フォックス美
Kitsune Beauty
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Sasuke nodded as girls said good-bye to him. Oh, that yawn. Sasuke's head whipped around and his obsidian orbs set on Namikaze Naruto who wore nothing but his short sleeved uniform shirt, arm warmers, and those baggy uniform pants. Sasuke reached into his bag and pulled out a little case where he'd put the milk Neji gave him.
"Yo, Dobe."
Naruto blinked and looked up innocently before yawning again. "Hello Uchi."
"Don't call me Uchi, Dobe! Call me Sempai, Sempai!"
"Okay, Uchi-Sempai," Naruto said softly, his lips quirking in what Sasuke was soon going to dub the Annoying Namikaze Quirk if he saw it again.
"Anyways, you came to the Project, right?"
"I…" Naruto blinked, the hint of a smile leaving for cold indifference. "I might've, why?"
"My cuts were amazing, no?" Naruto shrugged, eyeing the milk in Sasuke's hands. "Well, whoever your great beautician is, I shall beat him and be number one!"
"Yeah," Naruto said, his eyes resting firmly on the bottle of chocolate milk "Work for that, Cut-San."
"No," Sasuke spat. Naruto looked up at the abrupt chill in the raven's voice. "You said you knew someone. I fully intend on beating him." Naruto nodded and coughed into his hand, shivering. "Hey, where's your coat?"
Naruto huffed and sneezed. Sasuke muttered 'disgusting' but waited for the blond's answer. "I spilled my morning milk on it because of Minato-Kun and then it got all gross when I tried to wash it and so I don't have it…"
Sasuke sighed and took off his coat. Gently, he dropped it onto Naruto's lithe figure. "Have mine. Get it back to me tomorrow… Oh, and Neji wanted me to give you this…" Sasuke handed over the milk. Naruto blinked and took it, taking off the piece of half-folded paper.
'With love,
Neji.'
Naruto smiled. Cute and friendly. Stupid Kunai Project. He crushed the note, dropped it, and began shaking up his milk. "Awww," Kiba's voice cooed. Naruto blinked and nodded to Kiba and Neji. "Look, Ne-Ne, Uchi is putting the moves on Naruto-Chan!" Naruto blinked and Sasuke freaked.
"I am not! Plus, I doubt the kid is into guys!" he burst. All three boys turned to Naruto who was putting his arms through Sasuke's jacket. He stared up at them and took a sip of milk. "Right?" Sasuke snapped. Naruto blinked.
"Oh, you didn't know?" Neji smiled evilly as Naruto replied to Kiba's and Sasuke's blank stares. "I'm bisexual." Sasuke's legs went limp.
"Nice seeing you," Neji commented as Naruto began leaving. Naruto raised a hand. TenTen ran past Neji without sparing him a glance.
"Apparently Kankuro took your coat home for you," spat the brunette. "Hey… Coat, who?"
Naruto sent her a wry smile. "Uchi loaned his to me. He also gave me a milk, confessing his undying love."
TenTen went slack. When she spoke, it wasn't even a complete sentence. "Uchi do wha?"
Naruto only grinned wryly.
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"Yo, Narutard," Minato called to his son who was sweeping hair up, "get me the big curling iron." Naruto sighed and nodded, tossing his father the iron before going back to sweeping. He sighed and looked down as he felt a tug on his over alls.
The woman's daughter looked at him sadly. "Mom's getting pretty, huh?"
"Yes, honey, Mom's getting pretty." He put his hand on her head as she spoke again.
"I wish some miracle would make me cute… All the boys call me 'Helmet Girl'. I don't like it…" Naruto frowned. Now that he thought about it, she could be no older than six or seven. Immediately, his maternal (yes, maternal) instincts flared up. How dare they… Idea.
"How about I work my Jutsu on you?"
"What's Jutsu?" asked the girl.
"It's my form of magic… To make you pretty." The girl nodded.
Outside Rasengan Beauty Salon, a car pulled up. A woman climbed out, saying she would be right back. Moments later, a brunette boy climbed out and a noise from Rasengan attracted him. He strolled over, his arms across his chest as he lurked. On the front porch of the salon sat a little girl and Namikaze Naruto. The brunette, revealed as Neji Hyuuga, raised a brow.
"Yeah," sighed the girl as Naruto brushed and cut. "I want to be like you, Aniki… I want to cut hair and make people, girls not pretty like me, pretty and happy… Why do you cut hair, Aniki?"
Naruto sighed. I had that dream once… Until… NO! Why do I cut…? "Why do I cut, Nii-Chan?"
"Yeah, why?"
Naruto answered slowly, tasting each word before he spoke. "I… My dad makes me but also…" Naruto leaned forward and whispered something that Neji couldn't hear. The girl blushed. Naruto brushed once more. "There honey, all done."
The girl looked up at Naruto with shining eyes. "Am I pretty, Aniki?" Naruto smiled and kissed her forehead in a very motherly fashion. Neji blinked and smiled thoughtfully.
