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My Life as a Teenage Shinobi

KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK. Went the steady beating of Naruto's fist on Sakura's front door.

KNOCK. "Sakura-chan!"

KNOCK. "Sakura-chan!"

KNOCK. "Sakura-chan!"

Inside, Sakura was lying comfortably on her bed awake, wincing every time Naruto pounded on her door.

'Maybe if I ignore him, he'll just go away,' she decided. Fortunately, her parents were off having lunch with friends, so they wouldn't be here to answer the door. She had decided to stay home and relax for once.

KNOCK. "Sakura-chan!"

Sakura started to clench her fist. "He's still here? It's been about ten minutes now! I'm surprised my neighbors haven't chased him away yet!"

KNOCK. "Sakura-chan!! Can I talk to you?!"

Sakura's head started to hurt.

KNOCK.

Frustration started to build up inside her.

KNOCK.

She couldn't take it anymore.

KNOCK.

She got up from her bed and practically broke her window as she threw it open. She looked down to the first floor at the blonde head that stood in front of her doorstep.

"DAMMIT NARUTO! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!" Sakura yelled. Apparently Inner Sakura broke free.

"Aha! I knew you were here!" Naruto said with a cheesy grin.

"NARUTO, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT!" Sakura yelled again.

"Well, I was wondering about this maturity thing…" he said before he was interrupted.

"Hey, hey!! SOME people are TRYING to get some sleep over here!!" a voice said from the house across from the Harunos'. Kiba had popped his head out the window, clad in his doggy pajamas. Yes, Kiba and Sakura are neighbors!

Sakura glared at him from her house. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON ASLEEP AT THIS HOUR!" she screamed, angry that she had been interrupted.

"Whatever! It's too early in the morning for this!!" Kiba yelled back. The family dogs started barking after hearing the noise.

"You IDIOT! It's one o'clock in the afternoon!" Sakura yelled back across the street, hitting a stunned Kiba.

"What?! One o'clock!! Akamaru!! Why didn't you wake me up! Now I'm late for training!" he said, his voice being muffled as he went back inside and shut the window. Not that anyone cared about him being late for training, as it ended hours ago.

"Hey, Sakura-chan," Naruto spoke up again to the kunoichi on the second floor, who was still glaring at Kiba's window.

Meanwhile, the dogs were still barking loudly in Kiba's yard. People walking down the street started to stare and whisper to each other.

"Sakura-chan! Can you hear me?" Naruto yelled up.

'This noise…all this noise…why can't I get any peace and quiet for one day…why, why, why??' Sakura thought, tears starting to leak out of her eyes.

"Why?!"

"Why what, Sakura-chan? Hey, are you crying? What happened?" Naruto asked as one of her tears fell on his face.

Suddenly, all hell broke loose.

"Why…Why…WHY WON'T YOU SHUT UP?!" she screamed down at him. She looked at the direction of Kiba's house, where dogs were still howling, and neighbors were still gathering. "Why won't those stupid DOGS shut up! Why won't those PEOPLE shut up?? Why won't the damn WORLD shut up?!"

"Hey, Sakura, Naruto," a new voice said.

"SHUT UP!!" Sakura yelled at the person.

Naruto jumped back, startled. Sakura's yelling didn't seem to have any affect on the other person at all.

"Hmph. Fine. But Kakashi wants us to meet him in an hour at the bridge. He told us not to be late but knowing him…" Sasuke sighed, mumbling the last part.

Sakura gasped and immediately jumped out from her window, landing on her feet. Which would have been scary for most people, but as Sakura was a ninja, she could do whatever the heck she wants to. So there.

She ran towards Sasuke, saying, "Wait, Sasuke-kun, I didn't know it was you! Please, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Tears once again sprung from her eyes.

Naruto just stared at her. "Um, Sakura-chan? Is there something…wrong?"

Sakura just continued to grovel at Sasuke's feet, begging for forgiveness. Sasuke merely raised an eyebrow at her.

"Sakura-chan? Did something happen to you? I mean, you're all moody today and I was just wondering…" Naruto asked yet another question. And was smashed against Sakura's front porch.

"Naruto…didn't…I…tell…you…to…shut…up?!" she fumed after kicking him.

