Disclaimer: Naruto me no own.
A/N: Revised - 07.17.07
"AhahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHA! G - gaara! Please! I - I - I - I'm SORYYYYYYYYYYY!" Shikamaru was still laughing, while Gaara stood (looking hot) smirking at him. The other guys looked at Shikamaru funny and tried hard not to laugh too.
"Gaara! Stop torturing Shika!" Everyone's head spun and saw Temari, looking seriously annoyed.
"T - t - t - temariiiiiiiiii! MAKE HIM STOP!" After a lot of yelling and not shutting up, Temari finally got Gaara to calm down.
"I'm going to go look for Sakura," he mumbled, and stalked off into the village. There was the distinct muttering of, "Stupid Temari..."
"Wait, did he just say he was going to look for Sakura? MY SAKURA?" Sasuke (obviously) yelled.
"Calm down teme," Naruto said. "It's nothing big. Sakura went over to train some medic nins one time over in Suna and the two of them ended up being friends. That's it. Nothing else to it."
"If you say so. Anyway, what're we going to do to get Sakura to like me again?"
Neji, Naruto, and Shikmaru grinned at each other. The three of them appraoched Sasuke with an evil, evil look on their faces.
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Sasuke and Naruto walked out of the meadow, back towards the village. "...Sasuke? You okay?"
"W - what? Yeah. Of course I am," he said, with a dazed look on his face. "I'm... just thinking..."
"About what?" Naruto asked, skipping in front of the Uchiha.
"What if I never left Konoha, you know? Would I have to be desperate for advice? Would Sakura hate me? Would - "
Naruto's face scrunched up. "Sasuke, there's no point in wondering about that! What ifs get you nowhere. I could be wondering, what if the Kyuubi never appeared? What if the Kyuubi hadn't been stuck in me? What if my dad was still alive? I mean, it's not bad to wonder, but it's not good to dwell on these things!" He waved his finger in a no-no sign. "Besides, what's done is done! You should concentrate on what you can do. Not what you could've done."
Sasuke stared open-mouthed at Naruto, his arms hanging limply. "Did you just say that? I need to sit down." Sasuke started to head towards a nearby bench. "What were you saying about your dad now? You know who he was?"
"Oh yeah! He was the Yondaime! Isn't that so - "
Sasuke had fainted.
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"A - ah - aaahhh! Stop kicking me!" Sasuke whined, rolling over.
"Sasuke-teme! Wake up!"
"That voice... shut up Naruto! For Kami's sakee!"
"Sasuke... you've lost conciousness in the middle of the street."
That woke him up. "WHAT? Why didn't you get me up sooner?" he screamed. His eyes opened at once and he sat up quickly, only to discover a crowd of people around him.
"SASUKE-KUN! YOU'RE SO KAWAII WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING!" an energetic fangirl screeched.
"Yeah Sasuke-kun!" Naruto said mockingly. "You're just so kawaii when you're drooling!"
Sasuke's eye twitched and he quickly got up, dragging Naruto along with him. They were out of sight of Sasuke's crazy fangirls in no time (as they were still cooing over the memory of a 'kawaii' sleeping Sasuke), arriving somewhere nice and quiet. "Now what were you saying about your dad?"
"Yeah, I found out that the Yondaime's my dad!" Sasuke was prepared this time. He didn't faint. But he did start to hyperventilate. "It all started with... "
"Your father was such a great man," Kakashi said out of the blue one day while he, Naruto, and Sakura were taking a stroll.
Naruto raised his eyebrow. "You knew my father? Who was he?" the energetic blonde started to jump up and down in front of the lazy nin.
"Yeah, Kakashi-sensei! Who was he? Come on, you can tell us!" Sakura encouraged.
Kakashi glanced back and forth at the two of them. This would be harder if Sasuke was here, he mused. But unfortunately for him, Naruto seemed to have read his mind.
"You know what, I don't think he'll give in unless Sasuke-teme's here! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
"Henge!"
"Come on Kakashi-sensei, please?"
Kakashi looked at the three of them. Oh well, he was going to find out sooner or later, he thought. "Alright, but sit down first. I don't need you two fainting on me," he sighed, putting away his Icha Icha Tactics.
The two of them shared a confused look but proceeded to sit down on the spot they were standing.
"Not in public!" Kakashi hissed, rushing them to the bridge where they always met. "Alright," he started to say as Naruto and Sakura sat down, "now, my sensei, the Yondaime Hokage or Kazama Arashi - "
"Oh, cool! The Yondaime knew my dad?"
"NO YOU IDIOT! Ahem, I mean... Okay, he is your dad."
Kakashi watched the two of them blink two times, look at each other and then burst out laughing. "That's a good one Kaka-sensei! Come on, who was his dad?"
"I'm not joking!" Kakashi walked over to Naruto. "Naruto, smile!"
"Uhh... sure..." Naruto obliged, splitting his face in that grin we all know and love.
Kakashi pulled out a picture. "See?" He pointed from Naruto to the picture. "SAME SMILE! SAME HAIR! SAME EYES! SAME FAMILY!"
Sakura looked back from the picture of the Yondaime to Naruto as he continued to grin. Then she looked at Kakashi. "You carry a picture of the Yondaime around everywhere you go? How creepy!"
Kakashi fell over. "But do you believe me now?"
"Well, it's believable," Sakura said thoughtfully. "But why isn't Naruto's name Naruto Kazama then?"
"Easily answered. We used his mother's last name to protect him. After all, being the Yondaime's son would come with a few problems." Kakashi and Sakura looked over to Naruto. He was being peculiarly quiet..
"ALL RIGHT!" They both jumped back. "OH YEAH! THIS VILLAGE HAS TO RESPECT ME NOW! BOW DOWN TO ME!"
"Naruto, it's not that simple..."
"Okay, you can stop now dobe," Sasuke said. "I don't need to know how simple it isn't!"
"Isn't it so cool though?" Naruto laughed, jumping up and down.
"Sure..." Sasuke said, his mind now wandering back to his problem.
"You know, Valentines Day is coming up," Naruo said.
"Great! Just great..."
"I would help you, but I have my hands full with Hinata," Naruto grinned. Sasuke shot him a death glare. "Well, you could come along for tips I guess..."
"Fine. Something's better than nothing..."