-Naruto-

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Kakashi-sensei is so hard to hit!

Naruto's sparring with Kakashi-sensei again. He's already warmed up with practicing his kata, and they're on spar number five. He kind of expects to get beaten down every training session by now (although that definitely doesn't mean he's giving up! He's gonna beat Kakashi-sensei one of these days!) but this time Hinata's watching and he wants to do his best so he can get her input. She comes from a clan of taijutsu geniuses, after all. Kakashi-sensei can be really vague sometimes, and getting perspectives from multiple people is usually a good thing.

She seems a little distracted though... OW!

Naruto glares at Kakashi-sensei. Low blow! Kicking people in the shins when they're distracted is Naruto's job!

Kakashi-sensei sighs and calls for a break. Naruto groans (he's not tired! Just curious about what HInata's thinking!) and goes to sit next to Hinata. He figures he might as well satisfy his curiosity now so it doesn't distract him later. He opens his mouth to ask her, but she beats him to it.

"U-um, Naruto-kun, isn't your hair getting a little long? I noticed you kept brushing your bangs out of your eyes during your spars and I haven't noticed you getting a haircut in a while... "

Huh. Come to think of it, it has been a while since Naruto cut his hair. He doesn't really like going to get it professionally cut (expensive, and the hairstylists don't like him so they try to cut it badly anyway), so the last few times he just had a clone do it. The clones kind of suck at cutting hair, though, so Naruto just doesn't usually bother. He's got his cool emotion power to tell him where everyone is anyway, and long hair just looks cool. Even if it's a pain to take care of. Naruto never lets it get much longer than his shoulders before he gets annoyed and chops it off.

Kakashi-sensei hummed thoughtfully.

"Maa, you could have a hair day. It's always fun to mess with other people's hair, and it's a common bonding activity between girls."

"Hey, that's a good idea! Hinata-chan, you wanna do a hair day?"

Kakashi stared, dumbfounded. Hinata didn't seem bothered and agreed easily. She was used to Naruto's general disregard for social customs (which probably mostly came from Fuzzy, who just doesn't see the point in them). They quickly launched into planning which day and what time, and what sorts of things they would try with each other's hair. Ironically, Hinata's hair was shorter than Naruto's at this point, but that doesn't mean they can't do anything fun with it! They even started experimenting until Kakashi called for training to continue.

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-Sasuke-

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Sasuke wasn't entirely sure what happened.

He was minding his own business, wandering toward the idiot's house to see if he wanted to train for a few hours, when the idiot appeared out of nowhere and excitedly dragged him to Hinata's house. Sasuke didn't know how the idiot snuck up on him (he doesn't question that anymore, though), but he knows that he doesn't want to be anywhere near Naruto when he's this excited. Sasuke struggles (in vain) in an attempt to escape, but is forced to give up the fight when they reach the Hyuuga compound. Can't let the Hyuuga see him being dragged around like a ragdoll, after all.

Of course, Sasuke forgets all thoughts of appearing composed when Naruto brings him to Hinata's living room filled with all sorts of hairbrushes and hair accessories and reveals that it's hair day. Sasuke immediately resumes his escape attempts, only to be ruthlessly tied down. Naruto and Hinata spend a half hour attempting to fix his "duck butt", only to be foiled by Sasuke's hair's remarkable ability to stay in the shape of said duck butt. No amount of gel or curling or braiding or even straightening could save it. So instead, they just tie Sasuke to Naruto and force him to join in the joys of playing with Naruto's and Hinata's hair.

Naruto gets his bangs trimmed, Hinata gets to braid Naruto's hair (a lot), Naruto finally learns how to put his hair in a ponytail, and Sasuke suffers. A win-win-win situation for them all.

It's even better when word spreads (somehow) that they're having a hair day and Itachi and Jiraiya show up. Jiraiya's hair is an absolute rat's nest. Does he even bother to take care of it? It's a wonder that you can even tell it's white! It's like he spends more time washing it in the bath than actually brushing it! Naruto and Hinata spend a full hour just trying to comb through it while Sasuke tries to finger comb as much gel as he can out of his hair.

Itachi, on the other hand, seems to take perfect care of his hair. He teaches Naruto and Hinata countless tricks that seem entirely unnecessary to Sasuke, but the two of his friends eat it up like crazy. They end up using Jiraiya as a model to practice all of Itachi's various hair techniques, and even some of the various braids and updos that Hinata and Itachi know so they can teach Naruto. They forcibly drag Sasuke into it (again) and try a few of Itachi's techniques on his duck butt. Or, at least, they try. Sasuke finds a power he never knew he had to dodge as many of their attempts to grab him as possible. And he is very successful, until Itachi betrays him and grabs him before Sasuke even realizes that Itachi's joining the impromptu battle.

Even more horrifying, apparently Fuzzy was joining in, giving Naruto advice. Naruto told everyone that Fuzzy is very particular about taking care of his fur, and especially his tails, and he knows a ton of tricks for keeping fur shiny and healthy. They wanted to try Fuzzy's fur techniques, but hair is a little different from fur so they had to experiment even more to modify the techniques to work for hair.

In the end, Sasuke and Jiraiya (who regrets everything) suffer in solidarity for the rest of the day while the psychopaths experiment on their poor hair. They stumble away as soon as they can, both traumatized for life.