Oh yeah; and because I have a feeling nobody else would want to role-play him (because he's a silly airhead, like me ;D) I'm choosing this character. You can still choose him instead of me if you want, 'cause it would be unfair just to reserve him before anyone else got a say.

(I am assuming that this role-play takes place in the first arc where everyone is still Gennin, since Shippuden has only just started in the anime and hardly anybody would know much about it. Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that this takes place after the Chuunin exam finished. And, though I am using Kakashi as a secondary character in this, you are more than welcome to use him, though I fear nobody will. ;D)

-NARUTO-

Naruto had an entire free day ahead of him. Amazingly enough, Kakashi had not received any ninja tasks for their team to do. So, you might ask; what would he do with an entire day to himself?

He was training.

Yes, as astounding as that sounds, the blond-haired ninja most widely reputed for pulling knuckle-headed pranks was actually practicing ninjutsu. Unfortunately, he didn't have all that many ninjutsu to practice, so...

"Please, Master Kakashi! Just one!"

Kakashi sighed. Naruto had been incessantly bugging him for the last ten minutes. It was no good just disappearing; the next time Naruto saw him it would just start all over again.

"I can't teach you a jutsu just like that. Learning a jutsu can take a week or two; some of the most complicated ones take about a month."

"I don't care! I still want to learn one!"

"Most ninja of your age would be happy knowing how create real Shadow Clones and how to summon giant frogs. You defeated Shukaku the Ichibi, if I remember correctly."

"Yes, but that was only because of..." Naruto sighed "...that accursed fox. I want to do something on my own; a jutsu I can do without the Kyuubi's chakra!"

Kakashi looked earnestly at Naruto. He was genuinely eager, as always, but this time there was some kind of sadness in his expression as well. He really did want to have a jutsu he could use without help from the Kyuubi.

"Alright, Naruto. I'll teach you a jutsu. Come with me to the training grounds."

Naruto's face lit up. He hared off after Kakashi, and the two of them were soon at the training grounds.

(Right! That's all I'm doing for today. Now you guys can choose a character, and maybe meet Naruto at the training grounds, or start a new plotline. Oh, and could you suggest a jutsu that Kakashi could teach, or try to, at least, to Naruto? I can't think of one. :P)

-GAARA-

'I hate clouds. I hate birds. I hate grass. I hate everything in this damn place.' Gaara was seated on a tree branch near the training grounds of Konoha, his back to the trunk and his gourd on the branch next to him. He and his siblings had just gotten back to Sunagakure, when he and Kankuro were sent back here on another mission to retrieve some sort of artifact from a thief who had escaped to this very village (Long sentence...). Gaara had only agreed to do this mission with his brother because the artifact was something of his. The tea kettle Shukaku had once been sealed inside of. The demon wished for him to keep it near, so he had to. And he had to come here to rescue it from being sold on the black market.

The sound of footsteps coming towards the training arena caught his attention. He could spot the blond idiot and his even more idiotic teacher heading his way. Grabbing his gourd, Gaara dissipated into sand and hid himself. He was in a better mood now, as good a mood as Sabaku no Gaara can be in, and wanted to play...

(Ooh, what's Gaara gonna do to Naruto and Kakashi? Reply and find out! ^^)

-NARUTO-

"What's wrong, Sensei?" Kakashi looked back at Naruto.

"Hm? Oh, nothing. Now then... what kind of jutsu do you want to learn?"

"Wha...?" asked Naruto, taken aback.

"Well, you wanted me to teach you a jutsu, right? So which one do you want to learn?"

"Oh..." It hadn't occurred to Naruto that he might actually have to choose a jutsu; he'd sort of thought that Kakashi would have one in mind. But it soon came to Naruto. "I want to learn that fire jutsu that Sasuke uses!"

Kakashi rolled his eyes. He had expected that it might be this one.

"Alright, alright. First you've got to learn the hand-seals. Watch carefully..."

'Damn that Hatake. He sensed my presence.'

Gaara crouched lower behind the bush. He had to run a squirrel out of this thing to get it, he was going to stay there (XD).

"Alright," said Kakashi, having made sure Naruto knew the hand-seals. "Now all you've got to do is get the chakra flow right. As you probably know, it looks like Sasuke is breathing fire when he does this jutsu, right?"

"Yeah," said Naruto, practically bubbling over with eagerness.

"So imagine the chakra coming up from your gut, through your lungs and out through your mouth, and always keep in mind what you want to happen. You want the chakra to become fire, but it won't do that unless you make it perfectly explicit in your mind. Okay?"

