Kit or Fawn
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D/C: I Own Nothing.
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"Yin-Kurama Speaking."
"Yang-Kurama Speaking."
'Naruto and Shikamaru's mental link to each other and to their respective Kurama's. Or to emphasize something.'
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"Sakura? What about her?"
"Didn't you have like the biggest crush on her when we were younger?"
"I did. Right up until she tried to beat me up because… oh, how did it go again… Stay away from my, Sasuke-kun, Naruto-baka!" Naruto did his best Sakura Haruno's impersonation that caused Shikamaru to snort in mild amusement, while having Kushina and Shikamaru wonder just how many of their classmates rubbed the boys the wrong way. Kushina especially did not like what she was hearing, especially on the girls that either say her boys as punching bags or pieces of meat.
Ino is excluded from this list as the woman gave the girl permission to ensure the boys are kept in line.
"What about Hinata? What do you think of her?" Shikamaru asked, already had his own assumptions on what Naruto thought about the young heiress.
"Hinata? Is that the girl that always faints around you, Naruto?" Kushina smiled widely, but her eyes showed a massive amount of mischievous that hid behind them.
"Yeah, Hinata-chan only does that around me." Naruto pulled a face, trying to think up reason why the Hyuga would always faint around him. Well, not all the time now. Recently it has gotten better, she could now say up to at least two to three sentences before she faints. "It's very weird."
"But you like weird." Shikaku stated with an eyebrow raised.
"Very much so-"
"Naruto-Kun~" Several high-pitched screams filled the air, cutting off Naruto. The screams caused Naruto's pupils to shrink and dread-filled all throughout him. Without a second thought, Naruto flung himself onto Shikaku and clung onto his shoulders for dear life. "Save me."
Kushina raised an eyebrow at the sight of several young girls running towards their small group. All of them have hearts in their eyes and it was clear to her just what they are. Fan girls. She has heard the boys would face fan girls, but mainly because Mikoto's boys always had problems with them. This is the first time to see it happen to her own son… interesting. Especially when she sensed something rather peculiar that has been following for quite some time.
"SHIKAMARU! NARUTO!" Another familiar scream filled the air, and this caused Shikamaru to jump into Kushina's arms. Running towards them at full speed, is Ino who has fire in her eyes while dragging Choji by his scarf. "YOU TWO HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!"
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Sasuke sat impatiently in his seat, hating how his fan-club attempted to get his attention. It was annoying, but what was more annoying is the fact he hasn't gotten any word from his friends on their recent whereabouts. The last thing he heard about them, is that they are apparently taken something from the Hokage's office which caused the entire village to go into a massive uproar.
Fun…
He is going to wring their necks once he sees them if they do show their faces again.
"This better be the last time you guys do this to us! You two had us worried to death!"
"We are sorry, Ino! We were not allowed to tell anyone what happened to us!"
"Troublesome woman… we were forbidden to tell anyone about this."
Everyone in the class turned their attention towards the main entrance of the classroom, to see Ino dragging Shikamaru and Naruto into the class by their ears. Following them is Choji, who is munching away on a bag of chips. The Yamanaka continued to reprimand her friends for their recent escapades.
"Fine! Just tell us that you guys are okay, and not have us wondering if you guys are jailed up somewhere or worse!" Ino let go of the boy's ears with a tired sigh, she turned around to face them with her arms crossed over her chest. "You two I swear…"
"If it makes you feel any better, we found out our parents are seeing each other." Naruto waved his hand towards Ino's direction in a gruff tone.
"Why'd you tell her that?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at Naruto, wondering why the blond told the fellow blond of the news.
"Wait a sec…"
"…Really!" Ino squealed out, her eyes turned into hearts as her entire behavior did a 360. "It's about time they made it public! Do you guys think they'll get married? Oh, I hope so! Imagine it!"
"…and we lost her…"
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Naruto once again pulled out his notebook, writing down notes into it. Iruka-sensei is explaining why Shikamaru and himself are back after… a short break due to a family problem. From what Ino had had him, Mizuki broke a law and was punished accordingly. Luckily, the general public does not know how the now former academy instructor had attempted to get two of his students to steal from the Hokage himself. The Elders of the village, and those connected to it all, know how the man had broken the Third's Law, committed treason, and so many other things that it was just a matter of time the idiot was going to wind up in prison.
"What happened to you? Shikamaru?" Sasuke whispered under his breath, he had pushed his chair closer to Naruto to get away from his ever-admiring fangirls. He kept getting closer every time one of the girls made an odd move towards him.
Naruto ignored how close Sasuke kept getting towards him. If he could move his own seat to get away from his own batch of fangirls, he would. The only problem with that the Uchiha is leaving him little to no room to move.
"We haven't seen you guys in days." Sasuke continued to say.
Naruto paused. He tapped the table with his table wondering what to say. That voice in the back of his mind was telling him to tell his friend but there was another one telling him to eff off. He has a sneaking suspicion the second voice is the Fox… "I had an identity crisis."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…what."
"I had an identity crisis." Naruto replied casually with a shrug, he moved around so that he was face to face to Sasuke and gave his friend a tired grin. "I'm okay now… hopefully."
"No, you're not."
"Shut up."
"Excuse me?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Naruto to see his friend's brows furrowed in annoyance.
"Not you…"
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"Shikamaru, Naruto, could the both of you stay behind?"
Shikamaru and Naruto glanced at each other, wondering what their instructor wanted with them. They watched on as their friends and classmates whisper about what could the be reason Iruka-sensei wanted to see them. Far as they knew, neither one did anything to warrant such a thing. Then they started to whisper on the possibility that it had to do with their recent absence and the former instructor's recent actions.
Once everyone was gone, Iruka signaled for both preteen to walk down towards his desk. Shikamaru and Naruto slowly walked up to their instructor, watching as he pulled out two scrolls from his desk. He promptly handed the scrolls to his students as he explained what they were for. "It's your pay."
"Our what…?"
"Normally, this would be done in the Mission Assignment Desk, but we did not want to arouse suspicion…" Iruka laughed uneasily, he watched as his students open their scrolls and the looks of shock caused him to lose all source of laughter. "If Mizuki had left the village with the scroll, it would have been a complete disaster. You did the village a massive service."
"… Let me guess… we can't tell anyone about this mission?" Naruto asked, he had to clear his throat before he spoke.
"Of course."
'I'm going to go pr-'
"Don't use your earnings on pranking or bribing people…"
"Dammit."
To be continued…
R/R.