Dance of the Flower Petals Chapter 9: Wave Arc Filler, Abridged, a naruto fanfic

Me: HIIII GUYS! Didja miss me? I haven't updated in awhile...

Sakura: I didn't miss her!

Me: Yeah well screw you, bitch. ... On second thought, nevermind. I DON'T OWN NARUTO!

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(Kiba POV)

"T-Touka switched with Sakura?" I nearly lost my footing as the two of us continued running around Konoha. "WHEN?"

"A little more than a year ago," Kuroko said, clearly enjoying my shock at this information. "Before you met her. The 'Touka' you know is really just a henge- that's what she looked like at the time we switched, when she was eleven."

"But..." I said, "She smells different from Sakura! How is that possible?"

"I have no idea," Kuroko said. "Maybe she has a special way of using the henge or something..."

"So..." I paused. "She thinks of me and everybody else as anime characters too?"

"Pretty much," Kuroko said cheerfully, skidding to a stop. "I think that's enough running for today. Wonder how Hinata's holding up, pretending to be me back home..."

(Hinata POV)

"Kuro-sama!" said the boy to my right. "How are you today? Can I carry your books?"

"No!" said the boy to my left, "Let me do it!"

"U-ummm..." I wasn't used to all this attention that I was getting. After all the time I'd spent in my own body wishing I was prettier, here I was with fanboys at my beck and call and no idea what to do with them. "I can c-carry them myself, thanks." To add to the awkwardness, we were all speaking English, which is not my first language.

"Oi, losers!" It was Sakura (in Touka's body) to the rescue. "You leave Kuro-chan alone-- her asthma is acting up again and she needs space."

The fanboys (there were more than I could count) all leapt away and bowed.

"Please forgive us, Kuro-sama! We had no idea!" they all said at the same time.

"C'mon, Kuroko, we're late for class," added Sakura.

(Kuroko POV)

"... And I don't have to deal with the fanboys!" I said, conluding the list of reasons I didn't mind being stuck in the Naruto world.

Neji rolled his eyes. "Fanboys? You?"

"She must be... beautiful," decided Shino. I stared at him and backed away, slowly.

"Apparently, she's hideous," Kiba snorted. I glared.

"Henge!" I yelled, transforming into myself--- what I really look like.

Silence reigned. Kiba, Shino, and Neji stared openly.

"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Kiba laughed openly. "You look like Sasuke!"

"This is true," Shino noted.

Neji just activated his byakugan and continued staring...

Wait. What?

'Oh, no, he didn't.'

"NEJI, YOU PERV!" I yelled on top of my lungs, kicking him in the lower regions. He doubled over in pain and deactivated his perverted bloodline.

Kiba smirked. "Ooh that's gotta hurt."

"I'm sure it does," I said sweetly. "Would you like to find out?"

His face became so pale, it was almost blue. "No, thanks!" he said quickly.

"That's what I thought. And, by the way..." I walked up to him, made my eyes all big, and asked in a saturated-sugary voice...

"Why did you compare me to Sasuke? That's meeeeaaaan..." I threw in the puppy eyes and baby pout for added effect.

"I... I take it back!" Kiba stuttered, and I backed away.

"Good," I said in a normal voice, smirking evilly. "I'm glad you think so."

Kiba smiled beautifically...

Ohhh crap. How am I gonna convince him to like Hinata if he's one of my fanboys?

Hmmm...

(Naruto POV)

"Naaaaaru-chan!" Touka called, running into the room I was staying in, where I was currently in bed, staring at the ceiling blankly. "Come on, get out of bed! You need to keep training. Just 'cause I gave you spoilers doesn't mean you're gonna get stronger..."

I rolled over. "Go away," I said, doing my best to convey my misery.

Touka giggled. "C'mon Naru-chan... The sun is up, the sky is blue..." she started singing and I rolled away, so she sang louder.

"It's beautiful, and so are you! Dear Naru, won't you come out to play?"

"No!" I mumbled, crunching myself into a ball.

"Aww..." Touka said, "Did he break your heart?"

