Yup! Naruto is a GIRL in this fic! Look at my poll to tell me who the lass will end up with!

A girl clad in a orange tank top and dark blue jeans laughed as she ran through the streets of Konoha , her long blond pigtails streaming after her as she jumped over a fence and rounded a corner, simultaneously sticking out her tongue before she disappeared form sight. 'Sweet! That prank was my best one yet! Kiba was BRILLIANT for giving me that idea!'Her melodious voice taunting the special Jonin that was pursuing her, as she fled from the scene of her latest prank, defacing the Hokage Stone Faces, paint cain still in hand, only to land on the face of a pursuing Anbu a second later, causing the inked ninja to run smack dab into a telephone pole, KOing him instantly. “Catch me if you can Iruka-sensei! Or are you still too slow, just like that Anbu?”

Said Jonin was NOT happy with this as he jumped up, grabbing the fence and shoving off it with ease, to increase his speed, as he leapt over the fence after the hyperactive girl, who was STILL outrunning him somhow, and REALLY beginning to tire him out. 'And its only the beginning of the week! I'll be drop dead tired at this rate!'“Naruki Uzumaki! Get back here right now! You're gonna be in a load of trouble when I catch you!" He angrily rounded the corner, and finding no trace of the soon to be graduate, stamped his foot angrily, looking every which way for the girl. "Agh! Where did you-

"GOTCHA!"

Iruka whirled around, just in time to see the 13 year old shoot over his head, from her camfolauged spot on the fence, and giving him a boot to the face and laughing her head off as she did so, the poor Jonin falling on his back, with an imprint of her sandaled foot right in his face, his eyes rolling back in his head from the unpredicted impact, dazing the poor man badly. And her laughter was heard throughout the village as she tore away from him laughing her head off. "Still too slow! You need to lay off the Ramen!"

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Sasuke let out a wide yawn as he heard Naruki's laughter, and peered over the rooftop that he was lounging on, merely enjoying the cool air of July. Then he saw her back flip over a pursuing Anbu, before rounding another corner, and leaping over a nearby concession stand apologizing to the vendor as she did so. And his voice was filled with wry amusement as he heard her sheepish apology. "Naruki...What did you do this time? You even have Anbu chasing you now...

Then his gaze was instinctively drawn to the Hokage Stone Faces, and he started laughing his ass of the moment he saw her handiwork, with a picutre of her face sticking out her tongue, over the face of the first. "HOLY COW! That is just too freaking funny!" Then his laughter stopped as he heard her give a surprised shout, and he shook his head as he heard her give a loud curse. "Oh boy. Sounds like she finally got caught...

He sighed in annoyance as he sat backup, rising to his feet in one smooth motion, and leaping from building to building, easily clearing the rooftops as he neared her location. I bettter go bail her out again...

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Naruki's eyes got as wide as dinner plates, and the startled girl gave a surprised shriek as she saw Mizuki and several Anbu blocking her way out of the street, forming a single impenetrable line. "HEY! Thats no freakin fair! Blocking the road like that, where am I supposed to go?!" Then she paled as Iruka appeared behind, her, arms corssed over his chest, as he gave her an evil glare, two Anbu with at his side, effectively preventing her from turning around and doubling back. "Finally caught you. You are in SO much trouble young lady."

And he did NOT look too happy, as Mizuki and several of the Anbu snickered at the sight of the sandal mark on his face, his fellow Jonin friend recovering himself enough to speak. "Nice one there Naruki, but I'm afraid that you've been busted. Ready to clean up your handiwork?" Naruki sighed, slumping her shoulders, and giving the ninja encircling her a pleading look. "Uh...Can't I just take a rain check on that?"

And she certainly got it, despite the fact that all of them shook their heads.

And it came in the form of Sasuke, who had just landed on a nearby roof, calling out to the girl, who smirked at the sight of her fellow partner in crime, who often helped her mastermind her pranks, and who MORE than often was saving her blond ass from getting caught. "Hey Sasuke! A little help here!" Now she gave him a pouty face, her blue eyes going wide, anime style, as she jutted out her lower lip, her soft voice pleading, her hands held up in front of her. "Pleaaaase?"

The Uchiha shurgged as he faded out of view, his voice still coming from where he had been."Fine by me. Going up?"

Mizuk and Iruka whipped their heads around, to see where the voice had come from, but there was no one on the rooftop that they were staring at. And when they turned back...just in time to see Sasuke appear over head, grabbing Naruki's outstretched hand, and swinging her onto a rooftop, air jumping after her a second later... as they saw that Naruki was gone, as was Sasuke. For a moment, no one moved, then the Anbu each let out an annoyed curse, as Iruka let out an angry snort as he saw her leaping over the rooftops, with Sasuke leading the way for her. "Jeez. Almost everytime we've got her cornered, he comes in and helps her make some daring escape. What a dedicated accomplice...

Mizuki nodded as he elbowed his friend in the ribs, the Anbu giving pursuitof the two once more, his tone amused with Sasuke's dedication to aiding his blond friend. "I'm surprised that those two haven't hooked up yet. They'd make quite the pair." Iruka paled at that, and shook his head rapidly, and insistently. "BAD idea. With his brains, added to her pranks, we'd NEVER catch the two of them again. And we'd be chasing them around every waking minute for the rest of our lives."

Mizuki shrugged as he took off in pursuit as well, a grey blur as he sped off, Iruka following suit a moment later, as he heard the voice of Mizuki echoing in front of him, sounding quite amused, as he saw the two troublemakers round a corner, and a pursuing Anbu, one who had foolishly gotten to close was thrown backwards a moment later, the unfortunate man crashing into a nearby garbage can and covered with raw fish. " Poor fella. He's not gonna be getting a date anytime soon. But anyways, rhen you had better not hope they're put on the same team. With the two of them having the top scores in their class Those two are bound to be paired together, once they pass tomorrow and they'll undoubtedly fall for each other sooner or later...

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Sasuke chucked as Naruki threw the Anbu over her shoulder, the blond girl grunting with effort as she heaved him into the rotted fish. "Wasn't that overdoing it a bit?" Naruki stuck out her tongue at him, before they sped off again. "Meanie! You could have bailed me out earlier!" Now her tone was jeering at him as they ran side by side, making him blush slightly. "Or do you like being my knight in shining armor?"

Sasuke snorted as they leapt to the rooftops again, Naruki knocking over some more garbage cans, tripping up another Anbu, and slowing the rest slightly as they helped their comrade up. "Come on. We'll hide out at the usual place." Naruki smirked as they leapt over the gates of the village now. "The clearing?" The Uchiha nodded as they neared the woods. "Yep. maybe we'll get lucky, and my brother will give us some more training tips."

Naruki nodded as they entered the woods, her long hair whipping around her, as she looked up, and frowned at the cloudy sky, which was rapidly nearing and beginning to cover the sun. "Are you sure? It looks like a storm's coming." Sasuke nodded once more as they leapt from branch to branch now, his sharp hearing picking up the sounds of Itachi training, kunai digging into the wood. "We'll be fine Naruki. Stop worrying."

Now SHE glared at him, and bonked him over the head, or at least she tried to, as he ducked under it. "HEY! Who said I was worried?!"