Author: Naruko-koi

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the Naruto characters

A/N: So I'm finally out for the summer… YEA!!... I would have updated sooner, but I was too busy worrying about my AP exam and finals to finish this story… I've been thinking as well… I decided to change the ending I had planned for this story… but don't worry, it's good for you because it makes the story longer… and I kind of like it better… I was also debating on killing off one of the characters… I know everyone hates it when that happens, BUT I might need it so… sorry if it happens… yes I know this is Adventure/Humor… but in the famous word of Forest Gump 'shit happens' and they are at war… so someone's bound to die… I just thought I would give you a heads up before you freak out on me…

Warning: Slight angst… but it doesn't last very long

ENJOY!!

Based on anime and manga Naruto

Previously

Suddenly Naruko rushed out the tent and headed in the direction of Sasuke's tent. She was determined to tell Sasuke the truth and how she truly felt.

'I'm finally going to tell him that I love him!'

Chapter 14: Naruto vs. Naruko

Naruko watched the silhouettes of what appeared to be Sasuke and Itachi from behind a tree just outside of Sasuke's tent. She couldn't quite make out what was being said, but it sounded like they were arguing over something. She thought that they were having a heated discussion about war plans, but that thought quickly vanished when she saw the smaller silhouette (Sasuke) punch the taller one (Itachi) in what appeared to be his face.

Naruko began to panic. She knew the two brothers weren't on the best of terms, but she never thought that they hated each other. Her panic began to escalate when she saw the tall one grab the front of the smaller one's shirt, bringing there faces centimeters apart. He appeared to be saying something, but like before she couldn't make out what was being said.

Suddenly the smaller one pushed the taller one away and drew his sword, pointing it toward the other.

Naruko could hear her heart beat drumming loudly in her ear. 'What's going on? What are they fighting about that would cause Sasuke to draw his sword against his own brother?'

The smaller one drew back his sword preparing to strike, but before he could swing a third silhouette appeared and stopped the attack.

Naruko closed her eyes gave a sigh of relief. She reopened them when she heard more shouting coming from Sasuke, but she could hear it more clearly then the times before. It sounded like Sasuke said something along the lines of 'how long have you been lying to me' and 'why didn't you tell me sooner'.

All of a sudden Sasuke stormed out of the tent and the first thing he saw was Naruko hiding behind a tree. Their eyes locked for a brief moment before Sasuke scowled and began walking away.

Naruko gave a puzzled look, but then ran after Sasuke's retreating back, "Sasuke! Wait up."

"Leave me alone," he growled as she caught up to him.

"Why were you fighting with Itachi?" she asked, but immediately regretted it when Sasuke abruptly stopped and grabbed the front of her shirt.

"What the hell is your problem?!" she shouted. She was going to yell at him some more, but couldn't because she suddenly felt the wind knocked out of her lungs when Sasuke slammed her into the nearest tree.

"What the hell is my problem? What the hell is your problem?" he snarled, "Who said you could eavesdrop in on my conversation?"

"I didn't mean to," she said as she struggled to break loose from Sasuke's hold, "I came to see you and to tell you something important. Besides, I didn't hear anything."

"That doesn't matter," he growled, tightening his hold on Naruko, "The point is that you tried listening to my conversation. Aren't you supposed to be in your tent asleep?"

"Yes," she replied, he was pointing out the obvious, "but I said that I haven't seen you in a while and I had something important to tell you."

"Save it. I don't ever want to see your face again. We were never friends and we certainly are not now. I. Hate. You. Do I make myself clear?"

Naruko thought she was hearing things, "What?"

Sasuke's hold tightened even more, to the point of choking Naruko, "I said we are not friends. Starting from this point on I am going to treat you like the rest of the soldiers."

"W-what's that supposed to mean?" Naruko chocked out. She was beginning to feel light headed from lack of oxygen and she was almost certain that she was going to have bruises on her neck by tomorrow morning.

"It means that I don't know you anymore," Sasuke said darkly, forcing their eyes to lock, "I don't care if you die before, or even after, this war ends." With one last heated glare Sasuke let Naruko drop to the ground and walked off.

Naruko watched Sasuke retreating back and tired to hold back her tears. Unfortunately, she was failing miserably. 'Don't cry. There's no reason to cry' she assured herself 'why would I cry over a stupid asshole like him? You're too strong to cry over something so stupid.' Sadly, she felt the tears that had gathered in the corners of her eyes spill over and roll down her cheeks. What did she say that made Sasuke so mad at her? She couldn't understand.

She started to wipe away her tears with the back of her hand when she suddenly felt a cloth wipe away some of her tears, "Huh?" she said looking up and spotting Itachi.

"I'm sorry," he whispered.

"What?" she asked. She couldn't understand why Itachi was apologizing to her.

"It's all my fault." he said, shaking his head sadly, "I should have been more careful."

"Careful about what?" she asked, wondering what on earth was going on.

"Follow me," he said as he helped her up.

Naruko followed Itachi as he led her back to Sasuke's tent. Inside, Kakashi was picking up papers that were scattered all over the floor and tables and chairs that had been turned over.

"What happened here?" she questioned as she looked around at the mess.

"Here. Sit down," Itachi said as he picked up one of the fallen chairs.

"Told you," Kakashi said to Itachi.

"Told you? What are you guys talking about?" she asked giving questioning glances back and forth between Kakashi and Itachi.

