Sexy no Jutsu Gone Wrong

DG32173

Sarah: okay, Chappie 4 up and running. Let's hope it turns out well.

DISCLAIMER: I dun't own Naruto.

Sasuke: for the umpteenth time, dun't isn't a word!

Sarah: it is for me.

Sasuke: then you're weird.

Sarah: I ain't weird!

Sakura: let's just get to the reviews and then the story, ne?

Sarah: fine.

GENERAL REVIEW RESPONSES

Sarah: If you guessed that something is blocking the power flow between Kyuubi and Naruto, then you guessed correctly. Here are the folks who got it right:

MAIN SHOUTOUTS: wow… no one got it right. And I thought it would be very easy to figure out. Geez, so many folks got it so close, though. And sorry Hiei17Jaganshi, but you can only vote once, and the first vote counts, so you got it wrong. So very sorry.

Normal review responses:

CHAPTER SHOUTOUT: Hiei17Jaganshi: yeah, I agree with you. But it will most likely never happen as the end of the series will most likely take place several years before the time this story takes place. Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura are all around 18 in this fic, sadly. But, at least they aren't little kids, right? Though I doubt that Sasuke ever was a 'little kid' since his brother 'supposedly' killed off his family.

I liked the part where Sasuke fell asleep and then started thinking of Naruto as if he had a crush on him: (gasps) HOW'D YOU FIND THAT OUT! WHO TOLD YOU SASUKE HAD A CRUSH ON NARUTO? ……… geez, can't keep a secret from no one these days. Yeah, I liked that part too.

Thanks for clearing some stuff up for me: no prob. I love helping my readers better understand my stories. I love it when you all ask me questions so I can clarify stuff for you all.

I think Kyuubi is not allowing Naruto to change back as a prank on the prankster: aww! I wish I had come up with that solution, but that would have been a bit too easy to undo. I love the solution though; I'm sure you can be of great help in future chapters and other stories! Contact me, Blue-genjutsu! Actually, I'll contact you! Hope you like this chapter, despite the good solution you came up with not being the real solution.

SHORT CATCH-UP

Naruto gets trapped as a redhead. Sasuke offers to allow 'Imonoto, Nara' to stay at his place. Sasuke shows 'Nara' around his home and they chat a bit. The next day, Sasuke and Sakura take 'Nara' out clothes shopping, and Sasuke gets 'Nara' a gift. Then 'Nara' talks to Tsunade and reveals 'her' true identity.

NOTE

(Author notes)

"Talking"

'Thinking'

POV change

Scene change

Memory

Scene change in memory

INDEX

ALPHABETICAL ORDER! Languages, other than Japanese, will be listed like this notice.

–baba: a rude term for someone of higher power or level than you; Naruto will use this a lot for Tsunade

–chan: a suffix of respect for a female friend or acquaintance

–kun: a suffix of endearment to a very close friend or one that someone loves or cares for very deeply

–san: a suffix of respect for a male acquaintance

Chapter 4

Talking with Kyuubi, Training, and Admissions

Naruto glances at the sleeping Sasuke on the futon near to his and sighs. 'If only you knew, Sasuke. If only you knew,' he thinks sadly. He pushes the thought aside for the moment and starts going into the trance that Gaara had taught him about a year or so ago. His consciousness slowly slips into the depths of his mind, towards where the Kyuubi resides. His breathing steadies and becomes lighter.

Within the depths of Naruto's mind

Naruto, as he should look, walks down a long cream-colored hallway, towards a silver and gold door at the very end. Around the halfway point, Naruto feels a tingling sensation run through his 'body', like he had just walked through some form of invisible shield. 'That felt freaky …,' the blonde thinks, pushing on despite the thought bugging him. Soon, he reaches the large door and stares up at it. He sighs. 'I haven't visited him in a while,' he thinks, pushing the door open. On the other side of the door, one would expect to see a large cage holding an even larger howling beast. What one would expect is not what one gets in this instance.