(I have no idea how the jutsu really does go, so I'm just winging it here. ;D)

"Okay, got it," said Naruto.

"Now try it out. Don't expect to get it the first few times; it should probably come to you after... oh... a few days of training, perhaps..."

"I don't care! Finally I'm gonna show that damn Sasuke that I'm better than him!"

Kakashi sighed. Sasuke was already having enough self-doubt over not having been able to save Sakura from Gaara withough Naruto rubbing it in his face.

"Now you're sure that you've understood all of that?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry."

"Alright. I'll be seeing you then..." Kakashi vanished, leaving Naruto to practice.

-KAKASHI-

He dropped neatly behind Gaara without making even a sound.

"And what business do *you* have in Konohagakure, Sabaku no Gaara?"

(XD)

"Actually, I think it is my business," said Kakashi, backing off just far enough to make sure he could dodge the sand. "You are from the Land of Wind and, unless you are here for explicit reasons that you have communicated to Konohagakure's authorities, then you are breaking the law. You have four choices. One: show me your pass, if you have one. Two: accompany me to get one. Three: leave Konohagakure post-haste. Four: fight. And, trust me, you do not want to fight me." Kakashi held his left wrist with his right hand in a way that he was sure Gaara would find extremely familiar.

"Hm. It's good to see that you've curbed your psychopathic tendencies. Well, alright then," said Kakashi, relaxing- slightly. "I suppose you might as well have a bit of innocent fun..."

-NARUTO-

"Alright... one more time..." Naruto was standing a short way away from the bushes that Gaara and Kakashi were behind, facing the other way. Not that the forest was in any danger of catching fire.

Naruto's hands blurred as he did the necessary hand-seals, and he focused on the chakra flow; the feeling of fire and massive heat. He was ready to release the chakra.

(Let's see what happens when Gaara pulls his prank, shall we? =D)

The clone strutted over to Naruto in a not-so-Sakura way, pressed her suddenly large chest to his back, and licked his ear, speaking in a drop dead sexy voice, "What kind of big strong jutsu are you learning for me, hunk?" Kakashi could actually hear Gaara snicker to himself.

Of course, the worst time you can interrupt a ninja is in the middle of a chakra focusing session, especially when they're preparing to dispell it. Amazingly enough, the shock made him do the jutsu properly; the only problem was... well. Dogs are not the only thing that can go 'woof'.

Naruto rolled along the floor in an attempt to put out the fire that had caught on his orange clothes. They were now slightly singed, with black in small patches all over them.

Once Naruto had caught his breath, he pointed at the ersatz Sakura.

"Who are you and what did you do with Sakura?" he demanded loudly.

-KAKASHI-

Kakashi sighed, peering through his fingers with his one normal eye.

"I hadn't pinned you as a pervert, Gaara," he said lightly.

The squirrel scampered up to Gaara, still holding its acorn, and jumped up onto the top of his gourd. It had decided that it would probably be a lot of fun hanging around with these guys.

-NARUTO-

"I may be selfish, I may be self-centred; Hell, I may even be stupid, but at least I know this for sure," said Naruto, standing to face 'Sakura' properly; "Sakura is devoted to Sasuke, and the day she'd choose me over him is the day Hell freezes over." He paused. "And I definitely do not remember her breasts being that big. Come on, drop the illusion already, whoever you are. Show yourself!"

The squirrel chuckled to itself in the quiet way squirrels have of doing and nibbled at its acorn like it was popcorn at the cinema. Of course something about the boy holding the squirrel made it uneasy, but this was too rich to pass up.

(XDDD Omg... Okay, breathe... XD... Anyway, name the squirrel Foamy! ^o^)

Naruto froze and twitched intermittently.

Then, suddenly snapping into action, he unleashed several sharp and shiny projectiles in Orochimaru's direction. He'd had enough of being messed around, and whomever it was was going to have to put up with a bit of inconvenience.

-KAKASHI-

Kakashi sighed, and picked up Foamy. The squirrel scurried up his arm, and rested in his sable hair.

"Do you think we should tell him, or let Gaara have a bit more fun?"

Foamy clicked and chirruped squirrelishly. Kakashi smiled.

"Yeah, let's just watch. I want to see if Naruto can figure out that it's Gaara."

'The weapons bounced off. It's like he's made of stone or something...'

"Screw you!" Naruto shouted defiantly. "With a kunai!" he added, feeling that the first part hadn't been quite enough.

The Orochimaru before him wasn't a real person; that much was for sure. So where was the real person that made it?

