Disclaimer: Characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Here, we find out that Sasuke cares A LOT more about his looks than we realize. Tension erupts between Naruto and Sasuke.
Meanwhile at the Uchiha compound, Sasuke had just left for Training Field 5, but not before making sure one last time that he looked okay. He smirked with satisfaction at his reflection in the mirror and headed out.
Being the smart, quick, genius-boy that he was, he noticed right away that something was not quite right that day.
He walked towards Training Field 5 with his hands stuffed in his pockets, with his eyes focused down at the ground before him. After walking a few more meters, he stopped in his tracks and cautiously directed his eyes in the direction behind him and back to the front.
A gust of wind ominously blew against his still frame, and his emo-bangs swayed with the howling breeze. Lone tumbleweed passed by and somewhere, a crow cawed.
Yes something is definitely wrong, he thought. Very, very Wrong. Wrong with a capital "W".
This TRULY was remarkable, because for the absolute first time in his entire life, …there wasn't anyone stalking him that morning.
For as long as he could remember, Sasuke has always had to deal with stalkers and psycho-followers; whether it be annoying fan-girls, ages ranging anywhere from three to ninety-four, or his fair-share of creepy male admirers. Morning, evening, even when he slept at night sometimes. It got so bad at times that he often created bushin clones of himself to act as decoys and divert as many stalkers away from the real him.
He found it to be a huge annoyance, the well-known fact that he was EXTREMELY good-looking and brilliant in every single way possible, but sheesh, couldn't a guy get some privacy sometimes? He was sure the whole world felt his pain.
However, that morning, Sasuke didn't feel anyone trailing behind him. Not a single soul. Normally, Sasuke would expect himself to be especially thrilled to be left alone. But now that the unimaginable had actually materialized, Sasuke found the silence and lack of presence to be quite eerie and disturbing. He started to feel uneasy and paranoid. Why wasn't anyone following him?!
He started to sniff himself. Do I smell bad today? Is that it? No wait, it's my hair! Damn, I KNEW I shouldn't have bought that new brand of hairspray at the mall yesterday!! Inner Sasuke was freaking out. This was all so very upsetting.
Hence, Sasuke was in an especially foul mood when he arrived at Training Field 5. What was even worse, was that Naruto was already there, busy punching the crap out of a large tree stump. Seeing Naruto get a head-start at morning training, made Sasuke even crankier. Oh great, first my hair, and now the dobe has started to train first. I can't fall behind him! I'm supposed to be stronger! I'm an avenger! Inner Sasuke runs off screaming
At that point, Naruto notice Sasuke, his greatest rival standing there, looking exceptionally pissy. I wonder what his problem is, he thought, frowning.
"Hey Sasuke! Wait 'til you see my cool new technique that I've been working on. It's almost perfected. I think I could totally beat you with it," The hyper-active ninja boasted loudly.
"Hn." Sasuke gave the dull answer he usually gave to Naruto's outbursts. He ignored Naruto and started his Tai-jitsu training.
Naruto was persistent. "Hey! Did you hear what I said?" he tried even louder. "With this new technique, I'll become stronger than you!"
Sasuke stopped his training, giving Naruto a cool emo stare. "Shut up, retard."
Naruto was hurt. All he was trying to do was harbor some friendly competition as teammates and rivals. "SASUKE! What is your problem?!!"
"Just face it, you'll never be stronger than me. I'll make sure of it." Sasuke snickered, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You want to test that statement right now?! I'll pummel you with my new technique!" Naruto shouted, jumping up and down.
"You're almost as annoying as Sakura. Get out of my way. I can't waste time fighting you, I need to train." Sasuke started to walk off.
Naruto didn't know whether to be more insulted being called weak or having the love of his life, Haruno Sakura get called "annoying". (Note he doesn't care about being annoying himself)
"SASUKE!! You think you're so cool! I don't know why everyone thinks you are so hot, including yourself! Well, you're not! You're BUTT-ugly, everything about you is butt-ugly. Your outfit, the stupid fan on your back, your creepy Sharingan, and most of all, your hair! It looks—like—like a duck's butt! Hahahahaha!" Naruto hooted, falling over with laughter. He began to quack while flapping his arms like a duck.
Sasuke froze for a second and his frame shook with uncontrollable rage. You'd think he was angry that his entire clan and family legacy had been insulted, but he had something even more important on his mind.
AHHHHH!! How DARE he make fun of MY HAIR! He's gone too far! WORST DAY EVER!! Inner Sasuke sulked and threw a huge tantrum.
It took every ounce of self-control for Outer Sasuke to recollect himself and walk away. Sasuke reminded himself of his priorities. Must train and get stronger. Must buy new hair gel. Must fix hair ASAP, he thought, wiping a stray tear away.
By the time Naruto stopped laughing and quacking, he realized Sasuke was already gone.
"Huh. Where did he go?" He scratched his head and shrugged. "Oh well, back to training!"
"KAGE BUSHIN NO JITSU!" Naruto shouted, ready to do his favorite ninja technique.
Nothing happened. Huh…that's funny. I can't remember the handseals at all…
Meanwhile, in a nearby waterfall lake, Sasuke found himself with a much more serious problem. As he stood shirtless up to waist-level in water, Sasuke repeatedly trying to activate his Great Fireball Technique, but it was useless.
It's as if my handseal knowledge has been erased completely from my mind! He thought to himself, while looking downwards. "Hey, WHAT THE HELL--!"
On his lower stomach was a HUGE black mark, resembling a spiral with other ugly gibberish signs around it. Sasuke took one look at his no longer blemish-free abs and promptly fainted, screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Awww, Sasuke finally reached his limit for the day.
Woo, that felt like a long chapter!
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