That Fat Head!
Manga:Naruto
Genre:Comedy/Romance/Adventure/Action
Type:Continuation
Rate:All Audience
Pairings:Hanabi-Konohamaru, Neji-Hinata, Kakashi-Kurenai, slight Anko-Iruka
Summary:The academy held it pre-academy final test, and paired the student one-one. Hyuuga Hanabi was paired with Konohamaru, the boy he disliked the most. However, is it true that Hanabi really hate him? What would Hanabi and Konohamaru do, if Kakashi and Kurenai relationship was depend on them? And what about Neji and Hinata true relationship?
That Fat Head!
Chapter 3: The Break up Bet
This is the only way to solve your silly problems, Sensei…
Six in the morning, one hour right before the test on the Kizetsu no Mori. Hanabi snorted. She couldn't imagine how idiot it was to gave a silly name like 'Kizetsu' (meaning: Faint) to a forest. Ironically, Kizetsu no Mori was stood right in front of Shi no Mori. Hanabi ever heard that the Chuunin exam took place on the later forest. One day, she would be there too, like her Oneesama.
Hanabi shivered, the morning's breeze was so cold. She was wearing the usual attires for a Shinobi. An ankle length fish-net shirt, a sleeveless shirt, long scarf that reached her waist, and ¾ trousers. For protection, she used the hand shields on both of her hands, the leg protectors, and for weapons she wore the shuriken bag on her right leg, and a waist pouch for important Ninjya equipments. She didn't do anything to her hair, though Hinata has suggested her many times to tie her hair into the usual ponytail.
"Ohaiyou, Hanabi-chan! Got early here?" a usual happy voice greeted her.
"Ohaiyou," Hanabi mumbled unclearly.
"What? Can't hear you!" Konohamaru moved closer to her, so their range only gave some inches.
"Nothing," Hanabi frowned, how insensitive of him that he even didn't know she was still angry with him for what she had said yesterday.
"I see you are ready for the test, Hanabi-chan!" said Konohamaru, stared at Hanabi from head to toe.
With that, Hanabi took all of her attention to Konohamaru and watched for his preparation. Nothing special, he was still using the stupid goggle, and a really long scarf, except the fact that he had put his waist pouch and shuriken bag on the right place.
"You seemed unready, though," said Hanabi sarcastically, "What do you expect inside there? A bunch of clowns who will give us free balloons?"
"Hey, don't underestimate me, Hanabi-chan! I'm as ready as I could be!"
"Yeah, you could lay on your brain for that!" snapped Hanabi.
"Why, Hanabi-chan? Can you be softer?"
"Never expect that thing from her, Konohamaru-chan!" Mia cut, she and her gank was suddenly appeared behind Konohamaru and Hanabi.
"Oh, you again, useless wretches," Hanabi stiffed.
"Talk as many as you like, spoiled-little-sister! I would be the first to reach the building!"
"Oh yeah, by swimming I thought?"
"Laugh there, Hanabi! I'm paired with Nara Shikanori and we will reach the building in only seconds! That Shikanori-chan is the most genius student in our class, Hanabi! And you were paired with Konohamaru-chan! The total dobe in our class!" Mia laughed, underestimated Hanabi.
"Oh yeah? I thought that Anko-sensei paired the talented ones with the dobes, so I'm not surprised to hear you were paired with Shikanori-san," said Hanabi.
Mia turned red by anger, she then snapped, "You wanna bet then, Hanabi?" Mia challenged.
Hanabi eyes widened, she turned her glance at Konohamaru, who shook his head quickly, prevented her to accept the challenge.
"I…" Hanabi's words tailed.
"What, Hanabi? Are you afraid?" Mia yelled.
"I… I'll accept your challenge! One who lost will do anything for the winner!" said Hanabi, while Konohamaru was doomed in shock.
"You… you really accept it?" Mia startled, she didn't really think that Hanabi would accept it. She only just wanted to threaten her.
