Brother Bond

Chapter 2: Lady Problems

Tatsu found himself in the most peculiar situation. After a few bouts with Sasuke, they left his home to go to school. It wasn't long into their journey that Tatsu had the shakiest feeling that he was being followed. Upon further investigation, he discovered that Sasuke and himself were being followed by a surprisingly large group of girls. Tatsu thought at first that perhaps they were hitting on the new kid in town. Feeling rather proud of himself he nudged Sasuke and motioned to the mob that had been trailing. Sasuke shoulders lowered and he let out a long sigh.

"They do this every morning." The Uchiha said shoving his hands in his pockets and turning back around. Tatsu jaw dropped. He just learned that this little punk kid heir Uchiha was by far the greatest ladies man who had ever lived. But, what's more unbelievable is that he didn't give two shits.

Tatsu spared the mob another glance examining it more closely. Doing this he discovered that most could have been much older than Sasuke and himself. He then went on to count them… holy shit there's 13 of them. So from his recon he could come to a safe conclusion that the mob of girls consisted of females ranging from the age of 9 to 16. Also, from the appearance of shuriken holsters, or other ninja attire, he could calculate that 7 of them were training to be shinobi. Now, the numbers may not be exact, such variables included: the forgetting of shinobi attire, looking old or younger than one may appear, and more lurking somewhere else. So, with these variables, Tatsu could not accurately formulate a plan of attack so to avoid those obsessed with Sasuke and move on to those who do not. However, an idea came to mind to both gain these girls attention and bring out any that could be hiding in the dark.

"Hey Sasuke, why don't I take these girls off your hands." Tatsu said smugly with a small grin creasing his lips. Sasuke in response looked dumbstruck. The heir had obviously seen through the boy's weak façade and saw the true meaning in his words.

"Why would you do that?" Sasuke asked knowing very well that his new acquaintance was a perv. But, Tatsu stayed calm and just chuckled lightly and rubbed the back of his head.

"Hey, what are friends for." Tatsu replied rhetorically. Then seeing his opportunity coming up, Tatsu prepared himself by slipping his hand into his holster and pulling out two smoke bombs. And just as the two boys reached the destination, which was two alley ways that branched off in two opposite directions, Tatsu threw the two black spheres to the ground blinding the mob from Sasuke and his actions.

The girls looked around frantically. There were other times when Sasuke attempted to evade them. However, because of some of their shinobi training, and sheer determination, they always found him. And just then a certain pink haired girl spotted a Sasuke running out of the smoke to the left and down the alley. This pink haired girl took off after her target, followed closely by another blonde haired girl, then all the others.

As the smoke cleared, Sasuke stood in the middle of the street smiling slightly at his "friends" handy work. Then, his face turned more inquisitive. Was it okay to say that him and Tatsu were already friends? No. It was much too early in their relationship to be considered friends. Perhaps he was simply using a figure of speech. Then, Sasuke shook his head clearing all those thoughts away. He didn't need friends. The only reason he tolerated Tatsu's company was so he could help him in his training. Nothing more.

With that Sasuke turned on his heel and headed towards the academy.

Alley way:

Tatsu's plan had gone off without a hitch. Even as he looked back at the screaming mob of girls following him, he couldn't help but smile. Though he knew they weren't chasing him, for him. He still took pleasure in a horde of girls stampeding over each other to get to him.

Then a few thoughts came to mind. What was he going to do if they caught him? How could he get out of this? And lastly, How long should he keep this up? But then an exit strategy came to mind as he neared an opening in a busy street. He saw a peculiar looking blonde haired boy jumping from roof to roof and then it all came together. 'Perfect' Tatsu thought as he readied himself for what he was about to do.

Above busy street:

A rather strange looking spiky haired blonde boy jumped casually from rooftop to rooftop. For the first time ever he was actually on time for class and he was rather proud of himself. He even managed to pack himself a lunch.

