A/N: I don't own Naruto.
Naruto threw his last kunai at the target, wiping his hand across his brow when it reached the centre of the target. He moved over to collect them and packed them away into his kunai pouch. It was getting late, and he was expected to be going out onto a mission the next day. Plus he had been training since morning and he was hungry. Very hungry, to be precise.
He whistled as he walked down the street, his hands resting behind his head and his mind on one thing: Ichiraku Ramen. A slight rustle made him pause, straining his ears to check that he hadn't imagined the noise. Naruto heard it again, and noticed that there was no one else in the street. He then noticed the hem of a long blue scarf trailing along the ground. Grinning, he carried on walking, looking for all the world as if he couldn't hear the quiet whisperings behind him. He turned the corner, and the ones who were following stopped, confused. Naruto had completely disappeared! Suddenly, the pursuers felt hands clap over their mouths. They tipped their heads back, and saw one Naruto and two Naruto clones standing behind them.
"You know," said one of the clones.
"If you want to ambush somebody," said another.
"Then you need to learn how to do it more stealthily, Konohamaru." Finished the real Naruto as the other two clones disappeared in a loud pop and a lot of white smoke.
"Aw! No fair! How did you know it was us?"
"I heard you. And saw you. Seriously guys, you need to learn how to have better disguises than that. They are seriously they worst ones I have ever seen. Anyway, what were you kids trying to do?"
"Well, Konohamaru thought that we should sneak up on you and try and ambush you," said Moegi, causing Konohamaru to protest wildly. "I KNEW it would be a bad idea, but he wouldn't listen to me." By this time they were nearing the ramen store, and Sakura had joined them, curious to know why Naruto was being followed by three younger kids wearing goggles and 'camouflage' on their faces.
"Tell me about it," she said. "I tell Naruto constantly that things are a bad idea, but he never listens. Now Sasuke on the other hand, well…" Sakura trailed off, he face becoming dreamy.
"Hey! I do to have good ideas!" Protested Naruto. This caused Sakura to snap out of her trance.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. I have to go pack for the mission tomorrow." With that Sakura took off. Naruto turned, and faced the three young academy students.
"Now, listen up. You have to plan ambushes, take time to work out where the enemy will be and everything. And try and be quiet as well, otherwise they are likely to spot you. Oh, and a few traps when you set up the ambush will help to disable the enemy" Konohamaru nodded, listening intently.
"Okay. Thanks, Naruto! See you later!" He took off, the other two following closely. Naruto watched them go, before heading into the ramen store and ordering a large bowel of Ramen.
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A few weeks later, Naruto was back at the training ground, throwing kunai and shuriken at the targets. It was windy that day, and he was having to take extra cautions when he was throwing the weapons, compensating for the wind. There was a rustle overhead, but he put that down to the large gust that had just blown through the forest. He moved forward to pick up the sharp, pointy objects protruding from the tree like quills in a hedgehog, when he heard the soft thump of bodies falling out of the tree. Before he had time to react, he was hoisted into the air by his leg. Growling, Naruto cut himself loose and fell back to the ground, landing on his feet. He moved forward, and was suddenly barrelled into by a small thing. Looking down, he saw Moegi clutching his leg. Something pulled his other leg from underneath him, and soon he was falling. Konohamaru came out from the bushes he was hiding in, and pointed one of Naruto's kunai at the orange clad boy's throat.
"Hah! We got you! We actually managed to ambush you!" The Naruto on the floor smiled.
"Not quite." He disappeared with a puff of white smoke, and Moegi fell to the floor with a thump. Naruto jumped down from the tree, laughing.
"Not bad, guys. Just make sure you don't trap your opponent with rope if they have access to a kunai. When I realised I had been ambushed, I used a clone to pretend to be me, and that was who you captured. "Konohamaru's face fell. "But hey, you're improving. One day you may be able to ambush me for real." With that, Naruto collected up the last of his weapons and took off for the village. Konohamaru watched him, and then turned back to the other two.
"Next time, we will get him. We WILL ambush him successfully!" His friends nodded, and they two headed back towards the village their minds already coming up with different possible ambushes.
Okay, so it's short. Sorry about that. Actually, I had already written most of it out, but for some reason it hadn't saved, so I had to write it all out again. So this story is a list of ABC prompts and small one shots. I am also writing one, with the same chapters (as in, the same letters, so A for Ambush etc) but in a different fandom. I am interested to see how the stories differ. If you're interested, the other story is in the Ghost Hunt fandom. But you don't have to read that one, it's not obligatory. ^^ Oh, and I wasn't sure what Konohamaru's other friend was called. That's why he wasn't mentioned spAecifically, but he is in here!
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