Chapter 8: Yuri

Munching a rice ball and walking down a street in Konoha, 12 year old Yuri, the new kid in the Leaf's ninja academy, was eating her lunch. Yuri had moved to the leaf just a week ago and nobody really knows anything about her, yet, and already she knew about quite a few people and already had opinions about them. She was just passing the Yamanaka flower shop when an orange blur almost knocked her over. She whirled around shaking her fist at the retreating blur. "Naruto! Thats the third time in two days!" She yelled. A moment later two Chunin came running up to her.

"Excuse me, have you seen an oran-"

"He went that-a-way." Yuri interrupted, pointing down an alley way that led away from where Naruto was headed.

"Thanks."

"Any time." Yuri smirked as the nin rushed off.

Yuri's thoughts on Naruto Uzumaki: "Naruto is a hyper active boy that never knows when to calm down. He acts dumb most of the time, but he's smarter than he looks, he just needs to mature a bit... He can be annoying, and most people don't like him(partly because of the fox), but I think he's a cool kid, no matter how annoying he can get."

Yuri decided to go back to the academy. She did not want to be late to see Iruka get on Naruto for causing trouble again. She wondered what he had done this time. She had only been here a week, but it was always something different everyday with that boy. She turned around to face the direction that Naruto came from so she could see what Naruto had done from where she is. Quite a sight of the vandalized Hokage monument greeted her eyes. She smirked as she turned back around to go to class. That was Naruto alright!

Yuri slid into her seat a few minutes before the bell rang. She sat Next to Sasuke Uchia. After a moment the fan girls gather around Sasuke, and Sakura started yapping at Yuri for stealing 'her' seat.

"No way Bill-borad brow! That's my Seat!" yelled Ino

"Think again Ino-Pig! I was there this morning!"

"Move your feet, lose your seat." Yuri yawned. "To be honest, I kinda feel sorry for Sasuke, so I'm temporarily protecting him from you Baka's!" She shrugged

Yuri's thoughts on Ino Yamanaka: "Ino is a selfish brat. She needs to grow up and stop fighting with Sakura and the other girl's about Sasuke. She needs to take a clue and figure out that Sasuke simply does not like her, or at least not in that way. I read somewhere that they were friends a few years back...I wonder what happened to that..."

Sasuke raised his eyebrow. Ever since she came, this Yuri girl had been 'protecting' him from his fan girls, and he had no clue why. He did not talk to her ever, she did not seem to like him like his fan girls did, he had totally no clue what's with her. Sasuke did not notice that he had been staring at her, though is eyebrow had relaxed.

Yuri noticed that he was. "What?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him. "Do I have something on my face?" she asked, starting to feel around her mouth.

"Hn." Sasuke seemed to grump, looking away from her and putting his hands back in their normal position, with fingers clasped and hands right by his mouth. His fangirls seemed to get madder and madder, thinking that he might like Yuri better than them.

Yuri rolled her eyes. "Emo Much?" she chuckled while wondering why he had been staring at her.

Yuri's thoughts on Sasuke Uchiha: "Pretty much Emo. I wish He'd come out of his shell...He could trust me, and I wish he would. I think he just needs a good friend...No further comment."

Just then Iruka burst into the room dragging a tied up Naruto. Naruto immediately started to pout when Iruka lectured him. Iruka sighed and turned to the class. He told the class that we would all have to perform a transformation Justu. The class, with the exception of Yuri and Sasuke groaned. Sasuke just looked like he was bored, like always, and Yuri frankly did not care. It was not a big deal to me. Just extra practice for when you need it. Pretty much everyone turned into Iruka. Sakura sought out Sasukes Approval, as did Ino as was expected. When it came my turn, I took my own sweet time trying to think of someone or something unusual to transform into.

Iruka sighed "Any time now Yuri." yuri ignored him and took another two minutes deciding. She finally decided on...POOF. Yuri transformed into a giant bananna with arms, legs, and a head. Most of the class gasped. A few, like Naruto and Kiba laughed.

"Hn." Sasuke said...again, while looking away...again. I was getting tired of his attitude.

Iruka just stared at my wide eyed. "O-ok?" he stuttered while marking down Yuri's grade.

