Hey people how are we? I'd like to thank everyone who left a comment last chapter as it made it the most reviewed instalment yet! The love was flowing freely and I appreciate every remark posted. I strive to reply to every review I get too so if I missed you I'm sorry!

I'd also like to make special mention of amaranteotaku. This guy gave me one of the greatest reviews I have ever received and as such, I just wana dedicate this chapter of laughs to him =)

Right, Tafe is starting to pick up. Fun, but time consuming. Anyway, here ya go. An overdue chapter of the story you all love and dream about =D

Chapter 10

"What a youthful specimen Lee-kun! Look how eagerly she runs!"

"I know Gai-sensei! She truly is the rarest of all springtime flowers!"

"DAMNIT I'M A GUY!"

"She's acknowledging you sensei!"

Dust clouds billowed up through the streets as a streak of orange closely followed by two blurs of green raced through the streets. More than once a civilian was blown over from the air pressure of the speeding ninjas, their limbs flapping as they were gusted away from the street in a confused mess until they smacked up against a building. Naruto hardly noticed though because of the fear the two following youth fanatics induced.

While having a near unrivalled amount of chakra and stamina, the two hunters both had a crazy amount of up-and-go in them too and as such couldn't be shaken easily. With this main problem in mind, Naruto had taken to tipping bins over in front of them to slow their pace. She also took to throwing as many objects back at her pursuers as physically possible, including but not limited to, fruit, clothing, a child's ball, vending stands, rocks, another child's ball, cats, dogs, a Frisbee, sign posts and the occasional surprised civilian. Unfortunately though, the two work out junkies just whooped in delight and vaulted, dodged, ducked and weaved their way around the obstacles. Short of upturning a house, the pair were not stopping.

"We're gaining Lee-kun! We nearly have this fine young lady in our grasp!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Frontflipping over a chair, Naruto gripped the back of it and hucked it backwards at the men, screaming woman and all. Laughing loudly, Gai just soldiered through it, catching the still screaming woman in one arm and letting the chair smash to splinters across his manly chest. Carelessly throwing the lady into the nearest bin, he let out a cry and upped his pace.

"LEE! SHE IS A KEEPER! CATCH HER!"

"HAI! GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

Screaming in frustration, Naruto blotted out the maddening chorus behind her and ducked into an adjacent alleyway. Unfortunately for her, the particular owner of a particular shop chose that exact moment to walk outside, only to be bowled over by a flying blond ball. They rolled several meters before landing on top of each other, nose to nose.

"YOU!"

"Eep!"

Instantly recognising the wretched little child that had kicked a stone through his window the previous day, the furious shopkeeper lunged at the girl.

"Now I got you, you little rat!"

Just as his fingers satisfyingly clamped around the little urchins neck, the same flash of unsightly green momentarily blinded him and had him sitting back rubbing his eyes. Tenderly opening them again, he noticed his pray had disappeared once again. Swearing profusely, he picked himself up only to catch a tomato straight to the bean.

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"Nice shot Lee!"

"Thankyou sensei! I could never let such an unyouthful man handle this delicate flower in such a manner and get away with it!"

"Yosh! That my cute little Lee-kun!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

Blinking dazedly, Naruto had a disturbing sense of déjà vu as a pair of strong arms carried her through the streets at a ludicrous speed. Instantly struggling out of the grip, she hadn't accounted for the rapid pace and as such smack face first into the ground as soon as her feet touched down. Sliding a good fifteen meters on her face, she heard her kidnappers skid to a stop in front of her, a gasp of shock emanating from both. Raising a groggy and bruised head, the first thing her delicate eyes were treated to were a pair of thick, black, crawling, hairy things.

"KYAAAAA FLESH EATING CATERPILLARS!"

Rolling backwards, she couldn't decide whether to feel relieved or not when it just turned out to be both Gai and Lee's enormous eyebrows wriggling in worry. Choosing not to be, Naruto quickly skited over onto all fours and made a desperate attempt at freedom. Just as her fingers dug into the ground though, a strong arm wrapped around her middle and with a grunt from the girl, the blond was easily lifted into the air. Unleashing a more colourful noun, the blond began belting Lee's back in frustration.

"Gai-sensei! Look! A massage from the lady!"

Growling, Naruto did the next best thing and swung a leg downwards. Now, with the leg usually being longer than the torso, Naruto's flailing foot had some extra distance and as such came in solid contact with Lee's more intimate parts. Knocking the wind out of the boy, Lee doubled up but didn't let his prisoner go. At this Naruto screamed in frustration.

"Can't you just go down like any normal guy?"