'Today's a good day' the blonde thought to himself continuing along his designated path. But, then something caught his eye and he stopped in his tracks. What he saw was Sasuke-teme running through an alleyway being chased by almost all the girls in his class. This wasn't anything new to the blonde. He knew that every girl was obsessed with teme. He hated him. Then suddenly an idea came to mind, an oh-so-delicious idea that might just put teme in a world of pain and suffering.

Back in the Alley:

Tatsu's plan was all set up. He was going to nimbly navigate through the bustle of various carts and people, something he figured these girls weren't going to be able to do easily, and drop the henge when he reached the far side of the street which had another alley way. Which he would use to see which girls followed and remember their faces so to avoid trying to hit on them. Then, he was going to follow that blonde kid to the academy, which he was clearly going, from his lunch pale and book bag.

'Now it's time for some fancy foot work' Tatsu thought as he came to the threshold of the street. Then, he jumped right in bobbing and weaving every which way. Docking underneath carts, jumping over horses, and he even leap frogged two people. With every step he got closer to the alley and salvation.

Above Street:

The blonde hair twirled a single kunai in his hand. His plan was to hit a rope that held up several apples causing Sasuke to trip and have the mob of girls catch him and torture him. It was perfect he got to both piss off the shop owner who ripped him off on a bundle of oranges and piss of Sasuke, this really was a good day.

The blonde had to admit he was impressed at the way teme dodged all the people and carts. He was like a fish swimming against the current with ease. But, just because he was impressed didn't mean he still hated the teme. So, when he got in range of the shop, the blonde threw his kunai and it made perfect contact with the rope. All the apples fell quickly and frequently, effectively tripping several innocent bystanders, but the blonde didn't care too much they would no doubt blame the shop owner making the revenge sweeter. Then teme reached the chaos of the blondes trap and he did something the blonde didn't expect. He vaulted off one of the downed pedestrians and cleared the mess of people in a single jump. The blonde was left slack jaw. He didn't think that teme could do that. He then looked down to see the shopkeeper panicking and people throwing the apples back at him. The blonde was still satisfied.

Then, he spotted a familiar pink haired girl make her way through the crowd and into the same alley that teme went into. The blonde thought to himself for a minute then followed the two of them into said alley.

Alley way:

Tatsu stood against the wall breathing heavily. He didn't expect to get a run in between sparring with Sasuke and school. But he didn't mind. It was fun to run through the crowd, and he also got to live out a long time fantasy of being chased by a mob of girls. He felt like a rock star.

He was however drawn from his reminiscing by the appearance of and odd-looking girl with pink hair. She stared fondly at Tatsu for several minutes not saying a word. She seemed rather nervous because she was digging he toe into the ground in front of her, and her arms were behind her back. Tatsu just stared back until the pink haired girl looked away blushing. Tatsu had never seen this girl before but from the looks of it she was digging him.

"What's up?" Tatsu asked smoothly pushing himself off the wall and towards the girl. The pink girl looked up at him in shock, as though she had never heard someone speak before.

"You okay?" Tatsu asked as his face skewed into a questioning look. Then just before the mute girl could say anything there was a loud commotion from entrance into the alley and a blonde haired girl stepped out of the chaos and into the party.

Just as the girl before her, the blonde girl stopped dead in her tracks upon seeing Tatsu. She stared up at him slightly wide eyed and a light blush came across her face before she shook it off and ran quickly up to Tatsu grabbing his arm firmly. He couldn't complain much the blonde was pretty hot and she smelled like flowers.

"Hey Sasuke-kun, remember me?" The blonde girl asked as she gripped tightly onto his sleeve swooning. Tatsu's face turned white as a ghost as the realization came over him. He was still henged as Sasuke.

Then before Tatsu could say anything the pink girl seemed to shrug off her shyness and stepped forward to grasp Tatsu's other arm. The blonde seemed to tug down on his arm in a defensive manner making obscene faces and the pink girl.

"Back off Ino-pig he's mine." The pink haired girl shouted her shyness and subtlety a thing of the past.

