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(The naughty pair)

Konohamaru and Inari

Haku and Zabuza

Chapter Eleven

"HEY! Do I look good or what?" asked Lee dressed in his extra tight green suit.

Tenten shivered and thought, 'You're going to be the next laughing stock if you wear that thing out.' However, she decided Lee deserved to be laughed at so she nodded her head and answered, "You look good."

Lee felt really happy to hear that so he bought the suit instantly. He liked it so much that he wore it out to the street. He tagged Tenten out of the store to continue shopping around the market place.

After a while, Lee noticed the numerous eyes staring at him so he wondered if there was something wrong about him. He was unaware of a group of kids eyeing mischievously at his bum and did not react in time when one of them took out their flinger and flung a stone to it.

"OWL!" cried Lee.

"Hey it bounces," laughed Konohamaru.

"Look there's a hole, ewwww…" stated Inari.

Tenten looked at the bit of flesh and then at the kids and back to Lees' face before she began to giggle hysterically. Lees' face turned bright pink and he wanted to kill the brats as he began to chase after them. "Why you… I'm going to rip little holes in your pants if I get my hands on you."

"Catch us if you can thick eyebrows!" shouted Kono.

Tenten remembered her childhood games as she watched Lee go after the kids. A part of her wanted to join him as she recalled how she used to play tips with Sakura and Shikamaru. Her eyes followed the direction of the green suit before she began to run after it.

The two kids split to opposite directions so Lee chose to follow one of them. The bowl head looked scary and dangerous because he was really angry. After a few more seconds Lee had managed to corner Inari. As he made his way to the kid he began to crack his knuckles.

"I've got you now… How should I punish you?" Lee smirked.

Konohamaru knew the streets well and realized the direction Inari had headed was to a dead end. He decided to go back to help his friend even though the green suit man was twice his height. On his way, he recognized the girl with the buns.

"Hey! I'm really sorry for what I did but can you stop your boyfriend from hurting my friend!?" asked Kono.

"He is NOT my boyfriend! I have better taste than that," replied Tenten.

"Whatever just save him!" demanded Kono as he led Tenten to the alley. When Kono and Tenten arrived they saw Lee smacking the poor boy's bum.

"Say sorry or I'll smack you harder!" shouted Lee.

"No, I hate you!" replied Inari.

"Oh yeh…" trailed Lee before Tenten interrupted him, "What are you doing? You monster! How can you hit an innocent kid like that?"

Lee let go of the kid instantly and said softly, "He started it first…"

Inari ran away with Kono without apologizing and left Lee to deal with Tenten. Lee sat down on the ground and refused to argue with Tenten. He sat there for a few minutes before Tenten extended her hand to him. She gave him a reassured smile and said, "You're not a monster."

Lee grabbed her hand and jumped up to hug her and whispered, "Thank you." In the same moment Tenten flung him off her and stated firmly, "But it doesn't mean you can use violence to solve things. Don't ever hit a kid again, ok?"

"I promise! Let's go," announced Lee.

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Gaara gave a portion of his money to his pathetic siblings and decided to take a day off to his favourite place. He walked unaccompanied with his katana by his side under the clear blue sky.

He walked over a few hills until he finally got to a dense forest. He entered it and listened for the sound of a river flowing. When he found the crystalline river, he followed it until it reached a waterfall.

Gaara loved the sound of the water rushing down from the rocks and the peaceful chirps of the birds. He remembered his mother had taken him to this very spot once when he was a kid. She pointed her finger to the rainbow that was refracted by the water and asked, "Isn't it beautiful?"

As he stood there, a small flower from a near by blossoming tree fell on his head. He removed the flower from his red hair and looked at its soft white petals. He crushed it in his hand as a stab of pain built in his heart. 'What is the point of beauty if i have nobody to share it with?' thought Gaara and wondered if he'd die a lonely man…

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A fully packed Naruto with two lightly packed Sakura and Sasuke walked out of the Uzamaki gates. Sakura and Sasuke both had a small material bag while Naruto carried this big bag made out of straw. In Naruto's bag, he bought a lot of nuggets and a few set of clothes. On the other hand, Sakura had brought plenty of bread and her old set of country clothing and Sasuke carried his set of black clothing.

Sasuke headed to the main street before Naruto yelled, "Where are you going? My carriage is this way!"

"Can't you walk for a change?" asked Sasuke.

"No, walking is for morons like you," replied Naruto and added, "How do you want to get home Sakura?"

"Hmm… I don't mind either but I have this urge to see my parents; I really miss them," said Sakura.

"See Sakura wants to take the carriage! However, you can walk or run whatever, we'll just meet you there!" boasted Naruto.

