Title: Never been kissed

Rating: pg 13

Pairings: SasuNaru and that's all you get to know for now

Warnings: none except hints of shonen ai

Summary: It's almost Naruto's sixteenth birthday and Kiba tells him a couple of things that he needs to do before then...

Author's Notes: thoughts and 'inner Sakura' are in italics and there shouldn't be any spoilers... well you should at least have seen the chunnin exams episodes :) hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own naruto...

Chapter One:

Three Weeks till...

"It's not a big deal if I haven't, right?" grumbled Naruto as he blindly walked down the streets of Konoha thinking aloud. "Damn that Kiba... who does he think he is anyway..." The blonde kept on muttering to himself without even noticing what direction he was headed in. It wasn't until a familiar voice called out his name that he snapped back to reality.

"Naruto!" called the voice for a second time. Naruto looked up and spun around to realize that he was in front of a familiar flower shop. He looked at the sign; it was Ino's family flower shop.

"Naruto! Answer me when I call you!" Sakura she ran up to him from the flower shop and smacked him in the back of his head.

"Sa-Sakura-chan... You didn't have to hit so hard, did you?" whined Naruto, "The first thing you do when you see me is hit me? What happened to 'Hey! How are you?'"

Sakura ignored his comment. "Where are you headed to?" she asked.

Naruto shrugged, about to give a half assed answer when he noticed Ino running out the front door towards them.

"Sakura! Don't run off like that!" Ino exclaimed.

Sakura crossed her arms. "Shut up Ino-pig! Don't tell me what to do!"

"What are you talking about Big-forehead-Sakura!"

Naruto sighed; he didn't want to get caught in the middle of yet another one of their catfights. "I'll see you..." he muttered and began walking off in the other direction.

From the corner of her eye Sakura saw the blonde as he walked away. "Wait a moment! Naruto!" she called out to her teamate.

"Naruto?" Ino thought aloud. Sakura sighed and gave her friend a look. It was people like Ino that made Naruto feel like shit. Now that Sakura had been his teammate for some time, she had begun to see the way other people treated him and felt obliged to stand up for him.

"Ino... shut up," she said quietly and ran after her teammate.

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- b r e a k -
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Naruto could hear the sound of footsteps behind him. Was that Sakura following him? That's so unlike her, he thought. Usually, she would have left insulted him, left him alone or even forget him, but lately, they were finally becoming more mature. They were finally beginning to accept each other as friends and she was starting to actually care about his feelings. But of course there were still many times when they both acted like the immature teenagers they were.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled.

Naruto stopped in his tracks and turned around. "What is it Sakura-chan? I have a lot of things on my mind right now..." Sakura caught up to him and began walking next to the blonde.

"What things?" she asked him. He turned his head away to face the stores that lined the streets.

"Nothing..." he answered suspiciously.

"But you just said you had a lot of things on your mind," implied Sakura, matter of factly.

"So what if I said that, I changed my mind," snapped Naruto childishly. Normally Sakura wouldn't have cared too much about what Naruto thought about, she was sure it was probably about ramen or defeating Sasuke, but some kind of girly instinct told her this was different. Not only that but her curiousity was beginning to get the best of her.

"Come on Naruto, you wouldn't have said that if you didn't want to talk about it," she coaxed, hoping to get it out of him. He shook his head,

"I told you, it's nothing," answered Naruto quietly.

"Sure... come on Naruto, tell me!" Naruto shook his head again and looked off. Sakura was beginning to lose hope when she spotted Ichiraku's, Naruto's all-time favourite restaurant.

"If you tell me... I'll buy you ramen..." she bribed.

He looked up and gave her a slight smile. "Ehh, sorry Sakura-chan, I'm really not that hungry..."

Sakura threw her hands down in frustration. "Just tell me Naruto! We're friends! Something is wrong if you are turning down ramen!" she cried at him.

Naruto sighed and gave in. "I'm not really upset, just frustrated," he explained.

Sakura nodded. "And..." she prompted.