"The sunset is the time to reach the building. Now scram! Get lost; I wanna have a talk with Konohamaru-san!" Hanabi waved her hands, gesturing Mia and her gank to scram. Oddly, they backed up.
"Hanabi-chan! What did you do? Shikanori-kun was the most genius student around! And I'm just well… like you said, a dobe," Konohamaru lowered her head unconfidently.
"You right, Konohamaru-san. All of us think that you are a dobe. But that is because you never tried to show others that you're not a dobe," said Hanabi without looking at him.
"What do you mean, Hanabi-chan?"
"Now it's the right time to show that you're not a dobe! We will kick Mia's ass because we will be the first to reach the building! We could do it together!" Hanabi smiled confidently, encouraging both of her self and Konohamaru.
"Ha- Hanabi-chan… you really believe me?" asked Konohamaru, dumbfounded.
"Yup!" Hanabi grinned.
"Thanks," Konohamaru blushed, "B- but… how about Shikanori-kun?"
"Well, Shikanori-san might be the most genius around, but unfortunately, most like all of the Nara family, he has a lazy ass," Hanabi smirked, "Anyway, what's wrong with your cheek?"
"Ah? No… nothing…" Konohamaru shook his head quickly, "Well, off we go then? I'm sure Anko-sensei might be waiting for us right now!"
Konohamaru ran before her, his cheeks still blushing.
Hanabi grinned, this was the first time she could really believe in Konohamaru, but then she sighed when Konohamaru has reached the range away for ear-shot.
'Oh my God, it's really hard just to press the hot pressure on my own cheeks! What's wrong with me anyway?
Hanabi and Konohamaru spent the rest of time to deepen their Ninjya knowledge, especially Konohamaru, for he was almost the same like Naruto. Hanabi wondered why did Naruto has been chosen as Rokudaime Hokage.
"When will it start anyway? It has already passed 15 minutes from the time!" Hanabi grunted.
"Maybe some of the Jounins are late, Hanabi-chan," said Konohamaru, "hey, what's the Shinobi law number 4?"
"A great Shinobi is not allowed to come late," uttered Hanabi, "and now you could see that the law is just bullshit."
"Well, sorry. But if it is came to the reality, almost all of the Shinobi Laws turned into bullshit at all, Hanabi," said Anko who suddenly appeared behind Hanabi and Konohamaru.
"Auntie!" Konohamaru exclaimed.
Anko smacked Konohamaru's head again, the second times in two days.
"How many time I should tell you that I'm too young to be called as auntie!" Anko gritted her teeth, and then she turned her eyes at Hanabi, "well, Hanabi, I see you have welcome Konohamaru."
"Just in case he is my team-mate, sensei. Only this time," said Hanabi calmly.
"What did you teach to him, Hanabi?" asked Anko.
"Yeah, you see then, Anko-sensei! Just now Hanabi has taught me about Twenty Shinobi Laws!" said Konohamaru, answering the question that was not directed to him.
"You don't know about the Twenty Shinobi Laws? Oh my God! You should have memorised it when you were 7, Konohamaru!" Anko's eyes widened in surprise.
"Well… when Ebisu-sensei taught me about it, I was not paying attention to him…" Konohamaru scratched the back of his head, grinning.
"Well, I only hoped for you in this team, Hanabi. It must be really though for you to be paired with this dobe," said Anko nonchalantly, "anyway, now the test is about to begin, we just need to wait for the scarecrow."
"Scarecrow?" asked Konohamaru and Hanabi at the same time. Then smoke appeared, and someone emerged form behind it.
"Sorry, today I got lost in the road of life," said the person, still holding his beloved Icha Icha Secret in the right hand.
"You always said silly things like that when you were late, Kakashi," snapped Anko, "no wonder that Kurenai is planning to dump you."
"What?" exclaimed Kakashi, his attention has been completely torn off from the book.
"Yea, maybe she will hook up with Asuma in the end."
