his desk and sitting straight. He cleared his throat, sweat dropped simultaneously as he turned his gaze to Sasuke.
"Uchiha Sasuke, congratulations on completing yet another dangerous mission. Your skills amazes me," Naruto paused.
Sasuke stared. Not only was he plagued by questions why these people were in the room-a surprise welcoming reunion, maybe?-but also the fact that Naruto could sound mature. Naruto. Mature. The world was coming to the end.
"But I'm going to beat you at our next training session!" Ah. Thank Kami. The world would survive.
"Naruto," Iruka scoffed, making the blonde haired male snapped back into topic-whatever the topic was.
"Right. Uchiha, is it true you have been going on A and S-Ranks missions these past five years non-stop?" Naruto asked.
"Hn."
"With only maximum four days rest in between these missions?"
"Hn." So..?
"I see."
"Hn." Eh?
"Uchiha Sasuke, starting tomorrow you are released from your average missions on a-well-something that's like a vacation."
"Hn." Wait... "What?"
"You're given a vacation."
Vacation? "What?"
Naruto winced at the slightly cold tone and gaze directed at him. An angry teme is an awful teme. The blonde man spared a look at Sakura, in which the pink haired woman sighed in understanding.
"Sasuke-kun, you've been stressing your body all these years. If you keep on going like this, I doubt you'll last as old as Kakashi," Sakura interrupted.
"I'm not old," mumbled Kakashi in the background, which Sakura thoroughly ignored.
"Point?" Sasuke asked, toneless.
"The point is you need a break from that, you self-destructive, vindictive, pretty boy!" Sakura practically yelled with how intense she glared at Sasuke.
The raven haired young man stepped back a bit. Prepared to flee at any slight angry movement Sakura might lash on him. After getting over him, he stood just as much chance of being hit by one of the most talented kunoichi of their generation as Naruto, Sai and Kakashi. A hit coming from someone who possessed strength enough to break a mountain, he knew better than to stay in case the worst happen, namely, angry Sakura. Which explained why he sighed in resignation, ignoring Kakashi's smirk-he knew that man was smirking under that mask, he just knew.
"How long?"
Everyone in the room smiled at that-which, Sasuke had a bugging feeing they were grinning instead. Including Sai. His intincts told him to flee but an Uchiha, Uchiha Sasuke do not flee.
"Until I say you're not."
WHAT? "What am I supposed to do on this vacation? Your paperwork?"
Naruto's eyes sparkled at this, only to wither at Iruka's 'Teacher Look'. Sasuke smirked.
With a pout, he continued. "You'll be helping Iruka-sensei."
That churning feeling again. "With?"
"I need a Substitute Jounin Instructor," said Iruka, smiling guiltily at his former student.
Substitute. Jounin. Instructor. "WHAT?"
"Well, you see, Sasuke-kun, I think having a former member of Team Seven to teach the new Team Seven is a great idea, with all of you being legends after all, to be mentors of our future generation. I mean, you can pass the younger ones your own legacy," explained Iruka.
He understood what Iruka meant, for sure but something still bugged him. "Who exactly am I substituting for?"
"Kakashi." "Kakashi-senpai." "Kakashi-sensei."
"Kakashi." Sasuke glared at the masked man. "Why am I your substitute?"
"Ah—Sasuke-kun, you see, Naruto's Hokage so he's out of the question, Sakura's busy with her medic duties and Sai's... Sai," he answered, rubbing the back of his head.
"What about you?"
"I'm busy."
"With...?"
"My, I didn't know you're so nosy Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke crossed his arm across his chest and glared at Naruto defiantly. "I decline."
"You can't decline. This is a direct order from the Hokage, right, Hokage-sama?" Sai explained innocently.
"Yup. I feel sorry for you, teme." He was gifted with a very angry-you're-dead glare from Sasuke, making him shudder. He was as good as dead.
"Here's the file of your students," said Sai, extending three files to him with a sincere smile. Sincere smile filled with mischief and mirth. Everyone present decided Sai was better off with a fake one instead of that.
"I'm telling Hinata to cut off your ramen consumption," he said as he retrieved the files, glaring at Naruto with evil intent and exiting the building.
"Nooo! Teme! Not my ramen!" The sixth Hokage wailed in agony.
The three other people in the office sweat dropped (except for Sai because he's Sai), mentally reminding themselves not to annoy the last Uchiha as much as Naruto.
