Lazyfox: Howdy partners and welcome back to another glorious addition to this surprisingly very loved story XD. I have a real treat for you guys.
Random: -doing the happy dance- Going to be an awesome chapter cuz I get to see my favorite character oh yeah un huh it's my birthday~
Lazyfox: -.-' Yeah maybe i should have thought this through I forget how crazy she can get about our special guess in the story, but I digress. So Random quit acting like your on crack and hit the random button so we can move onto the story.
Random: -completely ignoring her as she continues dancing and singing, but hits the button anyway-
Gai: What's up my youthful friends and what can the Mighty Gai do for you today! -preforms signature smile with the sparkle and thumbs up thing-
Lazyfox: -shivers in discomfort- Can you just say the disclaimer and leave
Gai: Of course, but I do it youthfully and say it standing on one hand -Flips into the air and lands on one hand- Listen up youthful readers the youthful LazyFoxLover doesn't own Naruto, but puts in a lot of Youthful passion to write this story so continue to send in those lovely and youthful review
Lazyfox: -.-' -sighs and pulls lever to activate trap door sending Gai to the dungeon- Sorry about that folks I can't pick the guess sometimes and frankly he creeps me out.
Random: Yeah me too, but ignore your personal feelings and move to the story already
Lazyfox: Alright Miss impatient. Okay folks heres your new chapter and just a heads up theirs been a huge time skip, but I'll give you little recap on the things that have happened over the time skip so I hope you enjoy cuz I know Random will the crazy Physco.
Random: HEY! I'm not Physco just crazy totally two different things. Sheesh get the facts straight!
Naruko has been attending the academy for three years now and in that time has made herself the class-clown, best friends with Hinata Hyuga (second to Shikamaru of course), and public enemy number one in the eyes of Sasuke's fan-club and Kiba Inuzuka. You see Naruko never really forgave Kiba for mocking her dream her first day at the academy and so besides Iruka-sensei he found himself on the receiving end of many of her splendid pranks that made her the notorious class clown she is known for and well for being the enemy to Sasuke's fan club strictly revolves around the fact that her and her friends were always seen hanging out together, coming and leaving school together that sort of stuff. Sakura and Ino both seemed to be her biggest haters in the club and it saddened her greatly that her former friends still did not remember her or the time they spent as friends, but Naruko still holds hope they will remember her someday. Anyway her time in the academy has been a lot of fun and over time she has grown accustomed to her life in the Uchiha manor and life without her grandmother thanks to the constant support of her precious people. Thought she did still keep her promise to visits Kaede's grave every week or so. Right now she was wondering the streets of the village looking for Shikamaru and the others since they were playing a game of hide and seek and sadly she was it. Little did she know she was in for a big surprise when she mets a new friend in her little game of hide and seek.
Naruko was searching the entire village looking for her lazy best friend who was the last person she needed to find to end this round of the game. She found Choji first since the silly boy was distracted by his hunger and hid in the Ramen shop thinking she wouldn't check there. Next she found Hinata hiding behind a tree in the school yard and nearly gave the timid girl a heart attack tapping on her shoulder from behind which was really funny because she proceeded to faint afterwards which left Choji to watch over her as she continued on her hunt for Sasuke and Shikamaru. Where she ended up catching Sasuke who thought he was really clever hiding in a tree deep in the woods thinking no one would find him, except for the endless hoard of fans the followed his every move leading Naruko to find him trying to shoo them away from the highest branch of the tree as the girls surrounded the tree below as Naruko watched from a distance laughing her butt off. By now though she was getting frustrated because she had been looking for the lazy genius for over twenty minutes now.
"Agh. Who was the one complaining about 'It being too Troublesome to hide'" Naruko complained in best intimation of Shikamaru as she ran down another street turning the corner fast and running head first into someone knocking her down to the ground. "Oww that smarts" she whimpered.
"You're telling me" groaned the other person who to fell from the collision.
Naruko looked up to see a boy a little older then her rubbing his head. She stared at him for a while before she started laughing at him. The boy who had long black hair tied up in a braid wearing a Chinese outfit looked at the blonde hair girl in complete confusion and bewilderment as she laughed at him.
"Why are you laughing at me? Is it my hair? Clothes?" he asked truly perplexed about why the girl he just ran into laughing at him making him flush in embarrassment and indignity.
"Haha Oh man are you serious? Are those caterpillars on your face really supposed to be eyebrows?" Naruko laughed out as the boy raised said eyebrows making her laugh harder as she fell backwards holding her stomach as tears appeared from laughing so hard. "Aw man your killing me here."