"Yes," I said stubbornly, "And I'm not coming out 'till I feel better dattebayou."

"Trust me," Touka laughed, "Staying in bed will NOT make you feel better. I suggest ice cream or talking to Sasuke-- trying to make it better."

"Make it better?" I growled, sitting up. "How exactly is TALKING to that bastard gonna make me feel better?"

(Touka POV)

"Well..." I grinned, and did another shameless slight tweak of another Beatles song. "Hey, dude, don't make it bad... take a sad song... and make it better! You've got to let him into your heart, then you can start... to make it better."

"It won't help," Naruto said, acting very like myself when my friends are trying to get me to do something I don't want to (sad fact of life: it took almost a year to get me to start watching/reading Naruto).

I just smiled. "Hey, dude... don't bring me down... you were made to... go out and get her! You've got to let him under you skin... then you begin... to make it better."

The blonde boy I was trying to convince glared at me. "Not. Helping."

I pouted. "If you HAD the Beatles in this dimension..." I spat, "You'd get it. But nooo! It's the Iwa Rockettes and Heavy Meatheads and all your other, weird bands you have here..."

"Hey!" Naruto yelled. "We'd probably think your bands were weird, too dattabayou!"

"Yeah, you're right..." My eyes widened. "Oh no! All of a sudden, I realize there are some songs I'm glad we don't have... like, this one guy wrote a song titled 'My Idea of Fun (Is killing everyone).' That song might have... a negative affect on the ninja population, to say in the least."

Naruto laughed. "Yeah, I can see that dattebayou..."

"Hey, Naruto..." I dropped the nickname to get his attention.

"Huh?" he asked, looking up. "What is it, Touka-chan?"

"Well... you sometimes say things..." I gulped, "To get a rise out of Sasuke, right?"

"Well, yeah..." Naruto said. He chuckled. "I like seeing his face when I annoy him."

"Exactly!" I said. "Maybe... he was just doing the same thing! He likes your angry face, that's all!"

"Humph!" Naruto said, crossing his arms and looking away, pouting. "Who'd like my angry face anyway?"

Quickly, I pulled out my digital camera and snapped a shot of him pouting, then showed him the picture. "See? You're adorable!"

"Not helping," Naruto said for the second time.

"Hmm... gee." I sighed. "Wy are you two so stupid! You both like each other, no one's trying to separate you, so why not? You're just being... narrow-minded. Seriously. I talked to Sasuke already and he feels really bad about the whole misunderstanding, so... at least try to talk to him, 'kay?"

Naruto laid back down on his bed. "...We'll see."

(Sasuke POV)

Touka skipped out of Naruto's room and turned to where I was leaning against the wall.

"He'll come around soon, Sauce-chan," Touka said happily. "Just give him a couple days... these things can be hard to figure out. He'll come to you, ne?"

I sighed. "Okay... wait. Why'd you call me Sauce-chan?"

"It's your nickname!" Touka giggled.

I groaned. "Please don't."

"Okay, okay," Touka giggled. "... You know what bugs me?"

"What?"

"Everyone's so damn informal in manga or anime. I mean, gosh!" She made a face. "We're all so rude! With the exception of Haku, Rock Lee and Orochimaru. Except Orochimaru only refers to little boys as 'kun' because that's his type... damn pedophile. I've ever seen him address a female who wasn't his former teammate, but he referred to her a 'Princess'... which is a little weird, I guess, but you know..."

"Tsunade is a princess," I explained, smirking. "Her grandfather's--"

"The first Hokage, I know," Touka laughed. "But since-- err, yeah... I guess that makes sense. The head of the founding fathers always becomes the leader."

"Founding fathers?"

"Yep, founding fathers, the men and women--- or unfortunately, often just men-- who set up a country, town, community, village, et-cetera. Where I come from, they are revered to the hundredth power. ...Well, the ones who got voted president. And the ones who wrote the famous (fancy) documents... which are hard to interpret now because language's changed a lot since then."

I raised my eyebrows. "The place you come from is pretty old, then?"