"But Anko! He is a crazy smoker, and Kurenai hates smoke and cigarettes!"
"At least Asuma never came late like you," said Anko.
"Where is she now?" asked Kakashi, hardly pressing his words.
"There," Anko pointed to the place where Kurenai was. She was chatting with Asuma, sometimes she giggled.
"Oi, Kurenai!" called Kakashi. Kurenai turned the glance at him for merely a second, and then she tore it off. Acted like nothing had happened.
"See that? You should stop for coming late," said Anko, "Well now, Hanabi, Konohamaru, as the scarecrow has arrived, we could start the test quickly. Now tell to your friend to gather around in front of the gate."
"Yes, sensei," said Hanabi.
"Wait, Anko-sensei! Is it really a reality that what I saw and heard just now that Kakashi-sensei hook up with Kurenai-sensei?" asked Konohamaru, tone in disbelief.
"Not again, I think. Maybe Kurenai will break up with him today," Anko grinned, "Now, go. Just tell the others to gather around, we have passed almost thirty minutes from the time."
"But, did Naruto-niichan know something about it? It's a big gossip, I mean!" asked Konohamaru.
"Let's go, Konohamaru-san," Hanabi yanked his scarf, dragged Konohamaru behind her, while Konohamaru still exclaiming that he would tell it to Naruto if he didn't know.
After finished signing on the agreement form, Hanabi and Konohamaru went on to the forest. Soft wind slapped on their cheeks. The inside of the forest was not as bad as Hanabi think. Despite of the name 'Kizetsu', nothing was so terrifying in there. Everything looked fine, with silly butterflies flying around.
"This place is great!" exclaimed Konohamaru as he ran over to a butterfly on a flower. The butterfly soon flew away, and landed on Hanabi's head.
'This is silly,' Hanabi thought as she moved her hand to get off the butterfly.
"Don't!" said Konohamaru, moved a step closer to her, "it has the right to land on your head, beside it makes you look different."
"Different what?"
"Well, um… you look erh…." Konohamaru blushed, "well, err… cuter," he uttered the last word very silently, though he knew Hanabi could her him.
"Dobe," abused Hanabi, though faint crimson went on her cheeks, "in this forest, animals like this could be a Genjutsu or even Kuchiyose. Maybe someone has set it before."
"Well, it doesn't look dangerous. Hey, this butterfly makes some strange movements! Wonder why?" Konohamaru scratched the back of his head, confused.
"It's the secret Ninjya letters," said Hanabi, carefully watched the butterfly who continued dancing on the air, "it seems… this thing wanted us to follow it."
"Well, will we?" asked Konohamaru.
"I don't know, Konohamaru-san. This might be a trap."
"But if we don't follow it, Hanabi-chan, will we able to reach the building in time? Didn't the committee don't give us map? Maybe this butterfly was made by one of the test examiners," said Konohamaru.
"Yeah, I know that Konohamaru-san, but… it might be dangerous," Hanabi's forehead wrinkled, thinking to make the right decision.
"It's our only chance, Hanabi-chan! You know if we passed one of the examiners, they would give us the clue to reach the building! Beside, if it would be dangerous, I'd protect you!" said Konohamaru proudly, his thumb pointed on his own chest.
"You will protect me? Isn't it will be reversed?" mocked Hanabi, though a smile appeared on her lips, "Well then, Mr. Fat Head, let us follow the butterfly. After you please," Hanabi gestured him to go on first.
"Hey, you don't believe that I can protect you?" doubted Konohamaru, he puckered her lips, pretended to be annoyed. But then, he leaded the way to follow the butterfly though.
Five minutes has taken for following the butterfly, until Konohamaru gestured Hanabi to stop. He sent out wary aura, glared at a tree.
"What's wrong? Nothing is weird with that old tree!" whispered Hanabi.
"No, there are people behind this tree, Hanabi-chan. We'll get a better look if we climb to one of this tree's branches," said Konohamaru. He reached one of the shortest branches, and shifted easily up.