"Hey my eyebrows are not caterpillars there just bushy" the boy cried in defense not liking being made the fool he gets that enough at the academy from his fellow classmates.
Naruko stopped laughing until it was nothing, but a mere giggled as she wiped her eyes dry. "I'm sorry that was rude of me, but come on I never seen someone with such bushy eyebrows before" she giggled making the boy stare dazed she apologize to him seeing as that was a new concept for him.
"Ah no hard feelings and thank you for apologizing that was very honorable thing for you to do" he replied giving her a small bow as she looked at him confused by his action.
"Well, of course I apologized I hurt your feelings it was only right for me too besides I also ran into you so I'm sorry for that too" she replied scratching her head in embarrassment now.
"Some people don't see it that way. i get bullied a lot so it was a new thing for someone to apologize to me and I am most grateful to you for being the person to regret causing me harm. Oh no problem I was at fault too so no harm done" he said getting to his feet offering her his hand to help her up flashing her a smile.
Naruko returned the smile and took his hand as he let her up. "Right and by the way my name's Naruko Uzumaki. Who are you?" she asked introducing herself to him.
"I beg your pardon for forgetting my manners. My name is Rock Lee it is a pleasure to meet you Uzumaki-Chan" Lee said introducing himself with a small bow to her.
Naruko waved her hands in front of her brushing his apology off. "No biggie dude. Anyway sorry for bumping into you again I was in a hurry" she was said looking sheepish again.
"May I ask why you were in a hurry?" Lee asked.
"I'm playing hide and seek with some of my friends and I'm it right now and I found everyone except for my friend Shikamaru who is really getting on my nerves because I can't find the little sneak" she growled.
Lee chuckled at her finding her growl very humors and cute. "Maybe I can help you look for him. What does he look like?" he asked.
"If you see you can't miss him that's for sure. He wears his hair up into a ponytail that makes it look like he has a pineapple on his head" she tells him.
Lee gave a thoughtful expression for a minute before snapping his fingers as he remembered something. "Oh I remember seeing his laying in the fields right outside training ground number three when I was coming out of the woods" he tells her.
Naruko stared at him with an 'are-you-serious-look' before she growled and clenched her fist in anger. "Are you kidding me I spent the last half-hour searching this entire village and that lazy bum has been in the fields this whole time?" she roared. "Ah Shikamaru your so dead when I get my hands on you!"
Shikamaru laying in a field snoozing jolted up sneezing loudly sniffling and wiping his nose. "Ah what a drag" he groaned laying back down to sleep.
Naruko was still heavily ticked off as she stomped her way to training field number three with Lee tagging along behind her when a thought accrued to Naruko. "Hey Bushy-Brow why were you in the woods training anyway?" she asked feeling a little curious.
Lee looked a little dishearten at her question making her frown wondering what caused his sudden mood shift. "I was working on my Taijutsu" he mumbled.
"Why does saying that make you sad Bushy-Brow it not something to be ashamed of" Naruko tells him watching as he clenched his fist in anger.
"Yes it is! I have no talent with Ninjutsu or Genjutsu and my Taijutsu is mediocre at best! I have to master Taijutsu so people at the academy can recognize me as a splendid ninja and stop calling me a failure as a ninja!" Lee shouted feeling overcome with his emotions not knowing what came over him since he was always able to keep his emotions in check.
Naruko looked thoughtful for a minute at the panting boy as a smile of understanding graced her face. "Do you think your a failure Lee?" she asked after a moment of silence.
Lee gasped in a deep breath unable to describe how he felt at that moment. Nobody had ever taken the time to talk to him or ask how he felt and for this girl he just met by chance to do what nobody ever did made his heart swell as he eyes clouded over with tears. "I don't" he cried placing his hand over his eyes to hide his tears feeling a warm hand on his shoulder.
"Then your not. To be a splendid ninja means to live by ones own ninja way. A ninja is not measured by what techniques you have, but by your goals and dreams. Don't let anyone ever tell you what you can't be or do you decide what your going to be not them" Naruko tells him sincerely flashing him her gentle and friendly smile.
Lee eyes widen and felt his face heat up staring at Naruko beautiful smile feeling his heart pound and skip beats inside his chest. "What is happening to me why do I feel so strange?" he thought to himself as he wiped his tears away giving Naruko a smile in return. "Your absolutely right Uzumaki-chan I can't let what others say deter me from my dream or goals. I'm going to show everyone I can be a splendid ninja with using just Taijutsu" he declared throwing his fist into the air.