"Mad," continued Naruto.

Sakura gave him a look. "I kind of figured that... why are you mad?" Naruto's eyes began to get smaller and formed the "evil"-eye and his fists began clenching.

"It's all that stupid Kiba's fault..."

"Eh? What do you mean? What happened?" asked Sakura.

"Well... it all began..."

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- Earlier that day... -
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Naruto looked up from his bowl of ramen to stare at Shikamaru."It's your birthday when?" he asked.

Shikamaru sighed. "Kiba just said it."

Naruto looked to Kiba for an answer.

"You should listen when people are talking!" snapped Kiba at Naruto.

"Hey! I was eating my ramen! You don't expect me to concentrate on what you're saying too, do you?" Kiba rolled his eyes and looked away, ignoring Naruto.

"His birthday is in a couple days, on the twenty-second," said Chouji finally joining the conversation while waiting for his next bowl of ramen to arrive.

Naruto turned to Shikamaru. "So... you're turning sixteen?"

The other shinobi nodded. "I'm going to be the same age as you."

Naruto shook his blonde head. "Nope, I'm not sixteen yet. I'm still fifteen."

Chouji looked at Naruto with some interest. "Oh? When's your birthday?"

Naruto took a big slrup of ramen. "Oc-to-bah t-eenhh-th," he replied, mouth full of food.

"Ugh, that's gross Naruto. Stop it," whined Kiba and decided to ignore him once again. "So, Shikamaru, gonna go and do anything exciting for your big birthday?" He grinned slyly looking at his friend.

Shikamaru shrugged. "I don't want to do anything that takes too much effort..."

"But it's an important day, Shikamaru, you only turn sixteen once," explained Chouji.

"So?" was all Shikamaru said.

Kiba shook his head. "At least tell me you've done everything that a guy should have by sixteen right?" asked Kiba.

Naruto's ears perked up with interest. He had finished his eigth bowl by now and decided to take a break. "What do you mean kiba? You have to do certain things before sixteen?"

Kiba laughed. "Well, you know, there are just some things that every guy should do."

"Like?"

"Break a body part-"

"That's easy, I've broken tons."

"Get drunk and have a hangover-"

"I can do that, what else?"

"You don't have to like it, but look at porn-"

"Ewww! ... well, my teacher is Kakashi, so done. Go on."

"Have your first kiss-"

"Don- WHAT!" cried Naruto high pitched and jumped up from his seat at Ichiraku's. Shikamaru, Chouji and Kiba all stared at the blond wondering what caused the outburst.

"Naruto," said Shikamaru annoyed, "don't do that with your voice." Chouji looked confused from behind his bowl of ramen. Kiba thought for a moment then burst out laughing,

"Don't ... tell me ... Naruto," he said in between laughs, "you haven't had your first kiss yet?"

"So what..." grumbled the blonde, "not everyone has had their first kiss yet..." Then he paused, "right?" He looked at Shikamaru then Chouji who was turning a bright red.

"Ahh..." stumbled Chouji, "well..."

Kiba smirked at Naruto and patted Chouji over the back. "Even Chouji has been kissed already, haven't you Chouji?" The brown haired boy blushed even harder.

Naruto's eyes were beginning to burst out of his sockets. "Chouji! Is this true!" The other shinobi was too embarrassed to answer."What about you Shikamaru?" Naruto asked, silently pleading that he wasn't the only one.

"What about me?" he replied as if just joining the conversation.

"Have you had your first kiss yet?" asked Naruto impatiently. Had everyone really all have their first kiss before sixteen? What about Sakura? Sasuke? There was no way in hell, that even Sasuke had his first kiss already. That guy hated it when people invaded his personal space, let alone touch him, thought Naruto.

"Who cares about that stuff," answered the lazy nin slowly. He got up from his seat at the ramen shop and began walking away. He turned back to his teammate who was still cherry tomato red, "Coming?" Chouji slowly gathered himself and followed after his friend. That left a baffled Naruto and a grinning Kiba.