"Ahaha!" Touka laughed. "We're over two hundred years old-- the country, not me... anyway, I'll try to be more polite now. I've been pretty rude myself, right Sasuke-kun?"

"Yes, you have... hey! Since when are we on a first name basis?" I said quickly.

Touka grinned. "Since we're teammates."

This was all she said on the subject-- she then skipped out, humming to herself.

(Touka POV)

'Well, then!' Inner Sakura said triumphantly, 'Our work here is done.'

'Yup!' I agreed. 'Let's give them some space. Besides, I need to work on my jutsu...'

I started warming up with the general pushups-situps-laps-treewalking exercises, then sat down and worked with hand sealing (to be able to make them faster).

I heard a rustle behind me in the trees.

"Come out already, I can hear you," I said, "Was wondering when you'd show up."

A white bunny jumped out of the bushes and into my arms.

"Ha ha. Very funny," I said sarcastically. "Now, seriously. is it Haku or Zabuza?"

No reply.

"Okay then..." I looked up. "Demon brothers?"

Silence. WHoever it was had probably already left.

I giggled to myself.

"Orochimaru? Uchiha Itachi? Hoshigaki Kisame? Rock Lee!"

I just laughed. "Of course, it wouldn't be any of these people... SASORI AND DEIDARA! Ha, I wish..."

"Psychic, un!" A clear voice rang out like a bell. "How'd you know?"

"I didn't," I said, grinning. "As any true anime watcher would know, Deidara's voice is much deeper than that. However, in the reading of yaoi fanfiction... it's hard to imagine him without a voice like a girls'-- oops. You probably don't know what I'm talking about..."

"Actually..." A dark shadow stepped out form behind a tree. "Kisame was delivering something to Zabuza when he overheard your conversation. So, Akatsuki knows about your... situation."

It was a girl with blue hair, wearing a black cloak with red clouds.

"K-Konan!" I said, pointing accusingly.

Konan rolled her eyes. "No, I'm Uchiha Itachi in drag. What do you think? Of course I'm Konan!" She smiled, sweat-dropping. "Of course, it's a little awkward to have someone know my name before I meet them, but... Touka, right?"

"I am..." I admitted. "... You know, at the point in the manga where we meet you, you're not like this at all. You're a lot more... serious. Or something."

Konan looked thoughtful. "Was I fighting or talking about something Akatsuki-related? I put up a front in front of Pein and the others-"

"Uchiha Madara?" I interrupted.

Konan paled. "-Him too. I was hoping he wasn't in the series."

"Who, Tobi-chan?" I said, using a cutesy voice. "But Tobi's good boy! Why would he scare yoooou, big, bad angel-san?"

"Angel?" Konan chuckled. "Only in Rain Village, Touka, only in Rain..."

"Anyway!" I asked. "Why are you here?"

"Oh..." Konan's face glazed over and became expressionless. "Leader-san says... don't mess with Akatsuki's plans. The consequences would be... severe." She did a creepy face, and I laughed.

I nodded. "I'm not stupid, nor am I suicidal! Akatsuki are too strong for me to mess with them anyway." 'Well... I'm not killing Sasori at any rate. That would make Deidara sad... I think. I hope?' (SasoDei is my OTP)

Konan dropped the blank look and giggled. "Damn straight. Now, if you'll excuse me, I was going to go set up Hidan and Kakuzu... lock them in a closet with chakra."

"And a night-vision camera?" I asked before I could stop myself.

Konan grinned evilly. "But of course! You want the tape of Sasori and Deidara?"

"YES!" I yelled. "Wait... nevermind, I don't think so. I might scar myself mentally... for life. So, yeah... no. But thanks for the offer! Those two are my favorite pairing."

"You're welcome! Anyway, I better go. Things to do, people to see, pairings to commence..." she disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

'That went surprisingly well, ne, Inner Sakura?' I thought to myself.

'I'll say! I thought she was gonna kill us!'

(Hinata POV)

The days passed quickly, and in about a week I had nearly gotten used to 'being Kuro-chan.' Unlike in Sakura's position, we didn't tell the parents-- we didn't have to.

