It wasn't that he liked her. Quite the opposite, actually - she was easily on his 'Top Ten People Sasuke Uchiha Hates' list. Right below Itachi Uchiha's name (which was on there eight times) and a giant grouping titled 'Fangirls'; he refused to learn their names. But there at the bottom of his list, sitting pretty at number ten, was Naruto Uzumaki.

She was loud, but so were the other girls. She was weak, but so were the other girls. In fact there was nothing about her that stood out to him, besides the fact that she didn't fawn over him. Theirs was a mutual hatred. And the thing that Sasuke hated most about her was simple; Naruto was an idiot.

It would have been fine, but for some reason every time he let his mind wander in public - whenever he lost focus - he'd see her. And what he saw was starting to piss him off. She was just so stupid.

Sasuke paused on his way home from training, walking down the same path he always took. He looked out into a small clearing, a makeshift dummy laid unscathed against a tree impaled by multiple kunai. And there in the middle of the clearing was Naruto, standing next to what appeared to be a deflated beach ball.

"Tch, loser." Sasuke shoved his hands further into his pocket and tried to walk away. It was just Naruto being an Idiot, it wasn't any of his business.

"Clone Jutsu!" Naruto's raspy voice boomed out from the clearing.

That was supposed to be a clone? That dopey looking pool toy? Sasuke stopped mid-step, the bottom of his jaw jutting forward. He ground his teeth slowly, something only Naruto seemed to cause. Turning on his heel, Sasuke marched down to the clearing.

It might not be any of his business. But, it was like throwing away a piece of trash that missed the can. Community service or something like that.

Sasuke glared at the second clone Naruto had created. He better get some good karma for this. Naruto was too focused on her jutsu to notice him, even when he got into arm's reach. "Hey, loser, what are you doing?"

"Bastard!" Naruto shouted reflexively. Her frown deepened while her nostrils flared. She stomped her feet and she threw her arms down to her sides. "Sasuke you jerk! I had it that time but you had to mess me up!" She always seemed to stand on her tippy toes when she yelled at him.

Sasuke nudged a clone with his foot. It dispelled with no resistance. He smiled as Naruto's face began to redden at her failure."There's no way that was a clone."

"Was too!" Naruto rose to her toes again and then bounced down. She flailed her arms wildly, looking somewhat like a rooster in heat. "Just you watch, bastard, I'll make the best looking clone ever!"

Sasuke gave a short snort and took a step back. "Well show me, loser."

"Fine, I will!" Naruto clapped her hands together and formed the transformation seal. She concentrated so hard a headache started in her head, and when the jutsu was finally ready she smiled. "Sexy Jutsu!"

"That's not a clone, Naruto," Sasuke said blandly, smacking his lips and looking at the bouncing blonde in front of him. He blinked once, completely unamused.

Naruto dispelled her jutsu, a large frown on her face. "What's with you! You didn't react or anything! That jutsu works on even the Hokage! You must be gay or something."

"I'm eleven, Naruto," Sasuke rolled his shoulders and took a step back. "Besides - you're not that cute."

"What? I have pigtails! And pigtails are cute, so I'm cute. The Hokage said so!" Once again Naruto rose to her tippy toes while her arms shot straight down to her sides her hands in balled fists.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and laughed once, a short burst of dry amusement. "The Hokage told you that pigtails were cute?"

"What? No, I heard him telling some other guy that pigtails were cute!" Naruto folded her arms and stood on her tippy toes once again. With a snort, she dropped back down.

Sasuke looked up towards the Hokage monument, his respect for the old man fading with the light of day. With a hard sigh, Sasuke turned back to Naruto. "Look, show me your clone jutsu so I can tell you what's wrong with it."

"Why do you want to help me?" Naruto blushed and looked down towards the ground, her eyes flickering twice to attempt to meet Sasuke's.

"Because you're so stupid it's pissing me off."

"Bastard!" Naruto's blush doubled in intensity. She glared at him, eye to eye. A deep growl escaped from her as she ground her teeth. Just when she thought somebody was being nice to her. "Fine! Just you watch! I'm not doing anything wrong!"

Naruto slapped her face twice and formed the clone sign. She closed her eyes and made a sound somewhere between a hum and a growl. She was going to give it everything she had and show that bastard she wasn't stupid!

Sasuke felt the air brush past him; it was barely noticeable. But the grass flattened out around Naruto and a few leaves fluttered about her feet, dancing on the sudden slight wind. To be able to put out that amount of chakra was amazing. It probably meant that she had wind nature or something.

"Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted and the wind doubled in strength. She could feel it - she had done it this time - she had made a perfect clone of herself! She opened one eye slowly to see the fruits of her labor.

The clone looked like somebody had turned Naruto into a balloon and inflated it to the point of bursting. The clone opened it's mouth and began to whistle as hot air escaped from its mouth. Then the clone flew around the clearing, making a farting noise as it deflated. It skidded to a stop right between Naruto and Sasuke, now little more than an empty sack.

"Uhh." Naruto looked from Sasuke to her latest failure and back. Her entire body felt incredibly hot right now, especially her cheeks and forehead. Even her ears felt warm.

Sasuke kicked the clone causing it to vanish. He gave her a single clap and a smirk. He didn't know what to expect, but that certainly wasn't it. "You're an idiot."

"Bastard!" Naruto rose to her toes again, all traces of her blush gone. "It's just because this stupid jutsu isn't cool enough for me! If they taught me a cooler jutsu, then I'd be able to do it!"

"Oh?" Sasuke took a step forward and looked down his nose at Naruto. "What makes you think you'd be able to even do a cooler jutsu if you can't do the basics?"

Naruto stepped forward chest first and rose to meet Sasuke's challenge. If there was one thing in the world she hated it was being looked down on. She wasn't about to let a bastard like Sasuke get away with it! "I'm cool so I can only do cool jutsu!"

Sasuke smirked and rose to the tips of his toes. "There's nothing cool about you, shorty."

With a pout Naruto bounced back down, her lip trembling slightly. It wasn't her fault she was short! She just hadn't had her growth spurt yet. It was bound to happen any day now…. Right? "Bastard."

The tone of her voice was almost enough to make him feel bad. The pout and the way her eyes watered had to be some kind of genjutsu to make him submit to her. He dropped down to his feet and growled, venting a bit of his frustration. No, he was going to do this for his own satisfaction and definitely not because she was cute. "Fine, I'll teach you a cool jutsu. But only so I can watch you suck at it!"

Naruto looked at Sasuke like he was some kind of savior for a few seconds. Then she scowled. "And what kind of cool jutsu do you know, huh?"

"Follow me and find out." Sasuke turned to leave and couldn't help but smile. There was no way Naruto would be able to do this jutsu. After all, it had taken him weeks to learn it. It was something the Uchiha all learned at a young age.

"Wait! I don't want to leave my kunai behind!" Naruto ran around trying to frantically gather all of her kunai. "One, two, three, four, uhh six! No, wait, five! Huh, where's the last one?"

Sasuke sighed and bent down to pick up a misplaced kunai. It was blunted from frequent use, and half rusted over to boot. He doubted even he'd be able to hit a target with a kunai like this - it was likely older than he was! There was no way that it was Naruto's kunai.

"Hey, my kunai!" Naruto ran towards Sasuke with an armful of kunai. Each one was in worse shape than the one Sasuke was holding. Before Sasuke could respond Naruto ripped the Kunai from his hand and stuck it with the rest.

Sasuke shrugged and led Naruto towards the pond where he'd first trained his fireball jutsu. He didn't expect Naruto to burn anything, but if he was going to show her the jutsu he should do it someplace not flammable.

Naruto followed Sasuke with her hands behind her head. Sasuke was a slow walker so she kicked the dirt as she went. She glared at the back of his head. She didn't understand it! Why was he being so nice!? Was this a prank? Or a joke? Why was he being such a bastard?

It wasn't any of his business, he thought. If Naruto wanted to use crappy kunai, that was up to her. Sasuke turned his head back to check whether Naruto was still following him. She was staring up at the sky as the first stars began to appear. Why did she piss him off so much? It was like her entire reason for living was to get under his skin.

"This jutsu had better be cool, Sasuke!" Naruto said as they arrived at the small dock. She had seen Sasuke sitting on it a few times. She liked this area of town; It was relatively empty.

Sasuke walked along the pier in silence. For a moment there was no Naruto, and he was once again a five-year-old boy trying to learn the fireball jutsu to impress his father. The hand signs were automatic and he could feel his chakra ready to be released.

Naruto watched in amazement as Sasuke created a giant fireball. It was probably bigger than her whole room! Steam rose from the lake's surface where it almost grazed the water. "Wow, Sasuke! That's so cool!"

There it was - the recognition he wanted from his father, coming from a stupid little girl. Sasuke shook his head and released the jutsu. He smiled and placed a hand in his pocket.

