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Title : On The Strangeness of Women
Characters : Naruto, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Kiba, Akamaru
Length : 678 words.
Rating : G, 'shut up' is said. You'd have to work to get offended.
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Okay, so Sasuke and Kiba and Shikamaru and I were sitting around outside the soccer field talking for some reason, during the Chuunin exams. Kiba was kinda mad at me because I beat him in the preliminaries. What's his problem, any way? I mean, he's a cool guy, I guess, but he gets way too snappy and territorial. Oh well. If anyone in Konoha is supposed to be crazier than me, it'd be the Inzukas.
Where was I? Oh yeah! So we were sitting around and I was looking for my watch, cause it was broken and it fell out of my pocket earlier. I dunno why I bothered, I could just have gotten a new one, but I get attatched to stuff. Like my hat. Everyone makes fun of the hat, but I like it. It's funny and reminds me of a fish. It's as good a reason as any, right?
So Shikamaru asked Sasuke if he and Sakura were, y'know, involved. For Science! or something. I wasn't really paying attention much. It was kinda girly. Anyway, so Sasuke said "Why would you say that?" and I said "Yeah! Especially when there's better-looking guys like me around here!" and Sasuke said "Shut up, Naruto."
Shikamaru said, "I wouldn't have known that from the way you act. Sakura gets all weird and crazy and jealous about you."
Kiba said, "I get what you mean. At least Hinata doesn't get crazy."
Shikamaru said, "I wouldn't know."
Sasuke said, "Sakura is a level-headed girl. She can control herself most of the time."
I said, "No she can't, remember that one time I-"
Sasuke said, "That's you, Naruto. There's a difference."
"Do you think girls are built that way? Like, to be weird? My sister gets absolutely psycho if I get into her makeup. I mean, it wasn't even me, it was Akamaru, he hates strong smells, and she knows that but she still blames me for everything." Kiba rubbed his puppy's head. (Would that ever actually feel good? I mean, if someone rubs my hair, I get irritated. And then really static-y.)
"They're a bother," Shikamaru said. "All of them."
"Not all," I said, trying to be fair. "Er - er - like Kurenai-sensei, she's not that bad, is she?"
"Yes she is," said Kiba morosely. "She thinks we're hopeless and drinks too much. And she gives us teamwork-building exercises so she doesn't have to do anything."
Shikamaru grunted. I said, "Er."
"Hinata's normal, though," Kiba added. "So I guess you're right, Naruto. They're not all insane."
Sasuke had his chin resting on his hands again, bored. Shikamaru's eyes had strayed back up to the clouds.
"Normal? But she's always stuttering and blushing and doing that finger thing and looking away and stuff!" I argued.
"You really are an idiot, aren't you?" Sasuke said.
"Even I know, and I don't even care," Shikamaru said.
"Know what?" I asked. It's not fun to be left out of stuff. I mean, I had ten years of it, I speak from experience.
Kiba gave me a blank stare. "You seriously have no idea?"
"Idea? Er- is all that stuff supposed to be normal for Hinata?"
"She doesn't do it around me," said Shikamaru helpfully. Sasuke nodded.
Kiba sighed. "You know what, Naruto? If you can't figure it out by yourself, it's probably better for Hinata. She doesn't deserve anyone that dumb."
I was completely lost. Moreso than that time at the Academy where we were doing equations of a line and I fell asleep and handed in a page full of doodles of shuriken.
"Deserve? What did she do?"
Dog-boy grinned. "Nothing, nothing. You should ask her why she's that weird sometime, Naruto."
"We can watch. It'll be funny," Sasuke commented.
"I wouldn't bother. He won't do it," Shikamaru said.
"Will too! I don't get why, but I'll ask!" I stood up and pointed, just for effect. Side-effect of being short: use dramatic gestures!
Sasuke shook his head just a smide and laughed. Shikamaru smiled, tight-lipped. Akamaru barked, and I began to learn just how strange girls could be.
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Did you know how hard Naruto is to write? Argarghargh. foams at mouth