AN

Well you've all been waiting for this moment so now I, Dragonoiya, present to you the third chapter of Genderbent Jinchuurikis! But first, to clear up a few things…

I had a review from someone that went like "I know this is a Sasuke U. & Naruko U. story. But when Naruto and Fu just stared at each other at the end of this chapter. I'm thinking you should pair them up instead of Naruto and Sasuke."

Don't misunderstand; they stared at each other like that only because they didn't think they would see another person like themselves (excepting Naruto because of Gaara). Besides, I have plans for Gaara and Fu…if you catch my drift. Don't misunderstand the last line of chapter 2 as well; Gaara has a hard time making friends and it just so happens jinchuurikis like him are easier to make friends with. Gaara hadn't even met Fu yet.

Okay now, story start!

Chapter 3

Sting of the Demon Bee

Fu was happier than she could ever be in her entire life. Well not including that she had turned INTO A FUCKING GUY! But that gave him the boost to wreak havoc upon the village that ignored and despised him, resulting in them just dumping him into the hands of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Fu just thought the things in Konoha were no better than the ones in Taki, but finding out there was someone else just like himself made it all worthwhile.

And now here he was, making himself comfortable in the house of the very person who was just like him. She was once a guy too, but she's still putting up a henge to save appearances. She certainly fooled the things and her fellow things but the superior things were unfazed by her petty attempt to look normal. Why go through all the trouble?

"So…" Naruto started once they sat down at the table, cups of steaming instant ramen in hands, "how 'bout we introduce ourselves, you know, get to know each other a little bit."

"Oh okay, how should I start?" asked Fu.

"Well we just talk about our likes and dislikes, hobbies, dreams, things like that." Naruto drawled, taking a leaf out of her teacher's book (not the orange one). "I'll start. My name's Naruto Uzumaki, I like ramen. What I like even more is the ramen at Ichiraku's and when Iruka-sensei buys it for me. I also love my precious people. What I dislike is the three minutes to wait for the ramen to boil and people who mess with my precious friends. My hobbies are pranking and training and my dream is to become the Hokage, but not any Hokage, the greatest Kage to ever become Hokage! One that surpasses all previous Hokages, dattebayo!"

Fu stared at the girl in front of him. What a ninja, so devoted to the things he calls his precious people. He realized that Naruto was waiting for him to introduce himself.

"Ah, my name's Fu, I'm not sure what I like exactly, I dislike the things in my former village. My hobbies are training and practicing to control the power of Nanabi. My dream…is to become a good kunoichi, I guess."

"You can't really become a kunoichi with the way you are, ya know…" Naruto trailed off.

Fu nodded. "Yeah, I know that. So let me rephrase, my dream is to become the greatest shinobi ever, ssu!"

"'Ssu'? What's that?"

"It's a speech tick! Like how you said dattebayo."

"Oh right! Hey, you said you could control your demon?"

"Ssu…Not really 'control' it entirely, just using its chakra is all."

"So, it's possible to control your demon?"

"Yeah, I think so."

Naruto contemplated all the benefits of being in control over Kyuubi. No one would get hurt, the villagers probably wouldn't hate her as much if she could control the beast inside and she would have more power to protect her friends and the village. Speaking of the village…

"Hey Fu." Naruto called out "What did ya mean when you said that you disliked the 'things' from your village?"

"Former village, they threw me out, remember?" Fu corrected "The things are those humans who rejected me and hated me my whole life…" his tone became angry with a hint of sadness. Naruto put a hand on his shoulder in reassurance, knowing and experiencing the same pain. Then it clicked.

"You mean the villagers? You call them things?" Naruto couldn't believe someone could have such a low opinion of humanity.

"Well when you put it that way…"

Determined to change Fu's opinion of the human race and to show her that jinchuurikis and humans weren't all that different, Naruto put on her henge and grabbed Fu's wrist and dragged him out their door.

"Where are we going?" Fu asked.

"We're going to the training grounds. My teammates are waiting for me there and I want to introduce you to them." Naruto replied. Fu scowled, he really didn't want to meet other things, even if they were friends with people like himself and Naruto-chan.

'The dobe's late.' Was the silent thought of a certain Uchiha, who was straining his Sharingan while successfully pushing back and controlling the dark chakra of the Curse Seal even though his sensei told him not to draw upon its power.

The blonde had excessively been on Sasuke's mind a lot lately. Since he could trust her not to say anything, he consulted Sakura. However that didn't work so well as Sakura always walked off giggling about something.

Team Seven took a break waiting for their third member while Sakura tried to heal most of Sasuke's minor injuries and Kakashi read his porn. By the time the orange-clad ninja came about, they found that he didn't come alone.

"Naruto, who's this?" Sakura asked.

"I thought you might ask that. This is Fu; Granny Tsunade told me he'll be staying with me till they get him a proper house. His village kicked him out." Naruto introduced.

"What kind of village just 'kicks out' one of their ninja?" Sasuke snorted.

"A village of haters!" Fu exclaimed, spreading his arms out in a 'glorious' fashion. His posture practically screamed 'Bitch-I'm-Fabulous!'

"I'm sorry, a village of what…?" Sakura was confused and slightly taken back by the Gai-ish way this guy was acting.

"Sakura-chan, don't you know? Haters gonna hate!" Naruto joined in.

Team Seven, minus Naruto, sweat-dropped at said teammate's and his new friend's behavior.