Naruto pounced on Sasuke with stars in her eyes. She always knew he was strong, but to have a jutsu like this! It was awesome! She needed to know it! With a jutsu like that she'd be one step closer to becoming Hokage! "Please teach me your jutsu Sasuke-sensei!"

"Get off!" Sasuke tried to shake Naruto off of his arm. She was clinging to him like one of his damn fangirls! The tips of his ears turned pink. "Let go you idiot loser!"

Naruto released Sasuke's arm and pouted. "Whatever, bastard-sensei, you said you'd teach me your jutsu. So teach me!"

"Fine, I'll show you how, but don't blame me if it's too cool for you to handle." It took Naruto fifteen minutes to learn the six hand sign jutsu, it was easier when Sasuke realized that Naruto learned better in groups of three than six.

Naruto stuck her tongue out as she did the hand signs at a steady pace. She could feel it. This was going to be awesome! She held the tiger seal to her lips and blew just like Sasuke did, her eyes wide open.

Sasuke chuckled as Naruto blew a raspberry. That was worse than his first attempt, at least he produced a flame! But Naruto was only capable of blowing hot air! It was worth was almost worth the trouble of teaching her to watch her fail.

Naruto screamed with her mouth shut. She stomped her feet twice and refused to look back at Sasuke. She was not to going to give the smug bastard the satisfaction. Once again she went through the hand seals summoned her chakra.

As before she did nothing but blow out through her lips.

She could hear Sasuke's smugness from behind her. The bastard was mocking her, she knew it. This was all just one giant prank to laugh at her, wasn't it? Why were her eyes wet? She must be tired. Yea that was it.

"You need to make a spark," Sasuke spoke, mostly to avoid yawning. He really didn't care if Naruto would be able to do the jutsu or not, but he doubted she'd let him leave until she at least made a small fire. "Now hurry up it's already dark."

Naruto jumped at Sasuke's advice. She quickly wiped her eyes and turned to look at Sasuke. "A spark?"

"Yea, being angry normally works, after a while you stop needing a spark and it comes naturally."

"Angry," Naruto repeated, and turned to face the pond again. "Angry angry angry." She went through the hand signs once again, searching for that spark of anger Sasuke mentioned. Sasuke the bastard. That stupid smug bastard showing her a stupid jutsu and not showing her exactly how it worked.

Naruto squeezed her eyes shut tight and blew through her fingers once again. This time she felt it. Everything rushed out of her - her chakra, breath, heat, everything!

For a few moments night turned to day. Sasuke felt his eyeballs dry up as Naruto produced a second sun just above the pond. It radiated such intense heat that the water level of the pond dropped like it had sprung a leak.

Sasuke stood with his mouth open while he blinked slowly. He was seeing spots. Well, one giant spot that covered most of his field of view; he might as well be blind. His vision returned and he saw Naruto collapsed on the ground. A tree on the far side of the pond had a few branches singed.

"Hey, loser." Sasuke walked forward to see Naruto panting. Her whole body heaved with each motion. "You okay?"

Naruto gave Sasuke the best smile she could. "Hey, bastard-sensei. Did I do it? I had my eyes closed but I think I did it, I'm kind of tired now… I'm going to..." She began to purr like a kitten as she drifted off to sleep.

Sasuke frowned at the stupid idiot in front of him, snoring like she didn't just make the largest fireball he had ever seen. It had to have been a fluke, he told himself. Still, he'd better make sure that she never tried to do it again. He nudged her side with his foot. "Hey, wake up. I will leave you here."

"Bastard," Naruto mumbled and rolled over to her other side, still asleep.

Sasuke glared at Naruto before he shrugged and started to walk home. He'd taught Naruto his jutsu, so she was no longer his responsibility. He had no regrets about leaving a stupid idiot like her to sleep outside. After all, what was the worst that could happen?

Sasuke stopped at the edge of the dock. He let out a grunt as he scratched his head wildly. After a moment he collected himself and stomped loudly over to Naruto. She was heavier than she looked. "What kind of idiot just falls asleep like this?"

"Bastard," Naruto mumbled into Sasuke's shoulder.

AN: Beta'd by the lovely Dakeyras author of such titles as Heat.

With this fic I have officially genderbent all three members of team seven :D Kakashi's next!.. I kid... mostly...

Anyways this was an off shoot idea from my nine tailed Chuuniyou fic. This one will actually be a bit longer than it though.

Next update for... Sound of freedom probably I feel like I need to update it on Tayuya's birthday! so I'm going to get started on that!