Naruko cheered and threw her fist into the air too. "That's the spirit Bushy-brow I know you can do it!" she cheered. "And stop calling me that, were friends so call me Naruko or Naru like everyone else" she teased flicking his forehead.
Lee chuckled rubbing his sore spot. "Alright Uzu...I mean Naruko-chan" he replied.
"Good now lets go find Shika so I can kick his butt" Naruko stated starting off back to the field to find her lazy best friend with Lee following behind her again with a giant smile on his face.
In the trees above where Naruko and Lee were talking
"So that's the kid you talk about so much. I see now why you care for her so much...Kakashi" said a man in a green jumpsuit with an opened sleeveless jacket with a bowl shape hair style and bushier eyebrows then Lee.
"Yep that's Naruko my precious little sister and that must be your future student you tell me about Gai" Kakashi said in a low drawl reading his notorious 'Make-out paradise book. "Seems their going to get along well" he mused never pausing in his reading.
"Yes this is the start of a very youthful friendship! Brings back memories of our times ah Kakashi" Gai said getting a sparkle in his eyes only to turn back to see Kakashi was gone. "AH KAKASHI GET BACK AND REMEMBER OUR YOUTHFUL DAYS WITH ME!" the over eccentric man yelled chasing after the fleeing silver haired man.
"I wither not" Kakashi groaned putting his book away to out run the crazy lunatic.
Naruko and Lee walked into the field Lee had mention seeing Shikamaru and found said boy passed out in the flowers of the open field. This ticked Naruko off more as she pounced on him waking him up and started shouting at him for being lazy and a complainer and saying stuff like he needs to learn to be more active which he responded to her lecture being too Troublesome to listen to and fell back asleep. Naruko huffed before flopping down beside him with a pout on her face.
"Shika you are so lazy I swear." she grumbled with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
"And you are too hyper Blue-eyes, so in that case were a perfect balance" he stated staring up into the clouds.
"Yeah that's your excuse everytime I point that out" Naruko accused as Lee took a seat next to her.
"Don't mess with a good thing besides it'll be a drag if I came up with something new for you to complain about" Shikamaru shoot back hiding a small smirk knowing he was winding Naruko up secretly enjoying it too.
"Oh shut up smart ass you know it irks me when you give out those big explanations and stuff and really did you just say I'm a complainer when your the one always saying something is a drag or too troublesome to do" Naruko shot back falling into Shikamaru unsuspected trap.
"I know that's why I do it Blue-eyes. Yes, you are because you complain when mom or Mikoto-sensei what to dress you up or take you shopping and when I say it's too troublesome it usually is" Shikamaru replied giving a huge yawn sitting up seeing Naruko was with someone else giving the guy a small glare not liking Naruko being around someone he doesn't know. "Who's this guy?"
"Those are justified complaints you know I hate girly stuff like that and you say everything fun is troublesome" Naruko said defensibly before blinking at Shikamaru sudden question before slapping her forehead for forgetting to introduce Lee to Shikamaru. "Oh stupid me. Shikamaru this is my new friend Rock Lee and Lee this is my best friend Shikamaru Nara" she tells them giving them a huge smile.
Lee turned red at the sight of her smile really enjoying it on her cute face which did not go unnoticed by Shikamaru who sent another glare his way before Lee regained his composure and stuck his hand out to Shikamaru. "Hello Nara-Kun it's a pleasure to met you" he said giving his own smile.
"Aww Bushy-Brow not that again just call Shika Shikamaru he's not one for that polite mess. Right Shika?" Naruko said facing Shikamaru with a grin.
"Right Shikamaru is just fine and nice to met you too" Shikamaru replied flushing a little from Naruko's grin.
Lee was perplexed by Shikamaru sudden flush, but soon realized it was do to Naruko and his stomach clenched before shaking his head to rid himself of such nonsense. "So now that you found Shikamaru are you going to play another round of Hide and Seek?" he asked.
Naruko pouted in a cute way well to the boys it was. "No. Hinata-chan was called back to her estate to train with her sister, Choji had to go with his mom to buy supplies for supper, and Sasuke-teme is stuck up a tree fighting off his rabid fan-girls and I have to go visit Grandpa to get ready for his big diner tonight" she explained.
"What diner?" Shikamaru asked quieting his chuckles when picturing Sasuke stuck in the tree surrounded by his fan-girls hearing about a diner the Hokage was having.
