Once again, it's another ordinary day in the Konoha Village. Or so it seems.

Naruto is just about waking up and he was about to go to his pantry for his instant ramen until something shiny caught his eye.

"Yawn…ramen…huh? What's that?"

Naruto walked up to the source of the light and found a headband. Not just any headband. HIS headband.

"…my…headband? …oh…WHAT?!!" It took a while for Naruto's brain to sink in what just happened.

Naruto swiftly picked it up and said (more like screamed), "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE-whoa, whoa, AAACK!!"

It seems that the metal part of the headband was slick with grease and that caused Naruto to drop it which caused the headband to have a huge crack in the middle of it.

All according to plan, but why isn't he saying anything?

". . ." Once again it's taking a while for Naruto's brain to sink in what had happened. Right now he's staring at it, but mostly the crack.

I expected a big reaction.

". . ." Just give him a minute.

Does it mean that little to him?

". . ." Be patient.

Still. NOTHING.

". . ." Here it comes.

Maybe I should just tell him. This isn't getting anywhere.

"…blink…WHAAT??!!! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK!! YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!! HOW THE HECK DID THIS HAPPEN?!!"

Never mind.

Naruto was pacing the floor back and forth thinking of a plan while practically ripping his hair off his head.

Wow. Naruto's taking this harder than I thought or even hoped to think.

"What should I do? What COULD I do? What WOULD I do? Gggrrr…HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW??!! What would Iruka sens-GASP…Iruka sensei…what will HE say? Or…what will he DO? I don't have time for this!!"

If only he knew.

He gingerly picked up the headband by its cloth, making sure he doesn't even touch the metal, and after that, he ran. Fast.

Maybe I shouldn't have done that. Oh well, time to follow Naruto. Lets see how far Naruto's willing to go to get that headband fixed.

Naruto's gotten faster! I could hardly keep up. Where DOES he get this much energy?

(Naruto was running around Konoha, panicking, while saying this) "If Iruka sensei finds out, he'll have my head for sure!! I can't let him know!! I don't know what to do!! I need some help. Maybe I should ask Iruka sens-no, wait, he's the one I'm avoiding right now! I can't go to him! I'll just have to go to someone else for help. Hhmmm…what about…Kakashi sensei? Yea, he'll know what to do!"

I don't think he'll be much help.

Then, Naruto searched for Kakashi and stopped running when he spotted him leaning on a tree. He took a closer look and saw that Kakashi was reading a book and he was…giggling? It was one of those creepy, perverted giggles. Naruto took another closer look and saw that he was reading one of his Make-Out Paradise books.

Told you so.

"Eh, never mind. Kakashi sensei looks busy. I'll go to Sasuke instead!!"

Sasuke? Since when did he go to Sasuke for help?

"On second thought, nah. What was I thinking? SASUKE?! I must be losing it!"

Now THAT sounds more like the Naruto I know.

"Hhhmmm…who should I go to now? I KNOW!! I'll go to Sakura-chan for help!! Yea!! She'll definitely help me!" Naruto exclaimed with triumph.

Good luck. He's gonna need it.

So then he ran for the search of his dear teammate, Sakura, for helpful advice.

"Huh? Naruto?" Sakura saw him about a good twenty feet away from her, panting heavily and jogging ever so slowly, you'd think he was in slow motion.

"Sa…kur…a…chan…need…help," Naruto wheezed between breaths and practically passed out.

Sakura caught him and laid him on the ground because he was too sweaty and gross. Running all around Konoha for a good half an hour on a nice, sunny day in a jacket would do that to you.

"What did you do THIS time Naruto?" Sakura asked not really worrying or caring.

Making this more dramatic than it needs to be, Naruto said, "Sakura-chan I need you to do something before I…go."

Of course. Naruto HAS to make this a bigger deal than it actually is.

Sakura just rolled her eyes, but listened.

"I…need…you…to-

"JUST GET ON WITH IT!!" Sakura cut him off. Her impatience rising at his childish behavior.