However, due to "Kuro-sama's sudden shyness," there was a rumor going around that I'd been raped or assaulted.

And, as far as the Naruto fanbase goes?

... No comment.

... Okay, I'll admit it. When I first saw the NaruHina pairing, I was overjoyed. But, after awhile, I soon became more than slightly creeped out by the fact that I've been paired with everything in the series that moves-- from Naruto to Zetsu to Shino to Orochimaru-- and now only read things on pairings that I don't have top participate in.

... Like Kuroko-san's SasuNaru doujinshi. If I can't have Naruto (and I've almost given up hope that I can), then Sasuke is best for him.

Besides, the doujinshi artists draw Naruto sooo cuuute...

(Kuroko POV)

"What are you drawing?" Kiba asked, looking over my shoulder as I sketched.

"Kyuubi in human form," I said blankly, tracing whisker marks on my human Kyuubi's face.

"WHAT?" Kiba yelped. "But Kyuubi's, like, evil! He killed sooo many people when he attacked the village..."

"And he's cute like this." I gestured at my drawing.

Kiba stared.

And stared.

And stared...

"Damn," he said, "You have a point there. Can you draw me next?"

"I'll try," I laughed.

(Kakashi POV)

"I finished the book!" Touka announced, coming into the room where I had been trying to sleep. "I skipped over the smut parts."

"But those are the best parts!" I protested.

Touka rolled her eyes. "To a big fat pervert like you, maybe. I don't really read smut. If the characters want to do that, it can be mentioned but doesn't have to be described in detail." She made a face. "Porn is for old guys like you who can't hold down a proper girlfriend."

"I don't have to," I pointed out, "Since I can hold down Iruka any time. And he's my boyfriend."

Touka's face went red, and she laughed, making a 'time out' sign with her hands. "T.M.I., sensei!" she gasped, unable to be very audible past her own giggling.

She continued her laughing seizure, then took a deep breath and said, "And that wasn't what I meant by 'hold down'--" she cracked up again.

"You laugh a lot, don't you?" I commented dryly.

The orange-haired nodded enthusiastically. "Like a hyena!" she announced. "I am the loudest, rudest, clutziest, and easily-triggered-sense-of-humor person I know! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go guard the old guy... which someone should be doing anyway."

She handed me my precious orange book and walked out of the room.

About halfway to the door, she cracked up again.

"What?" I asked.

Touka blinked. "I dunno, I just felt like laughing."

This is going to get very old, very fast.

(Kiba POV)

"I wonder what Touka's doing right now," Kuroko (who preferred to be called Kuro) wondered aloud. She smirked. "Probably stalking a certain ex-mist-nin..."

"What's he look like?" I pressed. "Draw him too."

Kuro looked away. "I can't draw Haku."

I grinned. "Why not? He scary?"

"No, just too hard to draw. Even Touka can't draw him too well," the Sasuke-look-alike sighed, flipping the page of her notebook to a picture of Naruto in a frilly dress. "Of course, she draws him non-stop anyway. That girl has waaay too much spare time on her hands."

(Touka POV)

I was sitting in the middle of some trees, singing loudly:

"Threeeee point one four one five nine two six five three five eight nine seven nine three two three eight four six two six four three three--"

"Are you singing the digits of pi?" A certain smexy bishounen voice said from behind me.

"Ha-Haku!" I gasped, turning around to see, for the first time in real life, Haku's face. I was speechless.

He chuckled apologetically. "I know, I look like a girl," he said, "Though, I think you would know that..."

"I- I knew you were pretty," I admitted, softly because I was still in slight shock, "But, but-- you're gorgeous!" I half-yelled, almost accusingly. "I wasn't emotionally prepared for that!"

"Gorgeous?" Haku asked, smiling slightly.

I turned my head away and made an '/' expression, before turning back and nodding vigorously.

Haku smirked slightly, tilting his head to the side.

"Kyaaaa!" I buried my head in my knees. "You're too cute, it hurts to look at you!"