"Yes, but you should have known Sasuke was going to over hear," Itachi scolded.

"Yes, but I don't think you should have handled it like that," Kakashi countered.

Itachi sighed, "Yes, I know."

"I mean, how did you think he was going to react when you asked him that question?" Kakashi scolded.

"I don't know," Itachi growled, "I didn't mean to ask him. It was a lapse in judgment."

Kakashi shook his head, "Did really matter who he would have picked? They're the same person."

Naruko watched as the two talked. They seemed to have forgotten that she was there, "Uh… excuse–"

"I TOLD YOU IT WAS A LAPSE IN JUDGMENT!" Itachi roared, "I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"

Naruko sat in complete and udder shock. She had never once seen Itachi loose his temper like that, it was scary.

"You and Sasuke both need to watch your tempers. You're scaring someone," Kakashi said, nodding in the direction of a scared Naruko.

"I'm sorry Naruko," Itachi apologized.

Naruko gave a nervous laugh, "No need to apologize. I mean–" Naruko suddenly stopped when she realized what Itachi called her. "What did you call me?"

"Naruko." Itachi said simply.

"When did you… how did you…?" Naruko mumbled confused.

"Kakashi told me," Itachi nodded in the direction of the silver haired man.

"When did you… how did you…?" Naruko mumbled again toward Kakashi. She was completely shocked and confused at the moment.

"Jiraiya told me," Kakashi shrugged.

"WHAT!?" Naruko roared, standing up and knocking over her chair, "I'll kill that man! He promised not to tell anyone! I'm going to sick Tsunade on him!"

"Naruko calm down," Itachi ordered.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN!?" Naruko screeched.

Kakashi turned her chair back over and forced her to sit down, "Yes, calm down and we'll explain everything to you."

Naruko took a few deep breaths before replying, "Okay, I'm calm. Now talk."

"Well you see," Kakashi began, "Itachi came to me about his suspicion that you were a girl. He could tell that you were the medical trainee that he ran into that one night."

"Why didn't you stop me or turn me in, or something," Naruko asked.

"Because I suspected that you might be Naruko and I went to Kakashi to talk to him about it." Itachi explained. "I knew Jiraiya was in town and Kakashi was the only person I knew that could find the man."

"It's not that hard," Naruko pointed out, "He's always snooping in on the women taking baths… pervert."

Kakashi laughed, "Yeah, that's were I normally find him."

"Anyways," Itachi interrupted, "Kakashi got Jiraiya to tell him that you were indeed Naruko."

"How?" Naruko asked Kakashi.

"My little secret," Kakashi whispered.

Itachi cleared his throat, "Then Kakashi came to tell me tonight, that Naruko was indeed still alive. Too bad, Sasuke walked in right when he said that. Sasuke freaked out."

"I can imagine," Naruko said to herself.

"He demanded that we tell him where she was at. When I said no, he punched me in the face," Itachi said rubbing his cheek where Sasuke had punched him.

"Well, you should have denied that we said she was alive, or at least said you didn't know where she was at." Kakashi said. "I thought you were supposedly a genius, Itachi."

"Shut up," Itachi growled, "Sometimes I wonder why I keep you around."

Kakashi shrugged, "Anyways, back to the story."

"Right," Itachi agreed, "So I grabbed the front of Sasuke's shirt and asked… it."

"It?" Naruko asked.

"I asked him…" Itachi paused, debating on whether he should say it or not.

"Yes?" Naruto pushed.

"Oh, for heaven's sake!" Kakashi shouted, throwing his hands in the air. "He asked Sasuke who he would choose, Naruto or Naruko. Now was that so hard?"

"I was going to say it," Itachi insisted.

"Sure," Kakashi said as he rolled his eyes. Uchihas could be so stubborn sometimes.

"Wait!" Naruko interrupted, "So who did he choose?"

"We don't know. He just stormed out," Kakashi shrugged, "Well, not before trying to kill Itachi. Good thing I was there to stop him."

"I wasn't going to let him kill me," Itachi insisted, again.

"Will you both shut up!?" Naruko snapped.

Itachi and Kakashi both stopped to gawk at Naruko. They had never seen her snap before. She was actually pretty scary when she wanted to be.

"I'm going to go talk to Sasuke," Naruko said as she stood up.

"I don't think that's a good idea Naruko," Itachi said, "Sasuke might kill you. I'm sorry, but I have keep you here."

"I have to agree with Itachi," Kakashi agreed.

"You want to stop me?" Naruko asked as she glared angrily (and scarily) at them. Kakashi actually shuddered, while Itachi seemed unaffected, but on the inside he was screaming like a little girl. Good thing Uchihas are breed to act emotionless, otherwise he might have actually screamed bloody murder.

Naruko waited for them to answer. Kakashi couldn't find his voice and Itachi didn't trust his voice not to squeak like a mouse.

When she didn't receive an answer she turned and left the tent. Kakashi and Itachi looked at each other, "Remind me never to get on her bad side," Kakashi finally said while Itachi nodded in agreement.

A/N:

Gosh! I'm still debating on the character death thing… maybe if I get enough people who oppose it I might not do it… it might be a main or minor character. I haven't really decided.

I really want to keep this going, so I'm trying to come up with ideas to make it longer and better… sorry this chapter was kind of short.

I have a review goal for this chapter… and I really want to reach it… it would mean a lot to me if you reviewed… even if something mean or is criticism… everything helps when writing new chapters…

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