Chicken Soup for the Naruto Fan's Soul
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or any of the brand name stuff I name in this thing. THIS IS THE ONLY DISCLAIMER I AM HAVING EVER SO DON'T BUG ME!
Senjou: I have decided to write this ongoing thing that is a collection of stories that I think up that'll be fun for anyone who likes Naruto! I'll try and update once every two days at the most. The stories will range from being drabble length (100 - 500 words) to short story length (4000 words) and will contain pretty much everything imaginable (except for gross stuff like Yaoi, Yuri, and other stuff like that). This first chapter is based off of a section of a drawing contest that Link and Luigi have on their homepage (I really love their website, its so awesome, their fanfics are good too). This chapter/story is dedicated to you guys! Enjoy!
Story 1: Haircuts...
Neji Hyuuga was just walking down an empty street on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams (not really, he was just in Konoha), when a bird flew down from the clear blue sky and landed on Neji's shoulder. The bird started pulling at his long hair, and biting it, and over all, annoying Neji.
"Get away, you annoying bird." Neji knocked the bird off his shoulder with the back of his hand, but the bird still had a bit of his hair in its mouth and those few strands were plucked off of Neji's head. He cursed as he kept walking down the road.
A few minutes later a young kid ran up behind him, even though Neji could see him he didn't expect the kid to be coming to him. The kid, who could be no older than four or five, tugged on Neji's hair. "Mister, I can't find my doggie, can you help me find him?" Neji told the little kid to leave him alone and just kept walking.
Another few minutes later Neji was walking through the forests inside of Konoha's walls. He was walking through an area particularly filled with plant life. Neji's hair got stuck on a tree branch, which startled Neji so he used the 64 Hands of Hakke on the tree. Poor tree... The tree was history, except for a small piece of the branch that had gotten caught in his hair. That was when it hit him. My hair is too long, it is my destiny to get it cut.
So that's what he did, after getting permission from the "evil" Hiashi Hyuuga, Neji went to the nearest barber shop (yes, they do have those in Konoha... How else would Sasuke keep his hair the way it is?). The bell above the door jingled as Neji walked in.
"Welcome, sir... Business is quite slow today so we can get you in right away." The guy who was apparently in charge of cutting peoples hair for that day glanced at Neji's long hair and wondered how much he should charge him for having to cut a lot of hair. "How do you want your hair to be cut?" He inquired as Neji sat down in one of those swirly barber shop chairs.
"I want my hair to be like this guy's hair..." He fished in his pocket until he came up with a picture of Kiba with his hood down. (A/N: Yes, Kiba. I don't think I would dare having his hair like Shikamaru, Chouji, Naruto, Sasuke, Shino, or Lee's hair...) Why he was carrying a picture of Kiba with him? No one knows, but the barber didn't ask. He just started cutting his hair. Long strands of blackish brown hair fell to the ground in clumps. After about thirty minutes the barber thought he had Neji's hair the way the guy in the picture had it. Neji payed, and left the shop, wondering how everyone would react tomorrow since they were having an all Genin (and one Chuunin) training session.
The next day, Neji woke up and went into the bathroom to brush his beautiful long hair when he realized he didn't have all of that hair any longer. So he just skipped that and went to the kitchen where Hinata currently was, eating her favorite cereal, Fruity Pebbles. She noticed Neji, who she didn't know was Neji.
"Sir, you're not supposed to be in the Hyuuga estates..." Hinata said, not stuttering because she didn't know it was Neji. Neji turned around and glared at Hinata.
"Is there a new rule that branch house members can't even live in the Hyuuga estates now?" He said coldly. Hinata just stared at him.
"N-N-Neji-nii-san? I-is that you?" Hinata started poking her fingers together like she did when she was embarrassed or being shy.
"Yes, it's me, who else would it be?" Hinata was just quiet from then on, Neji-nii-san looks really good with short hair...
Neji arrived at the training grounds last on purpose, wanting to surprise everyone with his new hair. He walked into training area 35 and found everyone in a clearing near the entrance. He walked towards the group and Tenten turned around and said, "This training session is only for current Genin, and one Chuunin. Please leave..."
"Can no one recognize me?" It was just then that everyone gasped. The girl's mouths were wide open from how awesome he looked. The boy's mouths were now open because they had never expected Neji to actually get his hair cut. The sensei's mouths were open because their students mouths were open and they wouldn't want to be left out, would they?
Just then, a bird flew down from the slightly cloudy sky and started making a nest in Neji's new hair. I guess this is why Kiba wears that hood all the time...
Senjou: So, what do you think of this first story... Now we know the reason why Kiba almost always wears that hood and we can imagine what Neji would look like with a bird nest in his newly cut hair! I'll update ASAP!