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Something to Fight For: One Shot #2

Hey! This is another one shot that goes with my main story... So you might want to read it first. It goes along with the chapter Demonstrating (Forcefully).

Warning: This is going to be really... weird, I guess.

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"Come one, come all! Have a one minute chat with Haruka, the best Nee-chan in the world, for the small price of one thousand yen!" Konohamaru announced to the small crowd, making them giggle and squeal in excitement.

Once he had seen the huge demand to meet Nee-chan from his classmates, he quickly saw what a great opportunity it was; not only could she complete the deal faster than expected, but he could make a few yen in the process.

It didn't take long to set the whole thing up, since they only needed a curtain to for a makeshift booth and a box to put all of the admission funds in. With the help of his two minions, as he liked to think of them, Konohamaru had put the whole thing together in less than an hour. It wasn't too stable, of course, but it would do for now.

The only difficult thing had been getting Nee-chan to agree. He had managed to do so in the end, though; he was, after all, a future Hokage. All he had to do was bribe her with some bar-b-que and tell her about possibly finishing the deal, and she had agreed whole-heartedly. In fact, she had even showed up twenty minutes early.

Now, Konohamaru watched his classmates line up in front of the entrance, chest puffed with pride. He had already made a good fifteen thousand yen and was planning on spreading his business to the entire village. The thought of all that money almost made him drool. He restrained himself though, doing his best to behave like a proper pimp in the making.

"Okay, Kiri, you're up first!" He told the girl at the front of the line, gesturing to his minions to escort her inside. The girl turned a cherry red, but allowed herself to pushed through the curtain.

On the other side, Haruka sat rigidly in a chair provided to her by Konohamaru. According to him, all she had to do was have a semi-polite conversation for one minute with each customer, and then ask them to call her Nee. It sounded simple enough, but she was never sure when it came to Konohamaru.

The first girl who came in had black hair, the hair color of most of the people living in Konoha, and light green eyes. She sat across from Haruka, fiddling with her fingers shyly and refusing to meet her senpai's eyes.

"Hello. I am Haruka." The blonde introduced herself, leaning forward slightly unconsciously.

The girl looked at her wide eyed, awe in her face. "I-I'm Kiri... Can you really hit someone in the eye with your needles?" She whispered.

"I suppose so, yes." Haruka wasn't sure, as she had never felt the need to make someone lose an eye, but they didn't look too hard to hit.

Kiri squeaked in amazement, almost bouncing out of her chair. "You're so cool, Senpai!!!" She giggled, all of her shyness gone.

As the little girl freaked out, Haruka could see Konohamaru gesture to her from his spot behind the curtain that her time was almost up. Hurriedly, she jumped right in to the big question.

"Kiri, could you call me Nee?" Haruka asked, barely concealing the urgency in her tone.

The girl paused, staring at her senior with eyes as big as the Hokage's ears. "I'm... I'm.." The girl mumbled, shaking a bit. Haruka leaned closer in anticipation, ready to add another tally.

"I'M NOT WORTHY!!!" Kiri shouted, jerking herself out of her chair. Sprinting, she left the tent, crying tears of joy.

Haruka looked at the place she had been in shock, wondering what the hell had just happened. The only thing that prevented her from chasing the girl down was the thought that there was still more than enough kids in line for her to finish the deal.

Sadly, the rest of the sessions went almost exactly the same: they would ask a question, yell about her 'awesomeness', and then run away from an overload of joy when she popped the question. It was extremely frustrating, to say the least.

She restrained her self from getting too angry though, always thinking that one of the kids ahead would say 'yes' to her question, and help her get so much closer to finishing the deal. Before she knew it though, they had run out of customers.

"Don't worry, Nee-chan! You'll finish that deal one day!" Moegi consoled the girl, patting her hunched over back. Udon helped as well, offering to let her borrow one of his math books in his free time.

Konohamaru though, ignored them all. He was far too busy counting his money, eyes round with glee at his haul. In all, he had made about twenty five thousand yen. Think of all the candy, manga and disguises he could get with all that!

Sighing, Haruka straightened. She had hoped that she would have been able to finish the deal that day and finally receive Nii-san's full respect, but that obviously wasn't going to happen. At least she didn't have too far to go.

Before she could leave, Konohamaru latched to her arm desperately. "H-hey, Nee-chan! Where're you goin? We still need to plan next week's session!" He insisted, digging his heels in the ground to keep her from leaving.

 "Next week's?" Haruka echoed, frowning in confusion. She had thought that their partnership had been a one time deal.

"Yeah! Next week's!" Konohamaru nodded his head, eyes pleading with her to agree.

Gently, Haruka removed his hand from her arm and started to walk away. Without turning back, she called out her answer.

"No."

Needless to say, Konohamaru spent the rest of the week gorging himself on candy and wallowing in his feelings of betrayal.