Chapter 3: Grand Opening

Naruto looked himself over in the mirror, spinning around with a smile on his face. It took him a while to get used to the jeans, but after a few minutes of walking in them, he was fine. He ran a hand through his long blonde hair. He had decided to take out the pigtails because people might recognize him otherwise. "I'm pretty hot!" He thought, doing another spin.

Before he could ogle at himself in the mirror some more, he heard a gentle rapping at his door. He began to panic, stripping off all of his clothes and changing back into his regular self. He threw on some pants before running to the door, where the knocking had multiplied in volume.

"Yes?" Naruto opened the door, greeting a surprised Iruka.

"Naruto, do you have something to tell me?" Iruka asked, looking at his chest.

Naruto, thinking Iruka was coming on to him, threw his arms over his chest. Then he felt it. In his rush to go open the door, he had forgotten to take off the bra. He looked down at his chest, then back up at Iruka. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. How was he going to explain?

"Let's try this again, shall we?" Naruto thought to himself, closing the door in Iruka's face. He wouldn't.

He took the bra off, staring at the door, still in shock. He walked into his room, tossing the bra in his bathroom and closing the door. He hadn't blinked since he had discovered the bra on himself, and his mouth still hadn't closed. He pulled on one of his blue shirts and walked back to his door, blinking a few times and closing his mouth before opening it.

"Hi Iruka!" Naruto exclaimed, acting as if nothing happened. "What a surprise to see you here!"

"Hi...Naruto..." Iruka replied to his greeting with a confused tone in his voice. "Weren't you just...?"

"Come in, sit down!" Naruto disregarded Iruka's half question and gesturing towards a chair at his kitchen table.

Iruka looked at Naruto for a moment before coming in and making himself at home. He was about to ask again, but decided based on Naruto's reaction it was best not to ask. Naruto closed the door and was soon seated across the table from Iruka, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"The reason I came Naruto," Iruka began, sighing, "is that I'm worried about you."

Naruto's eyes shifted around nervously. He began to drum his fingers on the table, and Iruka heard his foot tapping. Iruka spoke again before Naruto could get the wrong idea.

"When I came by Monday, your kitchen was in a state of disarray." Iruka said, relieved when he heard Naruto exhale. "What happened?"

"Oh it's just that!" Naruto exclaimed, waving his hand at Iruka. "I was just a little angered when I saw the ad for the Sasuke club, that's all."

"I see..." Iruka mumbled standing up. "That's all I came for."

"Oh, maybe we can grab some ramen tomorrow or something." Naruto chirped. "That is, if you're paying." A smile crept onto the blonde boy's face.

Iruka only nodded, walking out of the small apartment. As he walked out of the complex, Iruka thought back to Monday morning, and the newspaper. "I didn't know that he'd be affected in such a way..." He thought. "It's only a club Naruto, snap out of it!"

Hyuuga Hinata looked up at the looming house before her. She asked herself again why she had decided to join this club. She didn't even like Sasuke. She liked a boy that probably all of the girls in this club were disgusted with. Then she remembered why she joined this club. It was for him, the beautiful blonde who haunted her every thought, her every dream. You think after three years of not being noticed, she'd fall out of love, but, it had only grown stronger.

Hinata could never ever talk to Naruto. She had a bit of a stutter problem, and when she was around him, it would only get worse. That's why she decided to join this club. She thought, maybe, just maybe, if she was around more people her shyness might go away. She looked up at the house; it seemed so big, and so dark. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

Who's to say Naruto would ever like her anyway? He already liked Sakura, and that girl was blessed with more curves than Hinata would ever have. Sakura was beautiful. Hinata herself was not a bad looking girl, but she paled in comparison to the pink-haired girl Naruto crushed on.

"Are you going in?" A voice whispered into her ear. Hinata gasped and turned around, finding behind her a beautiful blonde girl with too many curves to count. "Hi Hinata!" The girl said happily.

"Do I...know you?" Hinata asked timidly, backing away.

"Dammit!" The girl thought. "Make up a story, quick!"

"Uh...yea!" The blonde girl managed to say. "We met in a grocery once!"

"You are...?" Hinata still didn't know who she was.

"Oh no...I haven't made up a name!" The girl thought. The smile was still plastered onto her face. After a moment of silence, Hinata thought that the girl hadn't heard, so she repeated the question.

"You-"

"Nurika!" Blurted the girl, interrupting Hinata's inquiry. "Zuukima Nurika!"

Hinata thought for a moment, trying for her life to remember this girl. But she just couldn't. She didn't want to hurt her feelings though, so she just lied.

"Yea, I remember you."

"Score!" Naruto thought, mentally patting himself on the back. "Thought I was a goner." The two girls stood in an uncomfortable silence for a moment before Sakura opened the door.

"Are you guys coming in? It's 7:15!" The pink haired girl yelled.

Hinata and "Nurika" both headed into the Sakura household. It was too late to back down now.
Nurika picked up a cookie off of Sakura's kitchen counter, looking into the living room. He shoved the cookie in his mouth, savoring it as the chocolate chips and the cookie as a whole seemed to melt. He took a peek into the living room, which was right around the corner, and saw the girls gathered into a circle, talking about what the club was about. As if no one knew.

There were Sakura and Ino, both of whom he thought to be enemies, and Hinata. Those were the ones he knew. Then there was Yuki, the black-haired girl who had graced them with the delicious chocolate cookies. She loved to cook. There was also Nina, who had pink pigtails and loved animals. It was apparent by the shirt she had on, which had a puppy on the front of it. Last was Hana, the blue-haired silent girl. Well, she was silent when it came to her own affairs at least. When it came to Sasuke though, her voice box came to life.

It was a small group, unlike what Nurika expected, but that was fine. That would make her plan a lot easier.

"Come here Nurika!" Ino called, waving the blonde girl over.

"Hold on!" She called back. "I have to use the bathroom!"

"Well it's..." Sakura trailed off, watching Nurika run up the stairs. When had she told her where the bathroom was?

Nurika ran up the stairs, smiling. All she'd do is search Sakura's room a bit, then come back down and sit through the life-draining conversations about (gag) Sasuke. Then she'd commence the plan and soon...Sakura was hers.

A/N: Sorry it's short, the next chapter will be longer. Anyways, R&R and other good things like that. Also, when Naruto is a girl, I'll address her by his girl name, which is Nurika. I know that the name Naruko has already been adopted for Naruto's girl counterpart, but come on, that's too close to Naruto. Anyways, I'll try to have the next chapter up by the weekend. Ja ne!