Hello! Welcome and thanks for reading the first chapter of MTW (My Troublesome Woman), I hope you enjoy! This is an original ShikaxOC fanfiction. If you have any questions, feel free to message me. It is suggested that you read the prolouge first, which is located here: http://www.tokyopop.com/LionChica5/fiction/1068085.html

 

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Chapter One - Three Man Cells! Excitement Bubbles from Within

 

 

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“Hey Mommy, wait up!” A little girl with short blue hair called. She was running full speed down the streets of Konaha, which for some reason were bare. A tall woman with very long chocolate brown hair, pulled into a tight ponytail was walking away from the small girl. She turned her head just slightly, and half her face was visible. Her blue eyes seemed to speak, as if saying “Come catch me if you can!” The seven-year-old pushed herself harder, to reach the figure she just could not seem to get close to. For a moment, there was a harsh light where the girl was temporarily blinded. When the light faded, a man, slightly taller than the woman, was next to the little girl. He had spiked blue hair and a handsome grin.

 

“Daddy, where is Mommy going?” whispered the small one.

 

The man merely winked and said, “See you when we get back, Megu-chan.” The man with tousled indigo hair and deep green eyes jogged ahead, catching up to the woman. Their hands intertwined and they ran off into the distance, leaving their daughter behind. The girl pushed herself further, only to fall face first into the gravel.

 

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A twelve-year-old with now long, deep cerulean hair opened her eyes and yawned. Her vivid blue hair clung to her face and she rubbed her cheek in a feeble attempt to wake herself up. Reluctantly she got out of bed, pushing her reoccurring nightmare aside. This girl walked over to the oak dresser located on the south end of her bedroom, carefully opening the top drawer and pulling out a dress the same color as her hair. The kunoichi slipped into the garment, also putting on tight black shorts to hold her Shuriken Holster and netted sleeves around her arms. The outfit elegantly noted the girl’s sleek figure, and though it may not have seemed like it, was very practical for a ninja. As she hurriedly brushed the knots out of her hair, a bear-like figure was waiting at the door.

 

“You’re going to be late, Megumi-chan.” stated the dark gray fluff ball, staring blankly at her.

 

“I know, I know, Zen. I woke up late.” Megumi sighed. She tied her hitai ate around her neck, the way Hinata said she would wear hers. She looked in the mirror once, then promptly bounded towards the exit. The cat-eared creature held up an obento for his friend to take. She gladly accepted the lunch and rushed out the front door. Megumi’s footsteps slowed as something occurred to her. She turned around slightly and called to her companion.

 

“Zen, why are you teddy bear size again?”

 

There was a pause, “There was a reason I needed to be this size.”

 

“Oh? Where you doing something perverted again?”

 

“Megu-chan! How could you suggest such a vulgar thing?” Zen quivered, obviously red faced.

 

“I have to be on my way, Zen! You be good while I’m gone!” Megumi shouted, happily waving her hand.

 

Back at home, Zen sighed, “It was all for you, Megu-chan…”

 

As Megumi ran to the academy, she shielded her eyes from the sun and looked up at the sky. There wasn’t a cloud in site. She smiled slightly to herself, glowing with pride that she had graduated yesterday, finally become a ninja. Now all she was wondering was what came next; which is what this meeting with Iruka was about.

 

Megumi quickly dashed into the academy, only slowing when her classroom was in sight. Before walking into the room, she caught her breath, then shuffled in. She took her usual next to her best friend, Hinata. As she pulled out her book, Ninja Battle Tactics, she overheard two people talking a couple seats ahead. Curious, she listened in.

 

“Why are you here? Today’s explanatory meeting is only for those who graduated.” Nara Shikamaru asked Uzumaki Naruto, bored.

 

“Hey, can’t you see this hitai ate?” Naruto briefly paused to point to his forehead protector, “Starting today, I’m a ninja too!”

 

After glancing at Hinata to see a small smile present on her lips, Megumi smirked knowingly at her friend. Hinata, who’s very obvious crush was Naruto, was blushing slightly, a happy thought most likely going through her head. Megumi could only imagine Hinata mentally sending lines to Naruto like, “Good for you.” or “I’m glad you did your best.” Megumi shook her head, and continued to read her book. After some time, there was a low rumbling at the far end of the hallway. Megumi’s eyebrows twitched with anticipation, for she knew what was coming. This happened every morning, and was only to be expected as a regular day at the academy. Though Megumi could never figure out why none of them ever decided to come a little earlier than the rest.

 

“Sassssssssssuke-kun!” yelped Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino, elbowing each other in the doorway. With one fateful shove Sakura got a lead on Ino, and went racing down the isles.

 

“Hey, move it! I want to sit there.” Sakura said, rather rudely, to Shikamaru.