Hanabi wondered why Konohamaru could know that there were people behind the old tree, for see didn't catch the sign of it. Maybe Konohamaru was actually talented, but he pretended to be a dobe? For hell she didn't know why, but she was about to jump to the branch when Konohamaru gestured her to stop.
"Why?" whispered Hanabi angrily.
"Don't jump! They can hear you!" said Konohamaru in the same quiet voice.
"But how could I get there? My height is not enough to reach that branch like you!" Hanabi glared.
Konohamaru extended his right hand towards her, "Grab my hand, I will get you up," offered Konohamaru as he blushed.
"Well…" Hanabi hesitated at first, but then she decided to accept his offer. She reached for his hand carefully, praying that when their hands touched, the fast heartbeat of hers didn't transfer to him.
"Whew, you're quite heavy," Konohamaru grinned while Hanabi glared furiously at him, "just kidding, Hanabi-chan," added Konohamaru quickly under the glare of Hanabi.
Hanabi didn't say a thing, though. She activated her Byakugan to see closer for the Ninjyas, there she caught Kakashi and Kurenai were standing so close, and they were… shouting to each other.
"No need to use any jutsu, Hanabi-chan, we could hear their voices from this range. You better deactivate your Byakugan, save your chakra for later," said Konohamaru wisely.
"Should we move closer, Konohamaru-san?" asked Hanabi when she had already deactivated her Byakugan.
"No need too, we better spy from here. And Hanabi-chan, just 'Konohamaru' will be okay. My name would be too long if you added the '-san' behind it," said Konohamaru, looking straight to her.
"Konohamaru, will it be?" stated Hanabi, but she didn't look back at him when she said it.
"Yee- WHOAAA!" before Konohamaru finished his words, he feel down from the tree in a very painful position, ass first. Hanabi glanced to the place where Konohamaru was sit before; there she saw a kunai was thrown there.
"WHO WAS THAT?" Hanabi yelled, she jumped from the tree, and quickly approached Konohamaru, who was moaning in pain, "You okay?" asked Hanabi anxiously as she helped him to stand up.
"I'm okay… but that was totally hurt…" Konohamaru gave Hanabi his best grin, but adorned in pain.
"Well, peepers always get the worse," said a voice, which was woman's.
"Kurenai-sensei," said Hanabi in surprise, "you threw that kunai?"
"Not me, he did," Kurenai tilted his head towards Kakashi, who seems disinterested as usual, but this time Hanabi could feel that some kind of emotion fill his seeing-able eyes.
"I should throw it before her though, she had decided to send out seven Katanas towards you," Kakashi scratched the back of his head lazily, "what did you see?"
"We only saw that two of you were arguing, and shouting, though nothing of it we understand. We only saw that, honest," said Hanabi truthfully.
"Well, no need to be curious with you anyway, since the two of you has already known the thing that happened between us," Kakashi shrugged.
"They knew, Kakashi?" Kurenai glared at him, "I suppose that you're telling it to them, isn't that right?"
"No, not at all. You could blame Anko for that," Kakashi shook his head.
"What happened anyway?" asked Konohamaru when he was already mastered the pain.
Kurenai sighed, "Well now that you know, I and Kakashi are about to break up. I'm getting really tired for his laziness, his lateness, and his careless-ness. So I thing it'll be better to split up, but…"
"I ignored it. I said that her opinions were too subjective. There were some reasons that I couldn't explain for my laziness, lateness, and blah blah blah…" Kakashi continued her words.
"It would be okay for me if your bad habit was like the old times, but this last three months everything got worse!" Kurenai shouted furiously.
"There were some reasons for it!" Kakashi avoided Kurenai's glare.
Hanabi and Konohamaru only watched them, dumbfounded. The two of great Jounins of Konoha were arguing like kids.
