Strange Ambitions Chapter 2: To Be a Villain, a naruto fanfic

Strange Ambitions

A Naruto Fanfiction by Otaking GTJ

Disclaimer by Neji: It is not Otaking GTJ's destiny to own Naruto. That is Masashi Kishimoto-san's. He gets all ownership and profit from the series, whille GTJ gets none, just like how the MAIN HOUSE gets all the prestige and cool techniques, while the Branch House gets the pain and Curse Seals. Which means that it's the Main House's fault that Otaking GTJ does not own Naruto.

A/N: Well, it appears some of you liked the first chapter. However, only 2 of you said what you wanted for the next chapter. Thanks to both of you, to Link and Luigi for both greatly inspiring this fic and encouraging me to go through with it, and thanks to Spectrum for your in-depth review and CC, I really appreciate it when I get longer reviews like that. Anyway, here is how the story is go: There will be multiple stories running at the same time. The first chapter introduced the main plot which all the storylines meld into, which is Tenten's quest to be the most important. These next few will introduce each storyline. Since we left off at the hospital with Lee and Gai, this chapter will introduce the Lee/Neji plot. Very quickly after that (as in within like 2 or 3 days), I will introduce the Kiba/Shino plot, which LinkandLuigi requested. Then I will introduce Naruto/Sasuke/Sakura. After that, well, we'll see. Once all of them are introduced, they will all be running simultaneously, with each chapter showing some of multiple plots (I doubt I'll be able to fit in something about every plot in each chapter though, at least for now). So, for example, say for one chapter, after all the plots have been introduced, I touch on the Neji/Lee plot, the Gaara/Temari/Kankuro plot, and the Shikamaru/Chouji plot. The next chapter may focus on the Orochimaru/Kabuto plot, the Itachi/Kisame, and so on. It really depends on both how I feel at the time and the reviews I get to when I focus on each plot, but I assure you each plot and each character will receive an equal amount of screentime. Oh, and sorry, but these chapters might be shorter than I originally intended, but hopefully will get longer. Please comment as to what you think of chapter length. Heck, this chapter is SHORTER than the first, probably because I need to think of more for this particular plot. The later one swill be better! Well, then, with that said, let's move on to our first sub-plot: Lee and Neji!

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Chapter 2: To Be a Villain

Last time we left Rock Lee and Gai-Sensei, they were going to check up on their partner and student respectively, Hyuuga Neji. Now, after the whole "Tenten" incident, Gai, Lee, and Nutnut finally ascended the steps and entered the room in which Neji slept. There was already a doctor in the room, who greeted the visitors when he noticed them.

"Ah, you must be Gai-Sensei and Rock Lee, correct? I'm Dr. Whiplash, and I'm the one who's been working with Neji for the past week."

"Ah, that is good!", replied Gai. "Thank you for your work! Now, when will Neji be ready to leave?"

"As soon as he wakes up. Right now he's resting. Anyway, since he's now fully healed, and you're here, I'll leave him back into your hands now, Gai-san. I need to check up on other patients. The Uchiha and the Uzumaki kid still have a lot of injuries on them... Once Neji awakes, you all can leave."

The doctor then left, leaving Gai and Lee just waiting in the room, and watching Neji sleep. Then suddenly, some random ninja appeared in the usual sneaky ninja-ish way, and looked towards Gai.

"Gai-sama! Orders from the Hokage! You are needed for a very important mission! Please report to the Hokage's tower as soon as possible!"

"An important mission for the Hokage? Very well, I understand." Gai then turned to his student." LEE! You are to stay here until Neji awakes, then go and train! And continue to train hard every day until I return from my super-important mission! Got that, Lee?"

"YES!", Lee exuberantly replied. "I WILL TRAIN MY HARDEST, AND WILL MAKE SURE NEJI DOES THE SAME! AND NUTNUT WILL TRAIN HARD TOO! Right, Nutnut?"

The squirrel chirped in agreement. Gai gave yet another Nice-Guy Pose and Gai Twinkle.

"Good! Very well then, I must be off!". And then he left, along with the random ninja.

