Third Chapter, 2 Chapters left. I don't own Naruto. If I did, I'd include this on the title screen of the anime: "absolutely no Yaoi ever." At least then, the section wouldn't be filled with a multitude of half-baked NaruSasu stories. Hmm...I do own this chapter however...

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Chapter 3: Sneaky Naruto

Absolutely no Yaoi ever.
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"Hey!" Naruto shouted as his wrist was grabbed and firmly held.

"He's trying to steal my fruits!" The fruit vendor shouted. The fact that they were standing in front of a toy stand on the other side of Konoha was completely lost on the old guy. In addition, Naruto's hands and pockets were obviously empty.

"What? Again? Doesn't the brat ever learn?" Someone nearby demanded. The stupidity was spreading...

"Get him!" A third person shouted, and soon an angry mobbed formed around Naruto as they cried angrily for justice.

However, Naruto was able to turn a little, and with a vicious kick, the fruit vendor was on the ground and curled up in pain. Without a strong man to hold him in place, Naruto was free to run for it. And he would be crazy if he decided to stick around when the killing intent in the air from 20 civilians slightly exceeded a genin's. Taking the time to step on the fruit vendor on his way out, Naruto ran into the only opening left by the crowd, a narrow alleyway.

Several minutes later, he finally appeared in a random part of Konoha. Panting heavily because he was out of breath, he noticed that there were no more shouts. Had he lost them? He turned back to look.

"Uff!"

Impact!

Off balance, he fell to the ground. His victim was also knocked to the ground as well.

"Watch where you're going you dweeb!" The girl angrily shouted from her spot on the ground before giving him the middle finger.

Naruto's horrified look quickly changed to one of anger! "You!" That evil blond girl from yesterday!

"Yeah?" the girl challengingly asked.

"Because of you, the old man had to close the stand for a day to search for you because you skipped out without paying enough!"

"Hmmph, giving me that fake stuff," the girl sniffed as she got to her feet. "I still think I gave too much."

Naruto started to stand as well. "It's not-"

"There he is!"

Naruto quickly turned. They had found him!

His feet moved automatically. It's too bad someone was in his way...

"Hey!"

Crash!

With a growl, the girl shoved the boy off of her before standing up and kicking him in the side once. She stomped off.

Meanwhile, the crowd was engaged in conversation.

"Did you see that? He was molesting that poor girl!" one of them shouted angrily.

"That rat bastard! He must die now!" another shouted.

"Wait wait, we have to approach this carefully. The Hokage will ask questions otherwise."

"What do you propose?"

"Well..."

Naruto silently crept away while they busily debated how to punish him.

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Influence from Ai Kora, Love Hina, Ranma...wow, this is a ridiculously popular scene.

The big difference is that...the crowd also contained men. Not only that...Naruto is 6. The blond girl is 11. I don't want to know what's going through the mind of these citizens.