"Yes, honey." The girl ran inside, screaming for her mom to look. "Yo, Old Man, put Nii-Chan's cut on me!"
"Aha," Neji said before Naruto groaned loudly.
"Come in and mop now, Usuratonkachi!"
"Yeah yeah, Bastard Slave Driver," Naruto cursed, walking inside.
"Neji, we're going now!"
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Kiba burst into the Kunai Project room during study hall, the last period class. "Suke!" he whined. "There's gum! IN MY HAIR! CUT IT OUT!!!"
Sasuke huffed. "Stop your little pitch-fit. I won't cut it… Deal." Sasuke shook his head and stomped out, his concentration perfectly destroyed.
Neji surveyed Kiba. "Moron."
Kiba's eyes teared up. "Wh-what?"
"It's because you sleep in a pile of sweets, isn't it?" Kiba stuck his tongue out, further proving Neji's theory right. Sighing, Neji left the room as well.
Kiba whined before walking around the room, pigging out. Sleep soon devoured his mind. Unbeknownst him, the door to the club room creaked open, revealing Naruto. He sighed in annoyance. Sasuke wasn't there when Naruto wanted him to be. Well, screw him! Naruto crept over to Kiba and draped Sasuke's jacket over his sleeping form. The blond blinked. Gum? He thought, staring at the pink glob in Kiba's hair. Sighing, the blond picked up a pair of scissors, noting where they went, cut the gum out, put the scissors away, and vanished from the room. Kiba jerked away went the bell rang. He ran a hand through his hair and whooped with joy just as Neji and Sasuke were entering. Kiba glommed onto Sasuke, thanking him profusely until he was slapped off.
"Dude, no, I didn't cut the stupid gum out."
Kiba blinked. "Then… Why is, was your jacket on me…?"
Sasuke blinked. "It was him! The guy challenging me! Urgh!" Sasuke slapped himself in the forehead. "Well, I wanna find this guy and kick his ass, once and for all! Neji!" Sasuke spun to face Neji. "Who is this guy?"
Neji glanced out the window, his gaze resting on Kankuro who was skipping around madly, TenTen who was chasing after Kankuro ready to punch, and Naruto, who looked about ready to punch his friends himself. He grinned, his gaze never leaving the trio as he spoke, "I think he's among us…."
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I always liked you Sensei…
I always hoped you liked me back.
But, I'm not pretty enough, am I?
I would merely be… a Nuisance, no?
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Naruto yawned as he walked into school with TenTen and Kankuro who was chattering away with anyone and everyone. Kankuro let out a low whistle, gaining Naruto's attention.
"What is it, Puppet Boy?"
Kankuro huffed, glaring. Why did the blond have to be so annoying? "Ugh, stop that, Naruke. Anyways, Sasuke-Sempai won another award! The gold award at the Salon de Uchiha college! Cool, huh? Hey, Naruke, why don't you try to do that?"
Naruto peered up at Kankuro through his lashes. "I'm not into that stuff."
"Well, I AM!" Kankuro grinned and pulled a pair of scissors from his pocket. "I will be the best after the Kunai Project!!" With that, Kankuro scampered off to one of their classmates. "Hey, Kyo, let me cut your hair!"
TenTen sighed. "Naru-Aniki, are you sure you won't go to the college and take the national exams?"
Naruto yawned, shaking up his milk. "Chi, I don't want to be a beautician. If I become one, it's by fluke." TenTen sighed, giving up for the time being.
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Sasuke nodded as he set the certificate on his Shelf of Fame. "Now, I'm even greater than before!"
"Of course you are," drawled the Hyuuga. Sasuke glared and turned, placing a hand on his hip.
"I will be the number one beautician in Japan, thanks," spat the raven.
"Aaaah, and of course you'll beat dear old-"
"Don't," Sasuke interrupted, "talk about him, alright? He's not my father." Neji waved a hand in front of his face mockingly.
"No, no, of course he's not. How could I forget? He's just your sire and all…"
Kiba blinked at him. He looked between his brunette companions and huffed. "Dude, Suke has more important matters…"
Sasuke glared. "Like what?!"
Neji answered, exchanging exasperated looks with Kiba. "Duh, Uchiha. The young man who did Lia Mirimoto's exes and TenTen's looks…" He placed a thumb and forefinger on his chin (Occhi's traditional pose) and smirked, tilting his head up so he was looking down on Sasuke. Sasuke pulled himself to full height and puffed out his cheeks, glaring.
"I want to beat this guy… But we've no idea who he is," snapped Sasuke.
Neji smirked at the Uchiha. Inside his mind, information was whirring. "Don't," he emphasized, "underestimate my information."
Kiba jumped at Neji and hugged him. "You know who it is, Ne-Ne?"
Neji winked playfully at Kiba. "I'm working on it, Kiba." Neji sighed. "How about we compete at the Cultural Festival next month, Sasuke?"
"Cultural Festival…." He stared thoughtfully at Neji. "Alright! For the cultural festival, we're going to compete against this stupid foxy guy!"