And so Lee was left alone with Neji... He stood there....and stood there..then sat down..then stood again....read the latest issue of "Hard-Working Ninjas Monthly". He had just finished the last article ( "How to kick the Log with results 3 times as good as before!"), when he saw an ad for the Pokemon tv show..

Then he saw the permanent marker laying on the table next to the hospital, for who knows what reason.

Then he looked at Neji. And formatted an evil, evil, evil scheme. Ok, so it wasn't that evil. But it was rather mischievous. Seeing Neji sleeping, Lee remembered how Jigglypuff would always make people fall asleep with its singing, then draw on their faces with a permanent marker. Having Neji sleeping, a permanent marker sitting near him, and a picture of Jigglypuff looking at him COULDN'T have been a coincedence. Lee took the permanent marker, and walked up to Neji, who was just laying there and sleeping like he's been all fic. Then he took the cap off of the marker.

Nutnut began to chirp in disagreement, but was quickly silenced by one of Lee's fingers covering its mouth. "Sssh, Nutnut! Don't worry, this'll be fun! Don't you wanna see how Neji will look with stuff drawn all over his face?" Nutnut chirped some more. "Oh, yeah, I guess it would be more funny to have something specific, yet silly, drawn on his face. but what?"

That's when Lee looked up and saw the TV. It was showing one of those old black and white hero/villain shows where the villain always has a weird moustache, a pointy bear, and a black cloak, and the damsel always ends up being tied to railroad tracks. And then he looked at Neji again, and came to his logical (well, for him) conclusion.

He drew a moustache on Neji...just like the one those old villains wore.....

'Hehe, doesn't he look so weird, Nutnut?" Lee snuck the marker in his pocket, as he and the squirrel both had a good round of snickering at Neji with his Villain Moustache.. But then Neji woke up!

He slowly rose to an upright position, yawning, and looking ever so grumpy, even for him. He then noticed Lee and Nutnut..

"Lee...why is there a squirrel on your head?"

Lee looked confused that Neji didn't know about Nutnut, but then remembered that both Neji wasn't there when he saved the squirrel, or when Nutnut replaced Tenten, and that Neji probably didn't care too much about a squirrel before then anyway. "Ah! This is NutNut, our new partner! Y'know, to replace Tenten, since she got fired!"

Now, Neji knew about Tenten being fired. Tenten herself was the only one who DIDN'T know. But as he was still quite tired, he wasn't awake enough to be surprised by the squirrel partner, got up, and went to the bathroom. A few minutes later, Neji came out, and looked at Lee with his usual Stern Hyuuga Glare (TM, just like all the other looks those Naruto characters get).

"Lee, why do I have a moustache?"

Instead of telling the truth, Lee decided to lie, and see just how much fun he could have with this whole idea. "What, you mean that? You grew that while you were sleeping!"

"But it's not like real hair. It feels more like it's drawn on", Neji plainly replied.

"Well, maybe it's like a mark only Hyuuga Branch House members get? Like a mark that just looks like a moustache?"

"Lee, nobody else in the Branch House has ever had such a mark."

"Um, well, maybe it's only certain SPECIAL members of the Branch House? Like maybe it only goes to those who act kind of evil sometimes? It does look like one of those villains from those really old cartoons!"

"Lee...that has got to be the dumbest thing you have ever said."

"But maybe it's true! You have been acting kind of evil at times! Well, not counting that thing with Kidoumaru, but before that! When you tried to kill your cousin!"

"That's enough.. I'm going home, and getting this mark off. I'll see you later."

"But Neji, we have to train! Gai-sensei said so!"

"I don't care. I'm going home. Train by yourself."

And so Neji left, and Lee just stood there awhile with Nutnut. Then the wheels of the Big-Browed Wonder started turning again.

"Nutnut, we gotta move quick! I want to get as much out of this joke as possible! We'll set it as a new training exercise, one of the minds! I WILL FOOL NEJI INTO THINKING HIS MOUSTACHE IS REAL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK! AND IF I FAIL, I WILL SHAVE MY EYEBROWS AND USE THE PERMANENT MARKER TO DRAW LINES AROUND MY EYES SO I LOOK LIKE GAARA, AND KICK THE LOG 278,954 AND A HALF TIMES! YEAH!"