"Will the two of you please shut up?" Hanabi yelled when she couldn't stand of it anymore. Kurenai and Kakashi stopped their selves for more shouting.
"And now will you please give us a clue?" Hanabi continued.
Kakashi and Kurenai stared at each other, looking confused, until Kurenai blinked her eyes, awaken to the reality, "I forgot that we're working now, Kakashi!" she clapped her hands once, "Well… I don't have any right challenge for you two; I'm not in the mood to fight anyway. But if you're insisting, I'd ended up hurting you badly."
"But, sensei!" Hanabi pouted.
"Scram, kids. We have more important things to be discussed," said Kakashi, gestured his hand to get rid of them.
Hanabi didn't talk anymore, for she was too disappointed. She walked nearer to Konohamaru and gestured him to go. She almost wanted to cry, something chuckled on her throat. They have been wasting their time for the almost-break-up couple, and they didn't get anything. She walked pass Konohamaru, but he hold her hand in his, prevented her to go away.
"Hey, how if I gave you a suggestion for clearing this problem?" challenged Konohamaru.
"What?" asked Kakashi and Kurenai at the same time.
"Yeah, some kind of problem solving," Konohamaru smiled proudly, "Kakashi-sensei, you don't want to break up with Kurenai-sensei, right? While you, Kurenai-sensei, wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible."
"Yes…" replied Kakashi and Kurenai, still confused.
"Well, why don't you make a bet, then?" suggested Konohamaru, still holding Hanabi's hand in a comfort way to calm her, Hanabi blushed slightly, she quickly threw her face to another direction where the three people there couldn't see her.
"Bet what?" asked Kakashi.
"Yea, some kinds like the winner of the bet get what they want," explained Konohamaru. He noticed the heat on Hanabi's hand increased, but he was quite difficult to believe that it was her, for he tried to hide his blushing cheek as hard as possible.
"Explain it," said Kurenai.
"You pick a team from this exam, and put your bet which side will be the winner. If Kakashi-sensei was the winner, you should hear all of his reasons and didn't break up with him, Kurenai-sensei. While if Kurenai-sensei was the winner, you should give up for her and say bye-bye, Kakashi-sensei," explained Konohamaru.
Kakashi nodded, understanding the problem, "Well then, I pick you two on my side," he said.
"Hey! That's not fair! I'm about to take them?" snapped Kurenai.
"But I chose them firsthand before you, my dear Kurenai," said Kakashi deeply.
"But!"
"Enough!" Hanabi stopped the two of them, "Why don't you two pick us? If we reached the building before the other, you win Kakashi-sensei, but if we didn't, Kurenai-sensei would be it," said Hanabi as she frowned.
"Deal!" said Kakashi and Kurenai together.
"Now please could you give us the clue?" Hanabi extended her left hand towards the two of them, her right hand was still held by Konohamaru.
"Take this," Kakashi threw a scroll at them, which Hanabi made a great catch of it. He then vanished with the jutsu, maybe he was heading to the building, because every examiners who has already gave the scroll to the students, have to retreat to the building.
"You can have it, then," Kurenai gave her own scroll to Konohamaru, and before she vanished, she said teasingly, "How long will you two holding hands like that?"
Konohamaru and Hanabi looked at each other, both of them blushed furiously. Hanabi quickly retreated her hand and not daring to look at Konohamaru straight at his eyes. Konohamaru did the same thing, the difference was, he scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Well, too much burden for us, we have two bets at once," he grinned at Hanabi, "We should be hurry then, Hanabi-chan."
"Okay, Shikanori and Mia might have got their first scroll," said Hanabi anxiously, "though we have two!" Hanabi added, grinned in triumphant win.
AN: As usual, review please…. Beg u on my bended knees…. Please, I really love reviews… oh yea, I really appreciate if you have any idea to help me make this fic better… don't forget, no next chapter if I didn't get any satisfying review, because I have to know if you really like my fic or not, so it won't be useless if I continued writing…
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