Instead of that scenario, a rather nice room is laid out with a calm demon in a humanoid form curled up on a large couch. The demon's head raises, revealing a rather handsome creature with startlingly silky red hair and calm ocean eyes. "Ah, Naruto," the demon purrs, sitting up properly.

"Kyuubi," Naruto greets softly.

"I was wondering when you would show up," Kyuubi says. "What do you wish to talk about?"

"You know very well what I want to talk about," Naruto says, moving to sit on a chair near the couch.

"The lack of chakra, ne?" Kyuubi says, grinning when Naruto nods. "As your Hokage said earlier, my chakra flow to and from your body is being almost completely blocked," he explains.

"UGH! How!" Naruto exclaims.

"You felt the odd thing on the way here, ne?" Kyuubi asks. Naruto nods. "That."

"So, how do we get rid of 'it'?" Naruto asks.

Kyuubi shrugs. "I don't know the answer to that question. It appeared when you used that horrid jutsu to turn you into a redhead," he says. "I think one redhead in this body is enough."

Naruto hisses at the demon. "Ugh! Why didn't you warn me not to do something like that," Naruto whines.

"Well, I would have had you got the notion to visit once in a while," the fox says.

"Meh … I guess I'll have to be careful of the jutsus I do until Tsunade-baba finds away to return me to normal."

"You really should show her a bit more respect. She is of higher authority than you."

"Whatever. You know how I am with authority."

"Yes, that I do. It's a wonder that the third Hokage handled you so well."

"I was surprised he allowed me to hang out with Konohamaru. I mean, I bet he woulda killed me if the twerp turned out anything like me."

"I know he would have. You're lucky the child didn't pick up anything more from you than that freakish jutsu and a knack for getting in troublesome situations."

Naruto feels a tugging on his spirit, and a slight jostling of his body. "Well, I better go back to playing 'girl-without-a-family-or-village'. It seems somebody's impatient for me to wake up," he sighs.

"Come around more often, Nara."

"Shuddit, Kyuubi."

"Seriously, though, do come around more often. One does get lonely after a while."

"Gee, and here I thought you never got lonely!"

"Naruto, you better go."

"Fine, bye… and I'll try coming around every so often."

"I'd like that."

Before Naruto can comment on that, he is pulled into the waking world and finds himself staring into the dark, dark eyes of Sasuke. "Sasuke-san? What is it?" he asks in the feminine voice he has grown used to in the past three days. He glances out of the window to see that it's not even sun-up yet.

"You said you'd train with me today," the boy says.

Naruto sits up as Sasuke moves out of the way. "So I did," the trapped jounin says softly, smiling lightly at the dark-haired boy. At that, 'Nara' and Sasuke both get up and get dressed for a day of hardcore training.

Eight hours later

It is now about two in the afternoon, and Nara and Sasuke have been going since about six this morning. Now, sitting in a clearing deep in the forest, leaning against the same tree, the duo sigh as they take a brief break to eat their lunch. Sasuke watches Nara as the oblivious redhead nibbles at her sandwich. The redhead has become increasingly distracted in the past couple of hours. Right now, she is mostly staring out into space rather than eating her sandwich and chips. "Are you alright?" the dark-haired boy asks.

Nara jumps in surprise and then smiles sheepishly at Sasuke. "I'm fine, Sasuke-san. Just thinking about things," she says softly.

"What?" Sasuke asks. Her bright eyes dim slightly. She shakes her head, signaling she'd rather not talk about it. "Come on, you can tell me," he urges.

She smiles a weak smile. "You'll despise me for eternity if you knew the truth, Sasuke-san," she murmurs.

"Truth? What are you talking about, Nara-chan?" Sasuke asks, very confused.

Tears slowly surface in her dark blue eyes. "I can't tell you … I just can't," she whispers.

"Please Nara-chan, why won't you tell me?" Sasuke asks, not understanding why he cares so much.

"I'm sorry Sasuke-san," Nara whispers, standing up quickly, her sandwich falling to the ground, forgotten. Sasuke follows suite, reaching to grab Nara's wrist. She pulls just out of reach, her eyes widening in fear of something. "I can't tell you! I'm so sorry!" she cries out, turning and running from Sasuke.