"As if billboard brow. Sasuke-kun would never love you." The blonde girl hollered back. Tatsu had to think of a way out of this quick or else the might rip him apart.

He knew that breaking the henge wouldn't work. These two would probably beat the shit out of him for just pretending to be Sasuke. A replacement could work but he'd still be in a jam. He needed a way out that would solve this permanently, but how.

"Come now ladies. Lets not fight." Tatsu said in a calm and soothing voice to try and calm them before he made a break for it. But what happened might have been worse, because their eyes shot up to him and he could literally see the hearts in their eyes.

"He called me a lady." Both girls said swooning. Then they looked to each other with hatful eyes.

"He didn't call you a lady he called me a lady." They once again said at the same time. Their hate seeming to make the air a little bit warmer than it actually was. Tatsu could see it coming at any moment, these two were about to fight it was inevitable. But then, Tatsu's saving grace came in a form of the blonde haired boy from the rooftops.

"Hey teme." The blonde haired boy said as he walked through the alley. "Nice moves back there, but I'm still gonna crush you one day."

With those words said both girls released their grip on Tatsu and directed all their pent up hatred at the blonde boy.

"As if Naruto. Sasuke-kun could beat you with one arm and a leg tied behind his back." The pink haired girl said folding her arms across her chest.

"Yeah there's no way the dead last could ever beat anyone." The blonde haired girl said mimicking the pink haired girls motion. Then both girls shared a little snicker at the boys expense.

"Shut up I'll kick his ass anytime anywhere." The blonde boy, who they called Naruto, said thrusting his fist forward menacingly. The two girls broke into all out laughter at the boys declaration.

"Fine, how about after school in the sparring ring." The pink haired girl said.

Tatsu had to think of something fast. This whole situation got way out of hand. All he wanted was for girls to chase him around town. Was that too much to ask? But he supposed he would rather get his own ass kicked then have either Naruto or Sasuke's.

"Alright that's enough." Tatsu said stepping forward between the girls and the one designated Naruto. Everyone looked shocked by Tatsu speaking up. "I'm not going to fight Naruto."

All three almost fell over. This was obviously not what Sasuke was like at all. Tatsu would go as far as to say that perhaps Naruto and Sasuke didn't like each other. Naruto did call him a teme after all.

"What are talking about Sasuke-kun wipe the floor with this dead last." The blonde girl, Ino as the pink haired girl called her, said with enthusiasm in her voice. Even though she was a little annoying and was probably going to kick his ass, Tatsu couldn't help but like Ino, she was fiery, and Tatsu liked that.

Taking a deep breath, Tatsu released the henge and looked on to the surprised looks from the three.

"I'm not Sasuke." Tatsu said strongly. Then both girls got a hatful fire in their eye. Tatsu knew what was coming next and didn't even try to avoid it. The two clobbered him at the same time. Just a single punch and Tatsu was sent flying into the wall. Both of them now stood over him with spiteful glares.

"That'll teach you to try and impersonate our Sasuke-kun." The fiery Ino said kicking Tatsu in the rib to make sure the message got through.

Tatsu just sat there for a minute thinking about nothing but how much his face and side hurt. He had to admit that those two girls were tough. He'd have to make sure to not get on their bad side from now on.

Looking up from his position on the ground, Tatsu could see the blonde boy Naruto standing a few feet away looking at him questioningly.

"You going to punch me to?" Tatsu asked rubbing his side and wincing as he felt the bruise the mighty kick left. Naruto looked at Tatsu for a minute longer before he shook his head no.

"Why did you look like Sasuke?" Naruto asked with the same questioning face. Tatsu shakily stood up and looked at the blonde.

"I wanted to lure those girls away from Sasuke." Tatsu said leaving out the small part about it always being his dream to be chased by a group of girls. Naruto put a finger to his chin in wonder.

"I guess I meant to ask HOW did you look like Sasuke?" Naruto asked tapping his finger to his chin like he was pondering the meaning of life.