"I am?" I could practically hear Haku raise his eyebrows.

"Err... well..." I said, my voice muffled by my pant legs, "...Yeah. Or, at least I think so. But I'm biased."

"So I hear," Haku said, almost nervously.

There was an awkward silence. (I withheld myself from yelling GAY BABY PREVENTION on top of my lungs... looong story.)

"Umm..." I said after awhile, willing myself to bring my head up and look at Haku, "So... what are you doing here?"

"Herbs for Zabuza-san," Haku said, gesturing towards the basket he was holding with his free hand. "So... why were you singing the digits of pi?"

"They were stuck in my he---- how do you know pi? I mentioned it to Naruto and Sasuke, and they didn't know what I was talking about since we don't do algebra in the ninja academy. Even Kakashi-sensei took awhile to remember the meaning of pi!"

"Zabuza-san mentioned it once, and I looked it up in the Kirigakure library," Haku explained. "I kind of got hooked on algebra for awhile..."

"Lucky bastard," I murmured, "I wish I could get myself hooked on math. Then I wouldn't have to retake every math test I take!"

"Touka, are you talking to yourself?" Sasuke's voice said from far off in the distance. "I can hear you even though I can't see you?"

"Yeees," I called back, "I happen to be a psycho lonely girl so I'm talking to myself and thinking of ways to annoy Itachi without making him kill me!"

I heard Sasuke's footsteps getting louder. "Good idea! But I have something more important to talk to you about..."

I looked over to Haku (my heart skipped a beat when we locked eyes--- arrrgh I'm not going to be able to do anything worthwhile in this arc if I can't act correctly in front of one of the people we're fighting!) and smiled apologetically. "You'd better go," I said.

Haku nodded. "Same time tomorrow?" He suggested. "I'm curious to see how many digits of pi you know." He smiled again, and I'm pretty sure I squealed slightly.

I smirked. "I'd better brush up."

He disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

I got up and started jumping up and down.

"YES! YES! YES!" I cheered. "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"

"Touka?" Sasuke appeared from behind a tree. "What are you doing?"

"Err..." I rubbed the back of head with my hand. "What if I called Itachi 'Okojo-san' accidentally-on-purpose?" (a/n: okojo is another japanese word for weasel)

Sasuke smirked. "That might work... and it might not. Why don't you try it out it you ever meet him?" His eyes glazed over and he gloated, obviously imagining either me laughing and his brother pissed off or my dead bloody corpse on the floor with his brother standing over it... and pissed off. I'm not sure which he would find more entertaining.

"Anyway," I said, "What'd you come all the way over here for? And don't me it's because dinner's ready, because the conversation I was having was important."

"A conversation with yourself?" Sasuke questioned, staring at me strangely. "Important?"

"Yusssh," I said. "So why are you here?"

"I... wanted to talk about..." Sasuke looked away. "About Naruto."

I smirked. "Did you say something stupid again?"

"Err..." Sasuke sighed. "Naruto just asked me why the real reason was that I kissed him was, and I said told him the truth."

"That you love him and want to spread the rest of your life with him?" Touka joked.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "If only... the truth of the matter is, I don't know why I kissed him!" He growled, meshed his fingers into his (chicken-butt-like) hair. "Kakashi says jump him and see what happens, but something tells me that that's a bad idea."

"So you came to me?" I laughed.

Sasuke nodded. "Since you were raised civilian, I figured you'd know more about this dating stuff than me."

I shrugged. "Most of what I know is stuff I get off of fanfictions," I admitted. "But, if I were you, I'd... apologize to Naruto and maybe explain a little better than you did before, and tell him you're going to think it out before you give him a proper answer."

"And then?" Sasuke said, hanging onto my words.

"And then do it!" I said. "Think over how you really feel about Naruto, then tell him. And I know for a fact that he likes you already, soooo..." I grinned. "If you figure it out and you like him too, then there you go! ... Oh! And because I don't think anyone else will bother to say it."

"Yes?" Sasuke asked.