 

“What a drag. I’m out of here anyway.” Shikamaru complained, walking back to his seat. From what little attention Megumi was paying, she could see that Naruto was drooling slightly. Most likely a perverted fantasy. “That means you too, Naruto! I’m trying to get around you.”

 

Naruto visually slumped, then jumped onto the desks. He walked around until he was in front of Uchiha Sasuke. He was making such a racket, Megumi paused from reading her book and looked up, only too see someone accidentally leaning back and knock into Naruto. Not only that - Uchiha and Uzumaki shared their first kiss! While the room went dead silent for a few moments, Megumi fell off her chair in hysterical laughter. Soon after, most of the male population - excluding the two victims themselves- were following alone with her. All too soon the ‘Swooning Sasuke Fanclub’ surrounded Megumi, eyes shooting daggers.

 

“What’s so funny, Kawachi?” a girl asked, who’s name escaped Megumi at the moment.

 

“Oh, I just thought that it was a pity to you girls. It looks like Sasuke is taken.”

 

“What?” the girls responded in unison.

 

“Oh, you know. His heart was captured by Mr. Uzumaki over there.” Megumi tried to stifle another giggle.

 

“That’s not true!” The girl took a breath, “Is it?” The group turned expectantly toward Sasuke. Instead, it was the blond in an orange jumpsuit who answered.

 

“Of course it’s not true! Who the heck would like this guy? Bah!” Naruto started to hack onto his hand, “Does anyone have mouthwash?!”

 

“There you have it, there is nothing going on between them! Apologize to Sasuke-san, now!” a girl with purple hair in pigtails said, her golden eyes shining.

 

 

“No way! It was just a joke. Can little Uchiha not take a joke? Too busy brooding?”

 

“Hey! You can’t talk about Sasuke-san that way!”

 

“ I can talk however the heck I want to talk! Oh come on, I know it's upsetting losing the boy you like, to another guy, but lighten up.”

 

“Take it back!”

 

“Forget it.”

 

“Hot-head!”

 

“Fangirl!”

 

“Jerk!”

 

“Obsessed idiot!”

 

“Would you both please just shut up?” said a clearly bored, and slightly aggravated, voice. Megumi furiously turned around to see who had opposed her, “Oh, so it’s Nara Shikamaru. The infamous lazy ninja. Finally get the nerve to say something, and all you are is critical? Tch.”

 

“I may be lazy, and I may be critical, but at least I’m not making incisive bickering.” he replied, barley batting an eyelash.

 

“Fine. It was a stupid argument anyway. Go run along now, pigtails.” Megumi resumed her seat next to Hinata, and propped open her book, ignoring everyone else, until everything continued on normally. After about ten minutes, it appeared as Umino Iruka, the class’ instructor, was in front of the class room, a clipboard in hand. Most of the students stopped what they were doing, and eagerly awaited for Iruka to speak.

 

“Starting today you are no longer mere students of ninjutsu, but full fledged shinobi. Though this is true, you are still on the lower levels, you are all Genin. It only gets harder starting from here.” Megumi groaned, because she knew what Genin missions were - basically household chore or odd jobs people were too lazy or unable to do. They weren’t that hard, unless maybe you were a dope like Naruto. Iruka continued his speech. “You all will be assigned a three man cell, where you will accomplish missions under a Jounin, like myself. We‘ve arranged the groups such that overall abilities balance out. I will now announce them.”

 

Megumi stole a quick glance to her right, to look at Hinata. She was staring intently at Naruto, her fingers doing a fidgeting movement she did when she was nervous.

 

“Hey Hihi-chan, good luck with him.” Megumi whispered.

 

“T-thanks, Meme-chan…” Hinata mumbled, smiling at the nick names from long ago. Megumi recalled they called each other these names because their proper names were too hard to pronounce.

 

“And Team seven consists of Uzumaki Naruto,” Hinata tensed, wishing her name to be on that list, “Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke.”

 

“I g-guess it wasn’t meant to be.” Hinata sighed.

“It’s okay, Hina-chan. I’m sure you’ll get a great team. Let’s just wait for our names.” With that Megumi took Hinata’s hands into hers, and they waited for their names to be called

 

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"…and now for Team Ten. Due to the fact that there is an uneven number this year, this group will have four members. Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji and Kawachi Megumi!"

 

Megumi blinked. Four members in a team? This will lead to some unexpected things... she mused. As Megumi was pondering the pros and cons of such a team build, a certain ninja interrupted her thoughts.

 

"Iruka-sensei! What were you thinking, teaming up a most excellent shinobi such as myself with that loser?" Naruto complained, pointing to Sasuke.