"Of I forgot to tell you guys, but appently Grandpa is having the Lord of the Fire country over for diner tonight and he wants to introduce his entire family to him, but to me it means me getting shoved back into a frilly kimono. Ah now that's troublesome" Naruko tells them with a defeated sigh thinking about the accursed kimono she has to wear tonight.
"Ah what a drag sorry Blue-eyes can't help you there" Shikamaru stated patting her in the head in a tender sort of way.
"It's okay I know you be there if you could" Naruko said smiling up at him as he smiled back at her.
Lee felt his stomach clenched again watching the two friends interact finding it very odd to feel this way when watching Naruko and Shikamaru together. "Am I jealous of Shikamaru? I shouldn't be, but I am. I mean a get a funny feeling when I look at Naruko that makes me feel warm inside, but seeing Shikamaru be so friendly with her I feel sick does this mean I like Naruko?" he thought feeling very confused by his emotions.
Naruko looked over at Lee and tapped his shoulder making him jerk his head up in surprise. "Hey Lee you okay there you looked like you were off in LaLaLa land" she teased giving him a coy grin making his cheeks heat up again.
"N...NoNoNo I'm fine just thinking is all haha" Lee stuttered feeling like a completely idiot for acting like that, but blinked when Naruko starting giggling.
"Haha Bushy-brow you a riot. Anyway I was saying I have to leave now, but I want to introduce you everyone else so met us in front of Ichiruko's Ramen Bar for lunch tomorrow" Naruko tells him.
"Sure Naruko-chan It'll be my pleasure" Lee tells getting up offering his hand to her as she took it and began to brush the dirt off her shorts as Shikamaru stood up to stretch.
"Okay see you guys tomorrow and nice meeting you Bushy-Brow" Naruko said hugging him and Shikamaru making them flush as she took off towards her grandfather's mansion.
The boys were left standing there in an awkward silence that was soon broken by Lee. "You know I'm not going to lose" he declared boldly.
"Come again?" Shikamaru asked caught off guard by Lee's sudden declaration.
"Naruko-chan. I won't lose her to you." Lee tells him with a smile. "I know you have feeling for her and I do too so I'm telling you I won't lose meaning were going to be rivals in fight for Naruko-chan's love" he explains.
Shikamaru stood still in complete shock at the declaration Lee had made along with the admission he had feeling for his Blue-eyed best friend like he had theorized seeing how Lee acted around her, but was completely thrown through a loop when he declared himself his love-rival. "Are you nuts I don't have feeling for Blue-eyes we're just friends."
"I see. Then I have nothing to worry about. It was indeed a pleasure to met you Shikamaru see you again tomorrow" Lee said as he too stetted off for home.
Shikamaru stood alone in the field gathering his thoughts before a sly smirk appeared on his usual lazy face. "We'll see about that Lee. Ah man I just found myself with a real troublesome problem."
Lazyfox: He-he wow am I not evil or what. That's right folks there's battle for Naruko's heart I guess the old sayings true there really is love at first sight.
Random: Ahhhhh~ So freaking good! I loved it so much Lee and there was Kakashi and Gai so freaking amazing!~ -has a spaz attack-
Kushina: -Knocks Random out with a Mallet- Crazy psycho
Lazyfox: -.-' Well, that was weirder then normal for her, but yeah her surprise was Lee since he's one of her favorite character. Ha I bet you all were thinking I did something Yaoi related, but I totally fooled you :P
Minato: Why can't people back off my sweet little Naruko she's too young to be dating or even thinking about it. -growling in the emo corner-
Lazyfox: And yet you send out 12 old kids on life threatening missions, teach them life threatening moves and you still say their too young to think about love?
Kushina: We have a complicated universe not our fault we just act like were designed to do.
Lazyfox: True. Well, as you all know or I hope you know I have a poll set up on my profile and I hope your not too mad at me that I'm messing up the timeline a little bit. I posted this up so I can continue with my plan of updating every month or so and since the poll doesn't close until August 8 I can post this and then the chapter I created for the out come of the poll. With that in mind please continue voting and don't be afraid to P.M with suggestion you might have with either scenario seeing as a few of you have already i'm more then will to read other ones too. Sorry for the long A/N I've been trying to cut down on it as you all have noticed, but I felt it important to say all this so there was no confusion. I will stop typing now and wish you all a very happy day. Until we again...
EVERYONE: JAA-NEE!