"I used a henge of course." Tatsu said in a 'matter of fact' tone. Naruto looked into Tatsu's eyes once more the next question was written all over his face.

"A what?" Tatsu couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose. 'How could he not know what a henge is' Tatsu thought. 'He is obviously from the academy.'

"A henge is a E-ranked technique that allows the user to transform into anyone or anything they like." Tatsu said with his professor bravado on high. "It uses the hand signs dog, boar, then ram." As Tatsu said this he showed Naruto the hand signs in sequence.

"It's a simple enough jutsu, but it requires the user to use a consistent stream of chakra to maintain it." Tatsu continued making sure to tell Naruto everything about the technique. "Allow me to show you."

After Tatsu said this he flew through the necessary hand signs landing on ram, then poof he transformed into an identical form of Naruto. Naruto's eyes beamed open when Tatsu came out of the smoke as the blonde.

"That's so cool!" Naruto shouted. Then he reached forward and pinched Tatsu shoulder.

"Ouch!" Tatsu hollered in Naruto's voice "It's really me here."

"Wow! You can even copy my voice!" Naruto exclaimed as he jumped from one foot to the other in excitement. Tatsu then released the jutsu and stared at the boy.

"Didn't you learn this at the academy?" Tatsu asked sounding a bit snobbish. Naruto then fell back into himself obviously embarrassed. Tatsu cocked his head to the side in confusion.

"I might have missed that day. I'm not sure." Naruto said as his cheeks turned a little red. Tatsu understood what was going on. Obviously Naruto had some type of learning problem. Or maybe he never went to class. Or both.

"Oh well. Why don't you try it out." Tatsu said gesturing his arms at the boy to give it a whirl. Naruto just nodded in confirmation and took a step back. He went through the hand signs effortlessly. Tatsu was just glad he knew that much. Then poof Naruto turned into a shaky form of Tatsu, the only huge problem was the off coloring of the clothes and he didn't quite get the eyes right. But, overall it was impressive for his first time. So, Tatsu could rule out that he had a learning problem. So that just left laziness.

"I did it!" Naruto exclaimed right before he poofed back to his usual self. "Hey what happened?"

"I told you, you needed to put a constant stream of chakra into the jutsu." Tatsu said shaking his head and chuckling lightly.

"Well let me try again." Naruto said as he made the dog sign. But, Tatsu caught his arm to stop him.

"How about later." Tatsu said nodding his head in the direction that the two girls left, which Tatsu could only assume was the way to the academy. Naruto rubbed the back of his head in mild embarrassment.

"Right, school." The blonde said as he stepped out of the alley and directed himself and Tatsu towards the academy.

"Hey I never asked you your name." Tatsu said as the two walked down the bustling street. Naruto look taken back by Tatsu's comment. It was the same look Sasuke had when he offered to be his training partner.

"I'm Naruto." The blonde said shakily, as if the mere mention of the name would send Tatsu running for the hills. But, Tatsu simply extended his hand.

"Names Tatsu. It's a pleasure to meet you Naruto." Tatsu said as his hand hung there for a few seconds. Naruto simply starred at the obvious gesture of camaraderie. The blonde then looked up to Tatsu's face and saw his beaming smile and took his hand.

"Right back at cha." Naruto said as he firmly shook Tatsu's hand. Then the two released their grip and continued on their way. Tatsu had to admit, the kid may have been a little dumb, but he seemed okay in his book. Besides he seemed like the kind of person who liked to have a little fun.

End Chapter 2

Hey y'all. I hope you are already enjoying the new story I've been weaving. I hope you have gotten a grasp on Tatsu's overall character. And I promise that there will be many surprises in store for you with this character. So keep on checking in for new chapters, and let me know what you think in a comment. Whether it's an error correction or you just want to tell I'm great and should keep writing. Either way let's me know that you care and enjoy this story to some extent. Later.

Spoiler: "You know teme?!" the blonde haired boy exclaimed

"Keep it down dobe." The dark haired boy countered

'Can't we all just get along.' Tatsu thought