"Umm... Ano... Sensei?"
That timid voice brought him back from yesterday's event. He turned around from the broken tree to see three children forms under his gaze. He was brooding, as usual, with his scowl as he scanned his 'students'. The voice calling out to him belonged to the only female in his 'team'. A long, curly brown haired girl with blue eyes. She was standing in the middle of two boys. An unruly blonde haired, green eyed one, another with chocolate hair and eyes.
"You're late. Thirty minutes late from your supposed meeting," he said coldly.
"We're really sorry, sensei. We would be on time if it wasn't for this idiot here," the brown haired girl said, glaring at her blonde teammate.
"Anzu-chan! How could you! I was busy asking Iruka-sensei if we could have Naruto-nii as our instructor instead!"
"Huh. The Hokage have better thing to do than teach the likes of you, BaKane," the second boy said, with a smirk.
"What did you say teme? My name's not BaKane! You're the baka here!"
"Says the one who scored last to the one who came out first. Right, Rui-kun?" The girl retorted, her eyes turned heart shaped as she looked at the chocolate haired boy.
"Anzu-cha~n~"
The adult among these kids winced at that. He rubbed his temple, feeling a headache forming. "That's enough. Why don't you introduce yourself instead?" He ordered, remembering that was what Kakashi did when he was his teacher. "Tell me your name, likes, dislike, dreams, whatever."
"Me first!" The blonde said enthusiastically. He touched his forehead protector eagerly, tied around his forehead. "My name's Inuzuka Kane! I like ramen and sweets! I also like Konohamaru-nii! I hate Rui-teme and running out of ramen! My dream is to be a great Hokage like Naruto-nii!"
An Inuzuka who looks up to and behaves like Naruto. Great. "What about you, girl?"
"My name's Sato Anzu. The thing I like, well, person I like is," a glance at the chocolate haired boy. "The thing I don't like... Kane." A wailing Kane saying "Anzu-chan~" came into the picture. "My dream is..." The girl had a dreamy look on her face and kept on glancing at her teammate.
"Next," Sasuke ordered, his headache more persistent than earlier. The old Sakura. Great. She even wears her head protector like Sakura.
"Name, Hyuga Rui. I was adopted by Hyuga Neji and Ten Ten. Like, food. Dislike, I don't like many things so it'll take a while to get the whole list out. Dream, well, considering I'll make my dream a reality, I guess not much."
Now, if this was not how a mocking look like, then he was naive and Sasuke was many things but naive. This kid, Rui, reminded him of... him, when he was that age, minus killing intent and all. Ugh... His head...
"Sensei! It's your turn to introduce yourself!"
Loudmouthed just like that dobe. "You already know who I am."
"Come on, sensei. Please?" Anzu gave him a puppy eyed face. Sasuke's eye twitched. Even uses the same trick as Sakura.
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke. You'll address me as Sasuke-sensei," he pressed that part. Feeling superior was good. "I don't hate anything in particular," Except a couple of things led with Naruto on top at the moment. "I like nothing in particular and my dream is, well, I've accomplished it," he finished.
"That's not telling us anything except your name, Sasuke-sensei!" Kane whined, followed with a puffing cheeks Anzu and a scowl from Rui.
The Uchiha's eye twitced again, remembering that sentence was quite similar to what Naruto said back then on their first training session as Team Seven. Although that time, to Kakashi. The parallels were too close to ignore. Sasuke annoyingly registered that this team he was in charge of, this new generation of Team Seven was no other than a replica of Team Seven he, Sakura and Naruto were a part of. Which made him Kakashi. Kakashi. He would pay anything in order to no be similar to that perverted, Icha Icha addict, Sakura's virtue murderer (the list went on and on) shinobi except in terms of skills. There was no chance for him to fool himself. Put Kane in Naruto's place, Anzu in Sakura's and Rui in his, he felt a familiar sense of deja vu. "Dobe, I swear I'll fucking kill you," he cursed under his breath.
A distance away, at the Hokage's office, Naruto shuddered. "I'm screwed."
TBC
A/N: My first Naruto fanfic and might be my first long series! I'm expecting reviews and favs, please since it's the only inclination people like my story. Believe it or not, my writer's block depends on it! I'm intending this to be more like a spin-off-it would be a spin off if the whole Naruto franchise's mine... *sulks in a corner* Feel free to PM me as well!