Instantly standing up straight, Lee managed to shoot her a way too bright smile over his shoulder. "Never fear my beauty! My wonderful teacher also has training that includes working on ones greatest weakness!"

Gai crowed his compliment. "WELL SAID MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT! As men, we cannot afford to have such a blatant weakness! That being said, we have trained our balls to be the most durable balls in all of Konoha!"

Swinging his fist down, Gai smacked himself fair in the Johnson and took it smiling.

"YOSH! GAI-SENSEI!"

Swinging down a fist, Lee also took one to the duffel bags. Flinching only slightly, his teacher smiled.

"Well done Lee-kun! Only a small amount of conditioning to go until you truly obtain, 'The Rocks of Konoha'!"

"HAI, GAI-SENSEI!"

Taking off again at breakneck speed, Naruto could only cup the place her balls usually reside in the one pain telepathically shared by all men.

Well, almost all men.

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Naruto had well and truly given up trying to escape the two excitable ninja as they simply cried 'youth' every time an attempt was made and treated Naruto's flee as another chance to prove their burning flames to the overwhelmed girl. Finally coming to a stop in some training field, Naruto was dropped onto her behind as the green pair began another chorus from their favourite song. Rubbing her tender bottom, Naruto sighed as the noise escalated into a manly explosion of tears and hugs. Looking up at the glowing duo, Naruto's brain decided to make a rare appearance and began thinking a way out of this.

'Right. Lee has no idea who I am and currently, neither does Gai. Hopefully though, what with being a super power Jounin and all that, he will be able to work out that I'm me and take care of Lee for me. It's just how to explain it..."

Lost in her thoughts, she failed to hear the immense cry of, "BEGIN!" and was treated to an abrupt attack from mini Gai. After a rapid fire combo, a powerful throw lobbed the disgruntled girl high into the air before falling to the ground to begin rolling several times. Bouncing to her feet, arms straight against her side, fists clenched and whole body shaking in fury, the girl gave the grinning pair the most evil, death inducing glare she could manage.

"WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"

Looking at her with wide eyes, Gai actually had the gall to look surprised.

"What do you mean, what was that for? Surely you couldn't have missed my explanation!"

Taking one mighty breath of restraint, Naruto looked him square in the eye. "Well, just for a moment, why don't you humour me and pretend I DIDN'T listen to your continuous ramblings for one damn second!"

Either not noticing the insult or choosing to ignore it, Gai smacked her in the face with a classic good-guy pose.

"Very well! I said to my cute student that the best way to judge a person is to fight them! And with you clearly being such a well trained kunoichi, I thought what better way to begin such a youthful romance such as this with a blazing fight of love!"

Turning to face his teacher, Lee looked up at him in awe, tears streaming down his face.

"Gai-sensei! It is truly the most honourable of honours to have you supporting my youthful flames of love so passionately! Who could ask for a better teacher than yourself?"

"LEE!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

Arms open wide, they ran into each other and as they collided, rainbows poured from their bodies the same way a unicorn vomits fairy-floss and stars. Instantly feeling sick, Naruto had the great urge to tear her eyes out with the closest stick but couldn't manage to even look away. After what seemed like an infinity, they finally released each other and Naruto found herself back in control of her body functions again. Dropping to the ground, she covered her eyes, ever so thankful that she DIDN'T own a special bloodline. Remembering team Gai's strongest member, she could only grieve for the Hyuuga prodigy. Poor, poor Neji. No wonder the boy was so bitter and twisted the first time she met him.

After finally having fed the last of the memories to the Kyuubi, Naruto slowly lifted her head and looked at the pair. They were still standing close to one another and smiling broadly at her. Sighing, Naruto pushed herself to her feet.

"Seriously, you two are meant to be together. Why chase me when your soul mate is two steps away."

Not meaning for them to hear, the acute hearing of both ninja picked up the comment clear as day. Naruto was then subjected to being the first person ever to see the pair blush furiously and denying the claim adamantly. Raising an eyebrow, Naruto looked at the flustered pair.

"You seriously heard that? But yeah, anyway, why chase me? You two are so close I'd be surprised there's a married couple alive today that hug as much as you two do. Everyone in town has thought about it atleast once. Not to mention I'm really a boy. So what gives?"

Not really understanding the 'I'm a boy' comment, the older man pressed on. "Y-you shouldn't make such claims miss! Lee is a valued student of mine! He is like a son to me! There is no way I would ever consider approaching him for such an unyouthful relationship!"