Sasuke ignored Naruto and hopped into the carriage, a servant sat outside to control the two horses. Naruto helped Sakura onto the carriage before getting on himself. Afterwards, he ordered his servant to head for the country. They had been riding for a couple of hours before Naruto whined that he was hungry.

"I'm hungry! Let's stop for some food!" exclaimed Naruto.

"I'm not hungry," stated Sasuke.

"Who care's about you, Sakura might be hungry," expressed Naruto.

"I'm fine, do you want some bread? I have some bread…" trailed Sakura.

"There's a tea house near by, Master Uzamaki," but in the servant.

"Good we're stopping there!" declared Naruto.

After they had all ordered some food and drank some tea they hopped back into the carriage. It took them another couple of hours to reach the dirt road that led up to Sakura's house. The servant halted the carriage right outside of the Nara residence and out jumped Naruto.

"EH… Is this your house Sakura?" asked Naruto staring at a wooden structure the size of his stable for the horse and carriage.

"Yes, is there something wrong with it? I know its small compared to…" trailed Sakura.

"No! It looks great!" Naruto lied.

"It's small, old and it looks like it's on the verge of collapsing. You shouldn't live in places like this, princess," said Sasuke bluntly.

Sakura was speechless and deeply offended from how Sasuke had described her house. She had lived their her entire life and all Sasuke could comment on was the shabbiness of it. She gave a short shrug and entered the house without knocking.

"Hello? Mother! Father! I'm home," announced Sakura but no one answered.

"Maybe they're out on the fields," suggested Naruto.

"The fields have been dried and my mother wouldn't go outside to collect water!" yelled Sakura.

"Hey no need to shout!" replied Naruto.

They looked all around the house and found no trace of the Nara couple. Sasuke inspected around and studied a brown stain on the floor, "Dry blood…" he pointed out. Sakura and Naruto stared dumbly at Sasuke not sure on what to think but the worst came into their minds.

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When Ino awoke in the morning she overheard Iruka telling Grandma Uzamaki that Naruto has gone on a holiday. She demanded to know when he would be coming back but Iruka passed on the message that Naruto won't be going to the ball with her.

Naruto was the only person she knew in Konoha after so many years of living in France. After breakfast she decided to wonder the streets to find a decent gentle-man. She didn't want to walk alone but she also disliked the idea of taking her maid. She had changed her fat lips maid to one that has hair on top of her lips… O.o

She spent a few hours looking for a good looking man but found none. She saw a few bold men, some old men, hairy and muscly men, and fat men, shrivelled and bony men. Even Naruto was better looking then them and they were all incomparable to Sasuke. She did see a few good looking guys but you could tell they were younger than her.

As she continued to stroll the streets a man carrying a stack of materials logs bumped into her. The material few into the sky and landed in all directions to the ground. Ino looked up to see Shikamaru standing directly in front of her.

"You again!" she shouted.

"Yes it's me is there a problem?" asked Shika picking up his logs of material.

Ino was going to say another witty comment but her eyes focused on Shika's tan and well built body. He wasn't fat or hairy or skinny, he was just perfect. He may have a pineapple hairstyle but his face wasn't uncomfortable to look at. Before she could have another look at Shika, he had ran away to deliver the material.

The curly blonde haired girl dressed in her French dress turned her head to stare at Shika's back. She was so focused on his back that she did not realise the bok choy on the floor. The next moment she had slipped and fell backwards to the dirty vegetable market floor. In the same instant a man with long black hair poured out a bucket of dirty water.

The water drenched Ino's hair and top half of her dress. A stench empowered her senses as she realised it was dirty fish water. She looked up to see who had poured the scum on her but before that a hand had extended to help her up.

"Miss are you ok?" said a medium toned voice.

Ino saw a beautiful girl with rich silky black hair. She wanted to run her hands through it but managed to respond, "I'm fine but this stench… uh! My dress is ruined."

"I'm sure it can be washed out," replied Haku and added, "I can help you wash it."

"No thanks!" stammered Ino and as she studied the girl a second time she realised she was dressed in male clothing. Suddenly a loud voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Why are you slacking off? Stop flirting with big breasted girls!" shouted Zabuza the fish store owner.

"Yes, Mr Zabuza," replied Haku and added, "I'm sorry…?"

"It's Ino Yamanaka, omg… What does he mean by flirting, aren't you a girl?" asked Ino.

"No, I'm a man. Don't I look like one?" asked Haku.

"…" Ino.

DURIAN

I usually update once a week but you may see quicker updates because it's 'Holidays' now. This is going to be a long fic even though it's moving ever so slowly. I want to include most of the characters so who do you think will come next?