"Even you Kiba?" asked Naruto.

Kiba gave Naruto a look. "Of course I have! Who could resist me?" Naruto returned Kiba's look. "Besides," continued Kiba, "everybody has. Everybody."

"Who would kiss you," grumbled Naruto as he was thinking to himself even more. Everyone? It couldn't be true...

"Hey! Don't be jealous just because someone would kiss me and not you," teased Kiba as he got up from his seat and began to walk from Ichiraku. "You still have time Naruto. There's about three weeks left till your brithday." Kiba left Naruto alone who seemed to be deep in thought. I wonder if he's actually gonna go and do it, wondered Kiba as he walked away, silently laughing.

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- Back to the present... -
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"After Kiba left, I went around asking some people," explained Naruto , "Everyone I asked really had been kissed before they were sixteen!"

Sakura couldn't help from giggling at Naruto's frustration. "I can't believe this is what was making you worried, Naruto!"

The blond pouted. "It's just annoying to think that everyone has been kissed except me!"

The pink haired girl smiled at her friend. "It doesn't matter Naruto, it's not a big deal. And if it happens, don't you want it to be with someone special?"

"Well... yeah... I guess."

"You don't want to just kiss anybody, right?" Naruto slowly shook his head. He was deep in thought once again. "You're right Sakura-chan. I shouldn't be worrying about something this silly. Come on, I'll let you buy me some ramen!" Naruto began pulling Sakura towards the shop.

"Naruto! I thought you said you weren't hungryyyyyy!" she cried remembering that she still had to buy Ino a present for her birthday, which was the day after Shikamaru's. But she let out a laugh as the hyperactive boy began running excitedly. She was glad to see Naruto happy again and not worried like before, even if it was over something that ridiculous. But what Naruto had said also made her think. If most people were kissed before sixteen, did that mean that-

"Oi! Sasuke! Don't block my way!" yelled Naruto. Sakura and Naruto's other teammate stood before them, a frown clearly showing on his face.

Sakura stepped in between, she didn't feel like cleaning up yet another mess that Naruto and Sasuke would most likely make. "Sasuke-kun! Want to join us for some dinner?" she asked..

"I already ate." Was the quick monotone reply.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Seriously Sasuke, don't be such a party pooper. Sakura's asking you to to join us. Just come and be there," mumbled Naruto who had let go of Sakura and was looking at his rival intently. For once, Sakura mused, Naruto was saying something worthwhile.

"Come on Sasuke," she said softly as the blond kept on staring. In fact, he had been staring just a little too hard Sakura thought to herself. Even Sasuke, the king of starers, was beginning to get freaked out.

"What."

The blue orbs began to squint and become smaller and smaller. "Sasuke..." he began slowly. Sakura looked at her teammate confused, what is this boy thinking...

"What." Sasuke looked annoyed, or well, as annoyed as he would let himself look.

"You're sixteen right..." Sakura eyes widened as her breathing hitched. Naruto was going to ask him! She was going to find out what she had been wondering ever since Naruto had brought up the topic that day. NOOOOOOOOOOO! cried Inner Sakura, she wasn't sure if she was ready--no if she wanted to know.

"Have you been kissed before?"

Well that's my first chapter :) please review and tell me if it was good or not. Interesting or not. Or if I should continue or not. :P Would be MUCHLY, MUCHLY, MUCHLY appreciated (blows kisses) ok... well i'm off.

Happy New Year!

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edit : September 10, 2005

I just want to let you all know that this story was written out of pure amusement at an incredibly random moment when I had first gotten into Naruto and fanfiction.

So there will be moments of awful grammar, choppy writing and a whole lot of 'WTF'? So I just want to warn you from the start. This is something I'm writing for fun and mostly for the amusement of ... well, you guys. And let me just say it's tons of fun!

But if you're a grammar nazi, and someone whoneedsa real plot... This is not for you.

Well, thanks a lot for sticking around and reading! Hope you enjoy!

Azamaria-chan