Lee nodded feverously. "What sensei said! While male company is a great pleasure, a woman's company, such as yourself, fills the gap that no man should fill! So do not fear, I hold no such emotions for my amazing mentor and can focus on such a relationship with you!"

Screaming in frustration, Naruto stomped a foot and pointed an accusing finger at the Jounin.

"Damnit Gai! I thought you would have been smart enough to see who I really am! Didn't my name give away anything?"

Pausing for a second, Gai looked down at Lee. "You never told me the name of this fine young flower actually!"

While Naruto face-faulted in the background, Lee smacked a fist into the palm of his hand. "How could I forget! Gai-sensei, I would like you to meet Naruto-chan."

A twinkle went off in Gai's eye. "Naruto, you say?"

Lee nodded. Naruto meanwhile looked up from the ground, hope beginning to blossom in her chest.

"Why, don't you have a friend who is named exactly the same? You should perhaps take her to meet him! It is not every day you find another person named after a noodle ingredient, much less a very pretty girl! Perhaps she may be interested in a walk with you to find him after lunch? I can assure you, Naruto-chan, his youthful flames burn brightly indeed."

Hitting the ground again, Naruto could only cry in frustration. It was damn near word for word what Lee had said yesterday! Punching the ground futilely, Naruto scrapped the man-love idea. It was clear their relationship was so close it was to the point of sharing a brain. Pushing herself to her feet again, she screamed.

"DAMNIT YOU TWO! WORK IT OUT! I-AM-THE UZUMAKI NARUTO!"

Unfortunately, the strain of the scream was released from both ends, one in a loud shout, the other in a loud 'Parp'.

Both males present instantly froze when they heard the fart, blushing for the modesty of the fuming girl before them. Casting each other a sidelong glance, they looked back at Naruto.

"Look, I don't care about the fart and I sure as hell don't want sympathy so – "

She was then cut off by duel farts from the men. Blinking owlishly at them, she was rewarded with a nice guy pose.

Gai spoke first. "We couldn't let a lady embarrass herself like that in front of two men! As such, we didn't want you to feel uncomfortable and farted too."

Lee smiled at her as some residue gas squeaked its way out. "Farting is a perfectly normal human function! Nothing to be ashamed about!"

Slapping both hands to her face, Naruto groaned painfully. "Please, you two, I don't care about the fart. I never did before and I don't now. So would you please, just let me go?"

Seeing their smiling faces remain unchanging, Naruto began resigning herself to her fate.

'Huh, I guess Neji really was right.'

Fate though, had other ideas. Feeling the familiar tingle in her tummy, Naruto whooped in joy.

"Praise all things good and holy in this world!"

*Bamph*

The stunned look on the men's face was enough to make every bad thing that had happened to him today worthwhile. Laughing uproariously, he pointed at them and promptly collapsed to the ground.

"YOU SHOULD SEE YOURSELVES!"

Rolling around in stitches, Naruto gasped for breath as the two ninja looked on in surprise and confusion. This continued on for several more minute until a still giggling and now hiccupping Naruto sat up, wiping the tears from his eyes. Meanwhile, the teacher and student were busy working out what happened. Seeing their plight, Naruto pushed himself to his feet and walked over to them.

"Can't you see what I meant by I'm a boy now?"

Seeing the blank looks on their faces, he sighed. "I lost control of my Orike no Jutsu and now I'm spending half my time as a girl. Understand?"

Seeing Gai begin nodding, Naruto sighed in the knowledge that this fiasco was over.

"By the Hokage's, I have never seen a Kawarimi of such speed before! Naruto-kun, I am sorry but we must be off. Lee!"

The boy snapped to attention. "HAI!"

"We must catch this girl and prove to her your burning passion for her! Such a magnificent woman cannot hold out for long against Konoha's Mighty Green Beasts!"

"HAI, GAI-SENSEI!"

Instantly disappearing in a cloud of dust and the repetitive calling of names, Naruto felt the growing need to punch something innocent as hard as he could muster.

"Perhaps I can get a restraining order from Baachan when I go see her next."

He then remembered her order from earlier and as such, Naruto began trudging towards the Hokage's tower. He knew he was meant to go straight there, but he still hadn't had lunch and after that horrible mess, he thought he was well deserved a bowl or three of ramen. Heading towards the next highlight of his day, Naruto started humming happily.

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A/N – Aaaaaaaaand that's a wrap. Sorry for the long wait but I have a bunch of assignments that are sucking because Flash isn't working right and making my life hell. I know it's just because I can't remember what I was taught but still.

Anyway, hope this is enough of a fix before the next update. Thanks again for reading!

Lanky Nathan