"OK, OK! Anyway, I need…you…to…"

There was a slight pause Naruto was making for more dramatic effect.

"…to…tell me... what I should... do about…THIS!" Naruto practically shoved the cracked headband in her face and he looked away while doing so, almost shamefully.

"That's it? You made me go through all of that…for this?" Sakura's vein was throbbing on her forehead in annoyance.

"Wa-wait, Sakura-chan. There's more to this headband than you would think. It's really important to me and you're the only one I can go to for help. PLEEASE SAKURA-CHAAN! You're my last hope!!" Naruto said, while adding drama to it yet again.

So it IS important to him. And to think that I doubted his feelings toward that headband. That Naruto probably cares more about that headband than I ever did. Maybe I should stop this to prevent Naruto from causing his usual mayhem...later. I want to see how he handles this situation.

"Wait. Wasn't your headband supposed to be-"

"Yea, I know, I know. It WAS, but it SOMEHOW managed to end up in my room again. Well anyway, are you going to help me or not? Please, Sakura-chan, I'll do anything! Well…maybe not ANYTHING, but……just help me PLEASE??!" Naruto clung to her leg so she wouldn't leave him in his time of need…again.

He is really desperate, isn't he?

"Naruto, let go! People are staring." She tried shaking him off, but no good. His grip only tightened.

"PLEEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEEEEEEEAASE?!"

Poor Sakura. I feel guilty to have to make her go through this. I know how...irritating Naruto can be sometimes. Actually, most of the time, but she'll get used to it.

"Ugh, ok just…let go already! I'll give you some advice." Sakura was defeated, but you would be too if Naruto held on to your leg like a lost, frightened child.

"YEA!! WOOO! SAKURA-CHAN'S GONNA HELP ME!" Naruto shouted as if it were the best day of his life.

"Shut up, Naruto! People are starting to stare again!"

"Oh, Gomen, Sakura-chan. Anyway, what do you think I should do? I can't tell Iruka sensei. He'll get mad. And you won't like him when he's mad." Naruto shuddered at the sudden flashbacks of Iruka's anger.

Hehe...good times.

"Why don't you just get a new one?" Sakura suggested as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

That's a simple solution to anyone and everyone except for Naruto and I. He'll never buy new one.

Naruto's jaw dropped immediately at the suggestion. He was appalled at the mere mentioning of getting a new headband. "Get a NEW ONE?!! Sakura are you feeling well? I don't think you know what you're saying." Apparently, that was out of the question.

Like I said, NEVER.

"I'm fine, Naruto. It was only a suggestion. Why don't you try and fix it?" Sakura suggested once more.

"Fix it? That's GENIUS!! Why didn't I think of that?"

Yea, Naruto. Why DIDN'T you think of that?

"Because you're an idiot," Sakura commented.

Not what I had in mind, but everyone has their own opinion, I suppose.

"Haha!! That's a GOOD one Sakura-chan!! We both know THAT role is taken."

It is?

"By who?" Sakura had no idea who he was talking about.

He's probably gonna say-

"Sasuke-teme of course!! Who else could it be? Well, I'd like to talk more about how much of an idiot the teme is, but I gotta get this headband fixed and fast. BYE SAKURA-CHAN!!! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!"

Typical.

"Baka." Sakura rolled her eyes and sighed in irritation as Naruto ran off somewhere.

How's he gonna fix it? I'll find out soon enough. If I knew Naruto, which I do, I would say he would, first, try to fix it himself. This should be interesting.

(A/N): I bet you're wondering how Naruto's gonna fix it, aren't you?

Well, you're gonna have to be patient.

And if you haven't already figured it out by now, which you really should have because it was obvious, most of the italics were Iruka.

Oh, and by the way, sorry it took so long updating this chapter. I got some writer's blockage and plus school. Not to mention a big sister who uses the computer most of the time.

Sigh. Siblings. What are we going to do with them?

Anyway, I hope you like this chapter!! If you don't I don't blame you. I think my previous chapter was way better than this one. I'll try my best to make the next chappy better. BELIEVE IT!