And abruptly turned back to Sasuke, eyes wide.

"Sasuke-kun, your voice…you sound different!" she said.

"Yes. My voice has finally stopped with that ridiculous cracking," Sasuke said, crossing his arms. He then realized that it was his chance to get away. So he did. "Don't forget to meet at the bridge in an hour," he said in his sexy new voice as he left. Sakura practically swooned. Even the dogs stopped barking at the sound of his beautiful voice.

Naruto sighed as him and his team waited for Kakashi. He rubbed the still growing bump on the back of his head. Somehow, he had managed to get hit on the exact same spot every day since the whole maturity thing started.

His stomach also growled with hunger. No, he hasn't eaten ramen yet for two days. He did manage to get by with toast and a few pieces of chicken Iruka had given him after Naruto told his former sensei about the problem.

"Hey, hey, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto skipped happily into Iruka's classroom. Unfortunately, Iruka was in the middle of a lesson. The whole class stared at the weird looking ninja with the orange jacket, but was secretly relieved, as Iruka was just about to give them a test on the essentials of stealth during missions.

"Naruto, can't you see that I'm in the middle of class?" Iruka said, looking a tad irritated. His students started to whisper like good little students did whenever someone interrupted their class.

"Yeah, but Iruka-sensei, I'm trying to be more mature than the bastard Sasuke and Sakura-chan told me I couldn't eat ramen only once a week so Iruka-sensei what should I do, you can't treat me to ramen anymore and I can't live without ramen and this has been going on for a day now and I don't know what to do!!" Naruto said, all in one breath. Iruka inhaled deeply, as someone would do after they heard a person talk in a long, run on sentence such as that one.

Iruka sighed. "Naruto you do need to start eating other foods than ramen."

He turned to his class. "Stay here and listen to anything Naruto tells you…actually no, don't listen to anything he says or else you fail this class. I'll be right back. Naruto, don't do anything I wouldn't do, and for the love of all things good, don't teach them how to do that idiotic jutsu of yours," Iruka told him. And he left.

"Wait, Iruka-sensei! Which jutsu…" Naruto called out, but Iruka was already gone. Naruto glared at the door in his face, and turned to Iruka's students, who all stopped talking and eyed him curiously. He gave them one of his frowns. You know, the one where his eyes are closed and he looks annoyed with some person but we don't know if he can see that person or not because his eyes are closed.

Naruto crossed his arms and suddenly gave the students a huge grin, eyes still closed in its Naruto-like fashion. "Okay, everyone! I'm your teacher until Iruka-sensei gets back, so everyone has to listen to me and pay attention to what I say!" he said enthusiastically.

A student stood up. "But Naruto-san, Iruka-sensei told us not to listen to you or we fail, so why should we?" he asked. The class nodded the ir agreement.

"Yeah, there's no reason to fail just because he tells us to listen," another student said.

"Shut up! Iruka-sensei was lying! Trust me, I know him, he wouldn't fail the class just because you are all talking to me!" Naruto said, angrily.

"Really, Naruto? Then in that case, you all fail," Iruka said to his class, walking in with two paper bags.

Sure enough, the class started arguing and complaining and whining and crying and being like babies for five minutes until Iruka said, "Quiet down! I was just kidding."

"Naruto," he said handing Naruto the bags, "Here. These should keep you going for at least three days. Now go and get out of my class!" Iruka ushered him out.

"Thanks, sensei!" Naruto said happily as he skipped out of the room, much like he did when he entered.

Iruka sighed and turned back to his class. "That Naruto…

Okay, class! How about that test…" Iruka trailed off as he noticed his students glaring at him, obviously still ticked off at his little joke earlier.

He sighed again. "Fine. Let's have the test some other day then."

He turned and sat down on his chair, giving out one final sigh. "Damn that Naruto…no. It's my fault for being too soft on the kid. He's…he's like a SON TO ME!" Iruka yelled out, tears coming out of his eyes. He noticed about thirty pairs of eyes staring at him like he was insane.

"What, did you want to have that test?"

"Good afternoon, everyone!" the familiar voice of Team 7's sensei came to their ears.

"You're late!" Naruto said, irritated.