 

Iruka looked irritated before he answered. "Naruto, we are splitting the group up according to abilities. Out of thirty students, you Naruto have the lowest scores, and therefore were teamed up with Sasuke who has the top."

 

“But Iruka-sensei, we have thirty-one students in our class.” piped up the pigtailed girl from earlier.

 

Iruka flipped through some pages on his clipboard, and looked up a wide grin on his face, but a line of worry on his forehead, “I did say thirty students, didn’t I? Well, it’s true. Out of thirty students, Naruto has the lowest, and Sasuke has the highest.”

 

“Eh? Then what about the thirty-first student?” Megumi was really getting irritated with this girl. What was her name? Kiki? Kenchi? What was it?

 

“Well, out of thirty-one Genin, Naruto still has the lowest scores, and Sasuke has the second highest.”

 

“What is the meaning of this?” surprising Sasuke was the one with an outburst this time. Megumi felt betrayed. Her ears were burning, her face turning pink. How can Iruka do this to me? she thought.

 

“I’m sorry Sasuke, it is classified information. If you really wish to know, why don’t you do some individual investigation?” Iruka answered flatly.

 

Megumi released the breath the was unconsciously holding. So Iruka can hold up his end of the bargain. That’s good to know.

 

Now that the excitement was basically all over, Iruka dismissed the class for lunch, and when they came back the Jounin would be introduced to all the groups. As Megumi turned to ask Hinata to lunch, she saw the empty chair. She shifted to see that Hinata had been whisked away by Inuzuka Kiba, a member of her new team. Hinata caught Megumi’s eye, and waved feebly. The blue-haired kunoichi sighed heavily and stretched out her arms. After a few seconds, her arms collapsed behind her, and she upturned her head to look upside down at her hands. Surprisingly, she saw Ino too.

 

“Hey Yamanaka. Guess we’re team mates now, huh?” Megumi said, turning upright

 

“I suppose so, Kawachi. Hey, we’re having lunch together as a team, so come up onto the roof with us?”

 

“Yeah, no problem. Let me get my obento - ”

 

“Megumi-san, could I have a word with you before you leave for lunch?” Iruka interrupted the conversation.

 

“Oh, yes, Sensei. Yamanaka-san, I’ll meet you guys up there, okay?”

 

“You got it, Kawachi! Don’t be too late!” Ino shouted, waving as she left the room.

 

“So Sensei, what is it you wanted to talk about?”

 

“It was about earlier. I’m sorry I almost let it slip about the grades thing. I managed to cover myself up, but nevertheless I’ll be more careful from now on. I hope I didn‘t make you nervous.” Iruka looked worried, as if he had let down a good friend.

 

“Not at all, Iruka-sensei.” It was a lie, but Megumi felt like she needed to comfort her poor teacher, “I know I can trust you. And besides, I’ve graduated! It’s not like there will be many more chances to slip up. I’m going to go meet up with the others now, okay?”

 

“Oh, of course! Wouldn’t want to keep you from eating.”

 

“Yep! Well, Excuse me.” Megumi said, as she left the classroom. A couple meters down the hallway, Megumi was roughly shoved against the wall.

 

“Hey, who the heck - ”

 

“So it’s you?” Megumi was interrupted by the detestable Uchiha Sasuke. He had her pinned by the shoulders to the wall with his hands. “You have higher scores than me? I heard you and Iruka-sensei talking.” Sasuke’s grip on Megumi’s shoulders hardened, his hands cutting into her skin. In the next instant, there was a very small puff of white smoke, Sasuke was thrust backwards. Where Megumi had just been, was now a log, and attached to the log was a note. Sasuke hesitantly walked closer and looked at the note.

 

       Mind your own business, Uchiha!

If you ever touch me again, I promise, you’ll regret it!

 

P.S. What shampoo do you use? I’m curious as how you get your hair to look like a duck butt!

 

           Thanks!

 

                      ~ Kawachi Megumi

 

In the empty white space next to the words, there was a crudely drawn picture of what looked to be Megumi sticking her tongue out. Sasuke angrily crumpled the letter and threw it to the ground, continuing on his way, a contorted scowl on his face.

 

“Tch. Stupid, idiotic, pathetic girl.” Sasuke mumbled, his faced flushed with anger.

 

 

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(c)LionChica5/Alex

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A/N: finally another chapter out! I just wanted to write, so I decided to work on this. Now I have tons of plot ideas in my head! I just gotta get them out. So you meet a lot of characters in the chapter, some of them you most likely know. But You meet my own characters as well, Zen and Megumi! I hope you learn to love them as much as I have!

 

 

 

Naruto and it's characters (c)Masashi Kishimoto

Kawachi Megumi, Zen, Story plot, and other characters that come in later (c) Me