I smiled slightly evilly. "If you hurt him, I'll hurt you."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "I won't," He promised. Or at least I hope he promised.

(Kuro POV)

Hyuuga Hiashi glared down at me.

"Hinata," he said, "You are suddenly much weaker than before. What happened?"

He didn't know about where the real Hinata was-- only Neji, Kurenai, Kiba, and Shino knew I was me. ... If that makes any sense.

"I- I- I'm sorry, Tousan," I stuttered. "I promise to get better."

Truthfully, Neji was teaching me Hyuuga techniques late at night and I wasn't getting much sleep. I was going to be very, very good at them... once I actually got some rest. I was staying up laaaate at night, and wake up eeeeearly in the morning. Then again, this was normal since I would study for my entrance exams back home anyway.

Hiashi snorted. "I doubt you'll ever get better," he scoffed.

I glared up at him. "Just because I'm not as strong as Neji doesn't mean I'm a failure," I spat.

The Hyuuga head's eyes widened. He shook. "What... did... you... say?"

I smirked in spite of myself. "I said... you're a big fat jerk and you need to get a life."

"If I were you, I'd keep my mouth shut," Hiashi growled.

"Yeah, well, you're not me. I am me. And you don't even know who 'me' is, since you never pay any attention to your own daughter anyway!"

Hiashi raised his hand and used the back of his hands to slap me to the floor.

"I'm not your bitch!" I said, standing up slowly. "So don't pimp-slap me!"

Of course, this didn't stop me from using Jyuuken to bitch-slap his face, then running out to hide at Kiba's house. Hinata does this often, apparently.

Tee-hee.

(Kiba POV)

"You gotta stop pissing off Hiashi like that," My mom scolded Kuro, who was in Hinata's form, "One of these days you'll end up dead, and then Hinata won't ever get her body back!"

"I don't think she'll get it back anyway, mom," I pointed out. "Kuro's here to stay."

"Actually..." Kuro said, "Since I'm pretty sure I know who switched me... I might be able to go back eventually. But I'm not going to even try before Touka comes back and I find out if she's managed to set up Sasuke and Naruto yet."

"In that case..." I smirked. "Here's hoping they get together as soon as possible."

Kuro's eyes got big and teary. "You mean don't love me?" She whispered.

Now, don't get me wrong, Kuro's annoying. But when she's in Hinata's form... I can't stand to see Hinata cry.

"No!" I said quickly. "Nonononono! I just meant I want Hinata back. That's all!"

Kuro stopped fake crying and she gave that Sasuke-reminiscent smirk.

"Well," She said, "At least your heart's in the right place."

(Touka POV)

A week passed. Sasuke was really quiet most of the time, and spent any time not spent guarding Gatou training or talking to me about Naruto. He had apologized to the dobe, but he was still unsure exactly what his feelings were.

Naruto was always, always training somehow. Even when he was guarding Gatou, he did that exercise where you hold a leaf on your forehead with chakra.

I spent most of my free time practicing my genjutsu (which is very fun) and/or meeting Haku in secret (I've been showing him Beatles music through my genjutsu. His favorite so far is 'I Will' form the White Album. My favorite is 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da').

And then, suddenly...

Me, Kakashi, and Sasuke were with Gatou on the bridge when Haku and Zabuza appeared.

"And so..." Zabuza said, looking at Kakashi, "It is down to you, and it is down to me. And your friend who think we're anime characters."

I grinned cheekily. "No, Zabuza-san, I know you're anime characters. How else would you be able to lift, let alone swing that sword you're carrying?"

Haku (who was wearing that damn mask, which hides his pretty face) half-raised his hand and said,

"You know, Zabuza-san, she does have a point there."

Me: lol Zabuza just quoted 'the princess bride'

Zabuza: I did?

Me: yup! HEYYY! ANYONE WHO CAN TELL ME WHERE ZABUZA QUOTES 'THE PRINCESS BRIDE' GETS A HUG FROM VEGETA3986! ... Just kidding.

Sasuke: Haha, Touka. LOGGED!

Touka: I work for the log.