Sakura sighed, obviously not in the mood. "Sensei, it's three o'clock. Didn't you tell Sasuke-kun that you'd be here by two?"

"Yes my sweet little cherry blossom, but I dropped by the store to get something for all of you!" Kakashi said, holding up a bag. Once again, he was smiling but you couldn't see it because of that mask of his. Oh, how annoying that silly thing is!

Naruto raised his eyebrows. "You're not lying?"

"Nope!" Kakashi said, opening the bag. His students leaned a bit closer, wondering what Kakashi had bought just for them.

"Okay! This is for Sakura-chan!" he said, reaching in and taking out a bar of chocolate. Sakura looked confused as she took it.

"Um, sensei? Chocolate?" she asked, staring at the bar as if Kakashi had poisoned it.

"Sasuke-kun, here's yours! Careful, it's a bit warm," Kakashi reached in and took out a flask, and tossed it to Sasuke, who caught it deftly.

Sasuke looked carefully over the container. "Hey, I'm not old enough to drink, just so you know," he said, still not fully knowing what its contents were.

Kakashi raised his visible eyebrow. "Ah, your voice has stopped cracking. Hm…oh well, you can still use it," he said, starting to dig in the paper bag.

"Naruto, here's yours," he said, tossing Naruto a book.

Naruto looked surprised at getting, of all things, a book. Secretly, he wanted the chocolate bar Sakura had gotten.

"Sensei, a book? What…" he stopped as he got a better look at the book. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!"

Sakura looked over his shoulder. And basically had the same reaction as Naruto. "Kakashi-sensei! What's the meaning of giving Naruto this…this…thing?!" she exclaimed.

"It's what it looks like. Naruto you're going to have to learn about these things when you mature anyway. It's the way of life," he said, smiling slightly.

"Sakura, when it hurts, eat the chocolate. And Sasuke…gargle. Well my students, as your teacher I hope you take my advice. Ja!" he waved slightly and jumped off, leaving the three bewildered students.

Sasuke opened the flask and tasted the liquid. And sort of made a face. Because you know, Sasuke doesn't make faces…

"It's…salty…salt water," he said. "Hmph. I'm leaving. Later." And so he left.

"Naruto…you aren't really thinking of…reading that…are you?" Sakura said, hiding her bar of chocolate in her pocket.

"Kakashi-sensei…told me that I would know this when I'm mature…so if I read it and know about it now, I'll be mature even sooner, right?" Naruto said, nodding at his own logic.

"Naruto…as long as you don't become like that pervert sannin you used to train with a while ago…then do whatever you want. Just don't let me catch you reading that, you hear me? There's already more than enough people that read that thing in my presence!" Sakura said.

"But only Kakashi-sensei…"

"You heard me! More than enough! See you later, Naruto, I'm heading home," Sakura said, walking away from the bridge.

Sighing, Naruto sat down on the bridge and started reading his new book.

AN: Okay okay here it is. Sorry for not getting it out sooner! It took me a lot longer to wri te than the other chapters actually, because I started school this week! Yep, so early.

Why don't my colons and lines work anymore? Did disable those too? Well, I decided just to use those weird lines to seperate things...

Sakura's moodiness, Sasuke's sexy voice, Naruto…still Naruto…Kakashi actually being helpful? Hm…oh and everyone should know what Naruto's gift was. It's so painfully obvious that even a person who's seen one episode of Naruto would understand. Well maybe more than one…

The chocolate is known to help cramps during that time of the month. And the gargling warm salt water is a remedy my family uses when your voice is hoarse or when it hurts or something. Other people might use it too. So I just added it in here. Kakashi being overly cheerful and using nicknames...I just couldn't help myself. He DOES tease them in the anime once in a while, doesn't he?

Kiba was also shortly featured in the beginning: as a teen myself, I always want to sleep in (but I never do!). So I just made Kiba sleep in and accidentally miss training. What will Team 8 say about that? Unfortunately, that's in the chapter after the next one. Hehe.

Next chapter: Team 10 revisited. What WAS Chouji doing? How is Shikamaru's growth spurt going? What about Ino's blemish? And…Ino's bet with Asuma? How's THAT going?

Once again, thanks a whole bunch for reading. Don't forget to review if you have the time to =)

Kawaii Yoshi