Naruto Promotion 3

Sakura screamed in delight as she flipped through the monthly Rase-Impact magazine. "Naruto, I'm so proud of you! This is one of the most popular magazines that feature up and rising idols!"

Naruto smiled back, "Duh, Sakura-chan! I'm the best and you know it!"

Sasuke took the magazine from Sakura's hands and dangled it between his fingers, "Is this really so amazing?"

The blossom nodded, "Yeah, of course it is! I still can't believe how this happened!"

Two weeks ago...

"I've found you, kid!"

Sakura and Naruto, who were walking home, turned and saw a white haired man dashing towards them.

"Who is this? His hair is... really long and spiky..." Sakura muttered to herself.

The man grinned cheekily, "I'm the boss of the Rase-Impact magazine, Jiraya!"

Sakura nearly fainted, but luckily, Naruto caught her. "What is the big deal, Sakura-chan? This guy looks like a perv."

"Naruto! Rase-Impact is a top idol magazine that sells like crazy! This magazine foretells if you can become a star or not! "

Jiraya gave a kicked puppy look at Naruto, "Naruto-kun, you have already forgotten me?"

Naruto squinted his eyes and titled his head sideways. "Hmm... you look familiar... Ah, you are the perv from last time."

"Will you stop calling me that. Anyways, last time, one of my workers pointed you out from one of my street photos. Apparently, you caught a lot of readers' attention!"

Sakura gasped as Jiraya flipped last month's magazine open and waved the photo in their faces. "The photo is so small, but they saw Naruto?!"

"Yes, yes. You have potential! Would you like to join us? Come, come, come to my office!" Jiraya screamed as he pulled the pair into his car and drove away.

"AHHH, we're being kidnapped by a perv!"

"Naruto! This is your chance!"

"Sakura-chan ..."

The car pulled to a halt in front of an enormous building that radiated all forms of shining aura. All the front desk attendants were all ridiculously voluptuous and they all greeted Jiraya with flirtatious glances. Jiraya waved back with a suggestive wink and lead the pair down a hallway. In the middle of the hall stood two people, one with silvery blue hair and the other with long red locks.

"Pervert." "Boss."

"Ah, you two are here, let me introduce you two..." Jiraya grinned as he lead Sakura and Naruto over to the pair.

"Please, we are famous." He sneered his sharp canine.

"We don't need introductions." She flipped her hair.

"Who are they?"

"Seriously?"

"We are HEBI's Suigetsu and Karin, the rising top rock group." More hair flip.

"Must be country bumpkins."

"Well, if you want to try to be cool, weirdos."

Jiraya signed as the pair walked away, "Someday, the fame will get into their head."

"Their teeth were super sharp and their hair was so strange, right, Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispered, but cowered when he saw the black gloom surround his best friend's back. "Sakura-chan?!"

Sakura bristled as inner Sakura swarmed around her head. "What is up with their stuck-up attitude?! Naruto, you are going to be famous! You won't be stepped on by those people! You will kick their butt! Hell yeah!"

Naruto smiled at Sakura's fiery spirit. "... Fun."

Jiraya grinned, "Guess you are willing to try to be in a photo shoot for my magazine?"

"Now?!"

"Yes, now!"

"WHAT?!"

And so... Naruto shined like a star as we expected as he dazzled the whole set with his sunshine smile

Back to the present:

After the release of the magazine, Konoha High was in an uproar. All the girls were fainting or screaming their hearts out.

"Oh my god! Naruto is in Rase-Impact!"

"There is a poll on whether he should stay?!"

"That's stupid, of course he should stay!"

"He is our sun, our sun!"

"Did you hear that, Naruto? Jiraya-san is not only the boss of the magazine, but also the boss of the idol agency NS. If we can promote you to the top, he may sign you as a talent!"

"Yes, I will show the world that I will be the next big thing!"

Sasuke sighed as he watched the enthusiastic pair danced around their little secret spot, the school's rooftop.

"That stupid DANGER group will get it," Sakura grinned to herself.

"But you guys are..."

"What, you jealous I'm cooler than you now, teme?"

"Promoting your best friend... If I were you two, I would keep my friend all to myself."

"Really, teme?"

"Sasuke-kun, your possessiveness makes you kind of cool," Sakura's eyes were gleaming as she stared at the ravened hair boy.

"Really," Sasuke smirked as he watched the growling Naruto from the corner of his eyes.

Later that day

"Naruto, this is going great! We have to keep this up! Jiraya called me, saying that he wants you to go to another shoot. At this rate, you will be a star in no time!"

Naruto smiled weakly at Sakura, "Are you happy, Sakura-chan?"

"I love that you are doing so well, Naruto!" Sakura nodded.

"Sakura-chan... if this keeps going... I will be everyone's soon..."

"If that happens, I will feel like I have raised you well..."

Naruto grabbed Sakura's wrists and slammed her against the wall. His face was mere inches from her. His blue eyes turned dark and stormy as he glanced into confused green ones. Sakura shook as she felt his warm breath brushed against her cheeks. Naruto sighed as he released her hands and lifted his fingers to brush her bangs aside. His finger threaded through the soft pink tresses as he slowly put them behind her ear. "Sakura-chan..."

Sakura shuddered, "What is wrong, Naruto?"

The blonde gave her a big smile and released her, "Nothing, Sakura-chan."

The day of the photo shoot:

"Wow, the photo shoot is at such a beautiful indoor pool! I never knew these type of places existed! Everyone is so dazzling and blinding," Sakura whispered to herself and as she strolled through the set, proudly wearing her staff personnel's pass.

"I don't get why he is here," a familiar voice growled.