Sasuke tries to give chase, but the redhead quickly leaves him far behind him. He stops, leaning against a tree with one hand while panting and staring dejectedly after the girl who had become very close to his heart without either realizing it. "What is it you can't tell me Nara? Why are you so afraid of telling me?" he whispers to the wind.

He sighs softly and turns back to the clearing that he and Nara had been training in to clean up the leftovers of their lunch. Sad navy blue eyes follow the boy from the shadows inside a thorn bush. "I'm so sorry Sasuke-kun," the hurting child within the bush murmurs. "I'm sorry I can't tell you. But you'll despise me for it." With those whispered words, the child takes off like a bolt of lightning towards the Hokage's office in the village, tears flying from navy eyes. Once within the building, the child moves quickly towards Tsunade's office.

The guards don't stop the crying girl as she runs into Tsunade's office. Thankfully, the blonde woman is just doing paperwork. She looks up as the are doors slammed shut and is shocked to see the crying redhead sitting against the door. "Naruto? What is it?" she asks, moving to comfort the distraught child, her papers momentarily forgotten. She kneels down and rubs soothing circles on the back of the boy-turned-girl. "Shh, tell me what's wrong."

"It's Sasuke …," Naruto whispers, barely heard through his sobs.

"What'd he do!" Tsunade asks angrily. If that brat had hurt this beautiful and loving child in anyway …

"He didn't do anything … I just can't stand it for him not knowing the truth!" Naruto sobs. "But he'll hate me if he finds out. And I don't think I could live without his friendship."

"Oh, Naruto," Tsunade murmurs, hugging the boy she had taken in as a child of her blood. "If you explain it right, I'm sure he won't hate you as you think."

"But he will! I'm sure of it!" Naruto cries into Tsunade's shoulder, hugging his mother-figure in return. Tsunade hugs her unofficially-adopted son and rocks him as he cries out his frustrations and pain, making soothing sounds to try to comfort him.

"Naruto, if you hide it from him much longer, he will be rather angry at being tricked, but I don't think that he'd hate you," Tsunade says softly as Naruto's heart-wrenching sobs slowly die down to shudders and tears.

Naruto rubs his hand over his nose. "You don't?" he finally asks after about a half-hour of crying without sounds.

"I'm sure he won't," Tsunade says. "I believe that he cares about you just as much as you care for him, darling," she says. She isn't as dumb as she likes to pretend she is. She had seen the longing gazes both boys flash at each other when they don't think anyone sees. Neither boy notices it, but it is as plain as day to her, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Iruka. They all know both boys very well and can almost tell what the troublesome duo are thinking just by looking at them.

"You do?" Naruto asks hopefully, rubbing his nose again.

"I'm certain," she says, hugging the boy again. "You should tell him very soon, Naruto. He won't be happy about being tricked for so long."

"I know … just not yet," Naruto says, finally overcoming his bout of depression. He gently pushes Tsunade off of him and stands up, with the help of the doorknob of the door behind him. "Thank you, Tsunade-baba," he says softly. She can tell he is still aching inside, but at least he let out most of his distress. He turns to the door, his hand lingering on the doorknob. "Oh, don't tell anyone about this … and don't call me 'darling' ever again." With that, the boy-turned-girl is gone, the door cracked open to signal his route of escape.

'Oh, Naruto, please tell Sasuke the truth, both of your identity and your feelings, soon,' the older woman thinks, standing up and closing the door. 'You might just be the one to help Sasuke overcome his past … and he could be the one to help you overcome your own past.' With that thought, she turns back to her paperwork, hoping that the boy she had taken as her own son will tell the love of his life who he is and how he feels quickly … or Sasuke might accidentally break the blonde-turned-redhead's spirit to live. Oh, how she wishes and hopes this scenario will never occur!

Sarah: well … chapter 4 didn't turn out quite as I planned it. But I think it's a bit better than I planned. At least, I think so. What do you guys think of the chapter? Hope you like!