She chuckled. "Did I blow your mind?"

"Be quiet before I smash you, you stupid girl!" Sakura snapped. She seemed to hate it when Yuri did funny things.

"Be quite yourself missy! You best watch yourself around me, gaki!" Yuri snapped right back

She got a vain popped out. "I dare you!"

Yuri was kinda ticked. POOF. She turned back to normal. "I'll beat you anytime girlie." She shrugged

Iruka sighed. He had learned on Yuri's first day here not to try to mess with her when she was like this. That day she had almost gotten into a fight with the stupid-butt Sakura. and now she was fed up with her crap.

"Errrr..." Sakura growled at Yuri.

"Awwwww! How ugly! A pink haired puppy!" Yuri said as she walked over to Sakura and patted her on the head.

Sakura threw a punch at Yuri. Yuri grabbed her fist without flinching. She was glaring at Sakura now. Yuri jumped over her, still holding onto her fist and chicken winged her. "Still wanna go?" Yuri growled as Sakura whimpered in pain. "I'd like to be your friend, Sakura, I'd like to be everyone friend, but you just act like a total brat all the time!" Yuri sighed, releasing her and giving her a little shove away from her.

Sakura thought of going after Yuri again, but she saw a sad look in her eye as she looked around the room that startled her, and the thought better of it. "Maybe I should give her a chance...She seems like a nice enough girl, and I wouldn't like to be banned from her ship or anything… Everyone always goes there to hang out after school..." Sakura thought about Yuri's shop which was called "Yuri's Place" It was a cool place to buy all kinds of foods, sweet and unhealthy as well as healthy, and many cool ninja tools that she herself at least came up with the basic idea for. "Fine." Sakura snapped. Yuri got the sweetest sad smile on her face that Sakura and ever seen. It made Sakura decide to try to be even nicer toward her.

Slowly everyone got back into line. Yuri shuffled to the back.

"Naruto, you're up." Iruka called.

"Yeah! Believe it!" he said, stepping up.

Yuri chuckled at his catchphrase, it just seemed...so like him!

"Here I go!" Naruto announced. POOF. Before the smoke cleared, every student found that Yuri had flash stepped to right next to Sasuke and out her hands over his eyes.

"Hey!" Sasuke protested.

Then the smoke cleared. Naruto was no longer, well, a boy. He was now a naked girl with her...areas covered up with smoke. "Hi." She said, winking at Iruka.

Iruka instantly got a bloody nose and fell over backwards. Yuri sighed and removed her hands from Sasuke's eyes and put them on her hips. Sasuke got one look at Naruto, got a sweat drop, and went white eyed.

"Naruto, I swear, If you don't turn back this instant I'm gonna but my foot or some large object up your rear." Yuri sighed with closed eyes as she got a faint vein.

"Yeah, sure" Naruto laughed.

Yuri took a menacing step towards him.

"Ok ok!" Naruto shouted as she waved his hands in front of his chest and sweat dropped. She muttered as she poofed back to normal. She had seen Yuri's tangle with Sakura and she did not want to get in that position.

Just then the bell rang for academy to end, and Iruka got up, rubbing his head. "Thanks Yuri..." He muttered as she left the class room. Yuri stayed facing how she was and held up her left hand waving without bothering to turn around.

"Any time uka!" She shouted back to Iruka.

"uka?" Iruka mutterd, puzzled.

Sasuke stood where he had been for the last five minutes, staring after Yuri and think how she really was...something.

How to pronounce:

Konoha: koh-no-ha

Yuri: yur-ee

Yamanaka: yam-an-ak-ah

Naruto: Nar-oo-toe

Chunin: chew-neen

Uzumaki: Ooo-zoom-ah-kee

Iruka: Ear-oo-kuh

Hogake: Hoe-kah-gay

Sasuke: sas-kay

Uchiha: Ooo-chee-ha

Sakura: sock-er-uh

Ino: E-no

Justu: Joost-oo

What does it mean?:

Baka: Japanese for Idiot

Gaki: Japanese for Brat

AU: By the way, the girl who is the cover for the book is Yuri. :3