Nutnut agreed, and the two were off. Lee uses his super no-weights speed to get to the Hyuuga household before Neji, who was walking in a bit of a slow pace, as he wasn't in that much of a hurry. Luckily, all of the other Hyuugas were attenting their 27'th Annual Hyuuga Horseshoe-Throwing contest over at the park, so the coast was clear. Lee and Nutnut went in and searched the house supa-quick until they found the Hyuuga Family Album, which Lee did some drawing in, after which he placed it somewhere in Neji's room where he could easily see it. After this was done, He left.

Now, let us switch the focus for a bit onto the true star of our story, Tenten. Y'see, she was still angry about being fired, and thinking about how she could be the main character. Luckily, she was heard by Anko, Ibiki, and Genma, who talked to her about it at her house later that afternoon..

"So, you want to become the most important, huh?", Anko started.

"Yes, I'm tired of being treated like I don't count for anything!", replied Tenten."I want to find out what's going on, and get involved in everything somehow!"

"Hm, that's a good idea", stated Ibiki. "But first...you need to figure out how to be at many different places at once. Have you ever thought about that?"

Tenten then realised that she had overlooked this particular flaw.. "Uh..yeah.. forgot about that."

Genma then casually pulled out a scroll. "Well, no worries, you can just use this." He then tossed the really big scroll to Tenten.

"Um, what is this?", she asked

"Oh, it's the Scroll of Kage Bunshin no Jutsu that Naruto used a while ago.", Genma replied.

"Wait, how did you get this? I thought it was a Forbidden art"

"Well, that was when the 3rd was Hokage", replied Ibiki. "The 5th really doesn't care as much about people using Kage Bunshin. So it's not really THAT forbidden anymore."

"Oh.Ok then, thanks!", said Tenten. Now she could just use Kage Bunshin to spread her importance to everyone at once! "I really appreciate the help!"

"No problem!", said Anko. "After all, we're unimportant too, so it's our duty to help you! I bet we can find other underappreciated ninjas to help you too!"

"That would be great! But for now, I need to learn this technique! I'll call you if I need any more help!"

And so they all parted, and Tenten began to plan her schemes, but at the Hyuuga Household, Neji had just gotten home. And when he entered his room, he saw the Hyuuga family album, and opened it. And, to his great surprise, he saw that some of the Hyuugas had moustaches like his!

Now, normally Neji would be sane enough to realise that all of this was done in permanent marker, and that it was obviously Lee's doing. However, Neji was still a bit mentally unstable from recovering from all those injuries, and while he was physically fine, his mental health wasn't quite full yet. And, so, Neji actually began to wonder.

"What is this? Is this really some kind of bloodline thing inherent in some Branch House Hyuugas? Is it my destiny to be an old-style villain?"

These thoughts went through Neji's head constantly, and he just spent hours pondering it. Finally, he decided he was still tired, and decided to take a nap. When he did, Lee, who had been watching the whole time, snuck in and attached to Neji's chin a fake pointy beard, just like the ones on those villains. He then snickered to his squirrel as he snuck into the night.

Neji had many dreams that night, about Lee's saying being true, and of him being such a villain. With his mind at it's current state, it began to sink in, until when he woke up he found that he had also grown an old-villain beard! And so his mental state and path were set, as he went into his closet, and bypassing all his usual outifts, he went to the one black cloak deep in the back.

It was time to accept his Destiny. Well, what he thinks is his destiny. Silly Neji.

TO BE CONTINUED

Alright, I'm really sorry about this being so short. This was kind of a spur-of-the-moment idea, and it wasn't until trying to write it until I realised how silly and difficult it is.. but don't worry, the other chapters will be better. This chapter I believe was nowhere near as good as the first, but I will try to improve, and I think that Chapter 3 will be a doozy, as it's storyline, the Kiba/Shino plot, is the most well-planned storyline and the first one I thought of. So look forward to that next week. Oh, and if you want to know why I waited until today to post instead of one week after chapter 1, it's because TODAY, SEPTEMBER 24, IS MY 18TH BIRTHDAY! WOO! So, I decided that I would like my 2nd chapter to debut on my b-day. Too bad it was this one... Anyway, please Review, CC, and get ready for next week's Shino/Kiba chapter!