Naruto closed his eyes and focused. There had to be a chakra signature somewhere nearby-

The massive amount of chakra within Shukaku almost knocked Naruto over.

"GAARA!!!"

-KAKASHI-

"Yup, he's figured it out. Let's go, shall we?" Foamy squeaked happily.

To put it in short, Naruto freaked out and pinned Gaara to the ground. Not that this would keep him occupied for long, of course, but still...

"What in *Hell* are YOU doing here?!"

(I'll post more later, gtg!)

Naruto backed off, but didn't take his eyes off Gaara for a second.

"You'd better not be here to hurt me or my friends. I haven't forgotten our little fight in the forest where you nearly killed both Sasuke and Sakura."

"Don't worry," said Kakashi, stepping out of the bushes. "Gaara won't hurt anyone. I have his word on that."

Naruto stared at Kakashi.

"What is that *squirrel* doing on your head?" Foamy nibbled at his acorn endearingly.

"It's eating. What does it look like?" Kakashi answered simply.

(My new catchprase. lol)

"I have no problem with that squirrel. *My* quarrel is with you, Sabaku no Gaara. What assurance do I have that you aren't here to take revenge for when I kicked your butt last time?" Kakashi sighed.

"You're not exactly acting like you want to be friends, Naruto..." Foamy squeaked, chirruped and clicked at length. The others just stared at him. What he said, roughly translated into English, is this;

"But you weren't exactly all that friendly when you met the gourd boy!" said Foamy, apparently looking at Kakashi. They stared at him in incomprehension.

'Brat, you better go get that damn tea kettle before I kill you!'

'I die, you die as well.'

'DAMMIT!'

'Sorry, that's just the way it works.'

Foamy scampered off after the acorn, wondering why nobody could understand what he said.

"But why-!"

"Alright, that's enough," said Kakashi, muffling his voice with a hand and dragging Naruto away. He looked to Gaara. "If you think you've had enough of listening to him, think about what it must be like for me. Still, I'll try to keep him away from you, okay?" With that, Kakashi vanished.

Foamy came back carrying his acorn, and offered it to Gaara with big, shiny eyes. (XD)

(If you need me to roleplay anyone else, just ask.)

(Sorry, I'm feeling a bit hurt because of you rejecting the pidgeon song...)

"Hey, Naruto, you wanna... get some ramen?"

"RAMEN!!! X3 YAAA- wait, wha? o.0 Since when do you eat ramen?"

"Never, baka, I was trying to be nice to you." Gaara glared, making Naruto shrink down, forgetting the tough-guy act he tried to pull earlier.

"So do you want that ramen or not?" Naruto nodded. "Good, now let's go."

"Oh, wait, I was supposed to be training!" Gaara kept walking. Naruto gave up, sighed, and followed. "Hey, wait for me!"

Despite Naruto's proclivity to be hauled into any potentially dangerous situation by his love for Oriental pasta-like substances, he was wondering exactly what Gaara was playing at by taking him for ramen.

Naruto comforted himself with the thought that he would probably be able to take Gaara if he tried any funny business... probably.

"There it is!" said Naruto, speeding up as Ichiraku came in sight.

Naruto took his place of honour right in front of the counter.

"Give me the usual gramps!" He looked around at Gaara. "You'd better have brought your piggy-bank with you Sandy, 'cause I don't ever leave a ramen shop without eating half the stock."

(XD Gaara just strikes me as the person to want plain everything. lol)

-NARUTO-

Grabbing *all* of the nearby condiments to put on his ramen, Naruto instantly started in on it, his chopsticks a blur between the bowl and himself. The noodles seemed to be a constant unending stream between the two, and of course there was always the amazingly annoying slurping. It actually stopped for a while.

"Hey mister! Get me another of these, will ya? I'm nearly finished with this one." Then, straight back to the ramen.

Amazingly enough, Naruto actually stopped eating for a few seconds to speak to Gaara.

"Now come on, Gaara; you know as well as I that you never do anything for no good reason. What do you want from giving me ramen?"

"Well," he said through the ramen, "rembemfer ooh telsh mee hen sheoo do."

"Hey, uh... Naruto... I need to ask you... for a favor." Gaara just didn't /do/ asking favors, so this was pretty hard for him to do. He figured taking Naruto out for ramen would help the blond idiot make the right decision *coughSAYINGYEScough*.

Naruto stared at Gaara askance, with a bunch of ramen still sticking out of his mouth.

"Jigga wha-?" He swallowed it. "I'm not gonna go with you on one of your psychotic killing sprees! But if it's something else less crazy, then I'd say I'm about two bowls away from saying yes."

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