"Oh oh, Kakashi-sensei! Can Fu train with us today?" Naruto hopped excitedly while Fu nodded furiously.

"Naruto, this is team training. Team Seven trains with no one, especially foreigners." Sakura scolded.

Kakashi recognized just who Fu was. "Actually, I think we can make an exception for Fu-kun there." He said, flipping a page in his favorite book.

"Eh?" Sakura exclaimed while Naruto and Fu were crying "Yahoo, dattebayo/ssu!" while pumping their fists in the air.

Sasuke was silent. He didn't like the way the new guy stuck so close to Naruto as if they were best friends. Only HE could be Naruto's best friend! Not Gaara, and certainly not this Fu guy. Wait…was he jealous of Fu? No. Way. Sasuke Uchiha is not and never will be jealous of anyone, he'll just consider them his rival, yes that's it. Rivals for Naruto's friendship? No wait, did Sasuke actually want to be more than best friends with Naruto? Now he felt sick.

Shaking his head to get rid of the weird thoughts involving his blonde teammate, Sasuke stood up and made his way over to the new guy. Standing defiantly face-to-face with Fu, Sasuke glared at him.

"You, me, we fight now." The onyx-eyed boy demanded. Fu smirked while Naruto and Sakura were confused. Kakashi sighed.

"Spar only. No killing or maiming." The Hatake said before getting back to his book.

The two boys nodded and made their way further out into the clearing where their spar started.

Naruto and Sakura watched in awe as Fu countered Sasuke's Sharingan with a sort of blinding light he blew out from his mouth. Sasuke was actually having difficulty with someone, true Fu was older by a year or two, but not many could boast they could one-up the famous Sharingan.

Sakura rooted for Sasuke while Naruto cheered for Fu. This seemed to piss Sasuke off for some reason. Fu's taijutsu was incredible, not fast like Lee and Gai's but the strength behind it and the Earth jutsus mixed in were just phenomenal. Sasuke felt like a giant bee was stinging him in his pride repeatedly every time Fu managed to knock him down.

Eventually Kakashi called them off their "play date". Sakura tended to Sasuke's injuries while Naruto hi-fived Fu. His plan to get Fu to open up a bit was working, even if slightly. He didn't think it would ever happen but Sasuke's acknowledgement of the green-haired boy was the first step in teaching Fu that not all humans are the same. The fight alone proved that, and the best part was that Naruto didn't even try! Funny right?

But now Sasuke was fuming. Big deal, he lost a couple other times, why is he so mad right now? Naruto knew he had to snap his best friend out of his anger before he hurts somebody.

Throughout dinner at Ichiraku's, Sasuke's glare never left the orange-eyed boy as Naruto showed Fu the wonders of ramen. Seriously, what was so great about Fu? Unlike Sasuke, Fu had only just met Naruto. Unlike Sasuke, Fu was just a simpleton. Unlike Sasuke, Fu has no special bond with Naruto. Unlike Sasuke, Fu doesn't understand the pain of tragedy! Right…? Now that Sasuke thought about it, there was nothing he knew about Fu.

Listening to Naruto and Fu's conversation, Sasuke noticed that not only Fu but also Naruto were avoiding a topic that would bring up something about their pasts. Does Naruto know something about Fu that they kept it a secret from the team? Why did he care anyways? Stuff like this was never supposed to be much of something to care about for Sasuke.

Dinner was over and they all went their separate ways, Sasuke still glaring at Fu until he and Naruto were out of sight.

The next morning, Fu was called to the Hokage's office so Naruto arrived at the team meeting alone. Kakashi was late (as usual) and Sakura had a morning shift at the hospital. Sasuke and Naruto stood alone against a tree waiting for their tardy teacher.

"Hey Sasuke-teme." Naruto addressed, trying to catch Sasuke's attention.

"…" Sasuke ignored him.

"Oi! Teme!"

"…"

"What the hell, asshole? Don't ignore me!"

"…"

"Teme…"

"…"

"What's wrong?"

"…Fu."

"Eh? What about Fu? He's a cool guy, are ya still sore about him beating you yesterday?" Naruto snickered.

"You're a little too buddy-buddy with him. Are you planning on replacing me? Tch, I knew you haven't forgiven me." Sasuke scowled sourly. Naruto frowned.

"You. Have. Got to be kidding me. Was that what this is all about? Look at yourself; you're acting like a bloody four-year-old! You're angry at me and Fu 'cuz you're jealous?!"

"I'm not jealo-"

"Yes you are, don't deny it! Sasuke, you know I will never replace you. Fu's a great guy to have as a friend but he's just that, a friend. You're my best friend. Why do you think I went through thick and thin just to get you back?"

"You…really mean that?" Sasuke asked, eyes wide.

"Of course, asshole. We're Best Buds Forever. I wouldn't have it any other way."

Sasuke gave a small smile, something he would let only Naruto see. "Thanks, dobe, I feel better now."

In truth, Sasuke did not feel better. His anger was gone but his chest hurt when Naruto said that they were just BFFs. It hurt worse than a bee stinging him.

AN

And….CUT! That's a wrap for today people!

Sasuke just got friend zoned! Not for long anyways. I'm sorry to say that the next chapter might take a little longer to make because I'm no natural rapper and making rhymes with legit sentences is really hard.

But keep your pants (or skirts) on because in the next chappie, our favorite Bee (and friends) makes his grand entrance. Chapter 4 will be Rappers and Bishonens! Ciao!

DoGB