"Calm down, Suigetsu, you are here for the summer theme section for Raze-Impact. It's just a coincidence that that guy is also here. I mean, Kisame-sempai was here earlier, too," another, but much calmer voice, spoke.

"Juugo, you just haven't met him, I hate that guy."

Sakura peeked through a door and saw the same silver bluenette and a much taller, orange haired man by his side. "Is that DANGER? That taller one... I think he is the drummer..."

"Hee, that idiot is shooting now. Can't wait for the trap to snap! You did what I asked, right?"

The orange haired man, who Sakura now knew is Juugo, sighed, "Suigetsu, this isn't right."

Suigetsu growled, "But you did it right?" Juugo nodded. "See, no problem. He will panic and make himself more foolish in front of everyone."

Sakura couldn't take it anymore and burst into the room. "What did you do?!"

Juugo was surprised by the sudden intrusion of the pink haired girl, whereas Suigetsu just laughed. "Nothing, I'm just playing a game with him, that's all."

"Rotten Bastards!" Sakura thought as she ran out, in search of her blonde friend.

"Uzamaki-kun, we will begin shooting soon."

"Got it," Naruto replied as he tried to make himself more comfortable. "These dark colored clothes are so uncomfortable, how do people do this?!"

Sakura screamed as she tried to push past the surrounding crew to warn Naruto.

The cameraman was about to start...

"AHHHH!" One of the make-up artists screamed.

"Naruto!"

Jiraya turned, "Huh?!"

A cute orange frog leaped onto Naruto's head.

"Frog!" Most of the crew members panicked and backed away as far as possible.

Suigestsu and Juugo came running after they heard the noise. "Hee hee, Juugo brought that with him. Come on, scream!"

Naruto ignored them as he picked up the poor frightened creature. "Hey, what's up?"

Jiraya watched in amazement as Naruto brought the orange frog near his face and smiled. "Amazing, you like frogs?"

The blonde turned to face him, "Yeah, they're my favorite, right Sakura-chan?"

"Huh?" Sakura was confused, "Yeah, they are his favorite."

Just then, the creature leaped from Naruto's hold and dashed toward Sakura. "Wha?"

There was no time to call for help as the frog took Sakura with it into the pool. Sakura's pink hair spread like a halo among the water and Naruto dove in, reaching for her hands. He caught her within his embrace and lifted her into the air. "Sakura-chan! Are you okay?!"

Jiraya stared. He waved to the nearest cameraman, "Take a picture..."

Sakura's hair stuck to her pale cheeks from the moisture and her emerald eyes were enlarged from shock. "Ahh.. yeah, I'm fine, Naruto."

A day later:

The white haired man was resting his head atop of his hands as he thought deeply. He looked at the photo, the exquisite treasure, he got yesterday. He traced his fingers along the long pink lines and rested his fingers on the green eyes. Jiraya pocketed the picture carefully as he stood from his desk and walked out of his office. His head had been spinning ever since he saw those beautiful eyes, that gorgeous face, and unique hair.

Jiraya didn't know what to think as he strolled down the hallway.

"Jiraya-san," a velvet voice called from behind.

The man turned at his name and smiled at the approaching figure, "Ah, Itachi-kun, what do you need?"

"I heard that Kisame was at a pool photo shoot yesterday, I just wanted to apologize if he over-reacted and caused trouble. That man... has some infatuation with water..."

Jiraya laughed, "No worries, he was as good as a fish." He went silent when Itachi didn't laugh at his joke.

"You worry too much, Itachi-kun. You have to cut others and yourself some slack."

"It is my nature, I became like this when I got a little brother."

"Yes, yes. Little Sasuke-kun that keep denying joining my company because he wants to be a good little cop."

"Jiraya-san, please, he is my brother."

The man sighed at the young man's seriousness. He roughly shoved his hands into his pocket, accidentally knocking the photo out. Itachi reached out and caught the picture in mid air.

He narrowed his eyes as he examined the photo.

"Gorgeous, isn't she?"

"Quite," Itachi replied as he headed the photo back, "She seems familiar..."

Jiraya jumped and grabbed Itachi's shoulder, "What, you know who she is?! I called Naruto-kun since she is the girl that he is always with, but he wouldn't pick up my calls! Tell me who she is!"

Itachi gently removed the older man's hands from his body. "I saw her and Naruto-kun together with my brother before. I believe they attend the same school."

"Really?"

"Jiraya-san. Didn't you recruit Naruto-kun personally and called this girl several times before? How can you not know who she is?"

Jiraya blinked, laughed, and slapped Itachi hard on his back. "Itachi-kun, Itachi-kun. You know I only see beautiful faces and gorgeous bodies. How can I know who she is when her hair covers her face like that? I think her name was Haruka or something like that."

"Jiraya-san, this is why Tsunade-san hasn't accepted any proposal to dinner yet. As an author of your... works, you should understand that you shouldn't judge a woman by her outer appearances."

"Ah, Itachi-kun, save your lectures for your little brother," Jiraya sang as he waltzed away, leaving a stoic Itachi.

Once again, Konoha High was in an uproar as the girls rushed back and forth, in search of a certain rising star that filled two whole pages in the recent Rase-Impact.

"Sakura-chan, you are proud now?" Naruto whispered, "I'm the world's."

The pinkette stared at Naruto's solemn face, "Naruto..."

"There are you two," Sasuke interrupted as he stood between the pair.

"I was spending my alone time with Sakura-chan, bastard!"

"What, to talk about your childish problems, dobe?"

As the two boys argued, Sakura stepped aside. "Of course I'm proud of Naruto. I have raised him well..."