Revised: 4/15/06L Some slight changes. Nothing significant.

Disclaimers: Do you not see the copyright stuff that's pasted everywhere on Naruto? Yes? Yeah, they belong to K. Mashimoto. Too bad.

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Scammed

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Summary: 'Vacation' plus 'Scam' multiply 'Target' squared to the 'Lost of Common Sense' divide by 'Bust' equals 'Confrontation' to the power of 'Not Pretty.'

Warning for this Chapter: ?

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It was swelteringly hot and humid. Luckily the cool breeze drafted in by the expansive blue-green ocean provided some relief to the nearly packed beach. Many were on a long overdue vacation, annual vacations or getaway with their families or loved ones. Wearing their swimsuits that showed off what they were endowed with along with little munchkins of an offspring running rampant in the sand, armed with plastic toys, the blazing afternoon promised reprieve and relaxation for all.

Most definitely for all.

Spotting a rare empty space on the beach next to an attractive looking female with bubblegum pink hair, Naruto slyly grin a foxy one. She was obviously here for a tan while taking a nap. Wearing an extremely light pink two piece bikini and a hot pink bag of belongings off to one side, he ruffled his own blond spikes and nodded.

Target found. Commence 'Distraction Phase One.'

Getting out his towel and laid it down somewhat near the girl's but a few feet apart for comfort, Naruto sifted through his orange bag for his bottle of oil. Naruto crawled over to the unsuspecting girl and lightly tapped her shoulder.

Verdant pair of eyes fluttered open to be greeted by sky blue ones. Blinking a few times to fend off her drowsiness, she sat up as the other being sat on his haunches.

"Um, hi." Naruto grinned sheepishly and rubbed his head for extra effect.

"Hi..." Her voice trailed off as she had to refrain herself from allowing her jaw to drop several meters below the sand.

Donning a pair of dark blue swimming trunks with orange stripes on the sides, leaving a nicely healthy tan on an undeniable hot and sculpted body, she had every right in the universe to drool like an idiot. With that hot body along with sun-kissed hair and twinkling blue eyes, he had to be angel.

"Do you think you can put this on me?" Holding up the bottle, he flashes a warm smile.

Slap me now! Sakura's thought squealed. "Sure." With a nod, the two walked over to Naruto's spot. Lying stomach down, he turned his head to one side and flashes a toothy grin.

"Thanks a lot."

"No problem." She smiled as she coolly replied. Inwardly, however, her heart was thumping a mile a minute while she was thanking the deities above. Pouring some oil in her palm, she spread it out and began working on slathering on the individual laid before her. All the while she was savoring the moment of lathering/massaging the god-like being.

Commence 'Distraction Phase Two.'

"Hey! Didja see that?-!" A male came barreling by pointing to some unknown dot out in the sea.

"See what?" Naruto and Sakura both asked confused.

"Man, don't tell me you both missed it!" The male huffed indignantly as he shook his unruly mane of black hair.

"If we didn't we wouldn't be asking," Naruto rolled his eyes.

"What did we miss?" She was intrigued as to what was so interesting that had the other male so riled up.

"Like, man, it was a dolphin! A fucking dolphin!" The guy whooped excitedly. "How often do you see that out here?"

"Not enough," the blond muttered.

Unbeknownst to the trio, an individual with dark circular sunglasses walked past by toting a bright pink bag with a very slight smirk, nudged his glasses back up his nose.

Item retrieved. Fall back.

"Ah, forget you people," waving them off the brunette turned around and jogged off to whence he came from.

"That was...weird," the girl said slowly.

Realizing that she was done, she reluctantly returned her hands to her side. "I'm done."

"Oh, really? Thanks!"

Nodding she crawled back to her space only to realize her beloved bag had gone missing!

"Oh no! My bag! Someone stole it!"

"Oh, shit, really?" Naruto looked around in panic. Sakura appeared to be on the verge of ripping out her hair.

"What'll I do?-!"

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"Ah, man, that was probably the best one yet!" Kiba grinned as he slapped Naruto's back whole-heartedly after wiping off the make-up concealment of his face markings. "Boy was she hot! Too much forehead though..."

"Hell yeah!" Nodding in agreement his grin threatened to split his face in half as he rubbed off his share of make-up concealment of his whisker-like marks. Both of them tossed the used tissue paper in the waste basket nearby.

"Looks like missy carried a digital camera, money, some travel checks, credit cards, and female necessities," Shino said as he carefully took the said items out to lay it on the bed.

"Check her credit limit, will ya Shika?" Naruto tossed several plastic on the other bed where the brunette lazed with a sleek black notebook beside him. Picking them up, Shikamaru muttered something with 'troublesome' but started on his work nonetheless.

"Think you'll need a tampon, fox boy?" Kiba waved an unopened one in the blond's line of sight.

"Fuck you, dog breath," Naruto laughed as he swatted the thing.

"Oi, all together this 'Sakura' has a thirty grand credit limit..."

"AWESOME!" Naruto and Kiba exclaimed as they pumped their fists in the air.

"...but she exceeded it with frivolous shopping spree." Shikamaru ended with a drawl as he tossed the cards back to the trio on the other bed. "So really, she's in debt."

"And she's on vacation?" Shino asked a questioning eyebrow.

"'Tch, women's are so troublesome..."

"DON'T DO THAT!" The lazy brunette found himself meeting two giant pillows coming his way face-on. Ducking just in time, Shikamaru sighed out of annoyance.

"So how much was she packin'?" Kiba asked as he made a grab for another pillow.

"Excluding the plastic and checks, I'd say about three hundred."

"That's it?" Naruto exclaimed incredulously.

"At least you have her identity," Chouji shrugged as he entered the room with more bags of chips.

"Did you not hear that she's in debt? I doubt she'd get any business with how her finance is going downhill." The blond flopped back on the bed with his fingers laced behind his head. "Picked the wrong chick, dammit."

"I get dibs on next act!" Kiba loudly announced.

"Shut up dog breath." A pillow found its way to Kiba's face. "We'll keep the three hundred; dump the rest at Lost and Found after sanitizing the stuff."

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Ah, yes, another Naruto fic. I don't think I seen one like this so hopefully it's a first. (smile)

It's a side-project with no concrete plot...I'll probably revise it with more details...

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