SO... as the title suggests, I got inspired by the movie. I spent most of the summer writing this story and finally finished. hope you enjoy.

WARNING: language, yaoi, etc
Disclaimer: Never Been Kissed (the movie) is not mine. Naruto is not mine.

Uzumaki Naruto was an average sort of person... below average probably. He wasn't the type to stand out in a crowd and prided himself in his ability to 'fly under the radar'. He had made average grades throughout school and now was the errand boy at Konoha News only because his father owned the company and his brother was the lead anchor.

Naruto was the son of Namekaze Minato's second marriage. Minato's first wife was paranoid that Naruto would end up taking the inheritance away from her son, Kyuubi. When Naruto was born his parents were forced to give him his mother, Uzumaki Kushina's, family name and then he could never draw extra attention to himself unless he wanted the first wife to harass his mother. This was probably the reason for Naruto's low-profile attitude.

It wasn't that Naruto had an unhappy childhood; he had two adoring parents and a loving older half-brother. He had two very close friends, Gaara and Shikamaru, whom he had known since he was a kid. He had been given the best education public school could offer and even got a full scholarship to a prestigious private university because he wanted to be a news reporter just like his father and so the Konoha News company paid for him. After graduating he was given a job at the news station, even though he was basically an errand boy. He had been working there for almost four months but no one really knew him even if the two most important people in the company were his close relatives. The investigative team was holding a meeting, brainstorming ideas for a new special they were supposed to do. Naruto was currently preparing coffee for them. He poured five mugs and grabbed a few water bottles and carefully carried the tray into the meeting room.

"That's brilliant. I'm sure those rich kids have a lot of stuff going on." Sakon nodded.

"But how would we get anything on them? I mean it's not like they'd let a bunch of reporters crash their parties or something." Tayuya pointed out. The other four nodded.

"I doubt the school would allow us in either." Kidomaru added.

"What we need is someone undercover in there." Ukon suggested.

"Undercover at some rich kid's high school? No thanks." Tayuya scoffed.

"You can be the undercover person, Ukon." Kidomaru pointed at the silver haired man.

"Hell no! I was just suggesting, not volunteering." The other shook his head vigorously. Naruto set the tray of coffee mugs and water bottles down too hard causing the mugs to rattle, the water bottles to fall off the tray and roll across the table, and all five of the investigative team's eyes to focus on him.

"Sorry." He blushed and quickly picked up the bottles that had fallen to the floor.

"You're Uzumaki, right?" Kimimaru asked looking closely at the blonde.

"Um, yes?" Naruto nervously answered. He didn't like the way they were looking at him.

"We need you to go undercover for our news special." Kimimaru said plainly.

"What?" The blonde man laughed until he realized the other had been serious. "Wait, me? Why the hell do you want me to do some undercover stuff?"

"Because you're insignificant." The white haired man told him. Naruto winced slightly even though he was sure Kimimaru hadn't really meant them as an insult. "You would be great as an undercover reporter because you blend in easily."

"I see." Naruto muttered.

"I'll inform Namekaze-san of our decision." Tayuya said. The other four nodded and began gathering their things.

"Wait, I didn't… actually… agree…" Naruto started but ended up mumbling the rest because everyone left the room without even acknowledging him. He sighed heavily and ran his hands through his hair as he stared at the five untouched cups of coffee. He had wasted twenty minutes making that coffee. It was all the coffee's fault, he decided. If he hadn't had to waste that time he could have given them their coffee before they decided they needed an undercover person. It was also the water's fault. If the bottles hadn't toppled over and made so much noise they would have never noticed him and therefore wouldn't have decided on him for the undercover position. Naruto growled softly as he picked up the tray of the betraying beverages and took them back to the kitchen. He had barely set the tray on the counter before he was jumped from behind.

"Na-chan!" Kyuubi said happily. Naruto sighed heavily and tried to push his brother off of him. Failing, of course, considering Kyuubi was much bigger than him.

"What do you want, Kyuubi?" He grunted.

"I heard that you got chosen for an undercover assignment. That's so cool." The elder said excitedly. Naruto sighed.

"Yeah, well I didn't actually agree to it. They just decided on their own." He huffed. The other laughed and got off of his brother.

"Come on, Na-chan, haven't you always wanted to be a reporter? This is your first step." He smiled. Naruto rolled his eyes.

"I don't think spying on a bunch of teenagers would really be considered reporting." He pointed out. Kyuubi pouted.

"You're such a drag. I would love to go undercover but I can't." He sighed pitifully.

"Yeah, because everyone knows who you are so it really wouldn't be much of an undercover thing. Besides, even if no one knew who you are you're 6'5" and have bright red hair, you kinda stick out." The blonde pointed out. The other huffed.

"Blah, blah, blah. All I'm hearing are excuses. And Dad was really excited too." He shook his head. Naruto winced.

"Dad was?" He asked softly.

"He was even gonna call your mother and tell her to get some ramen for you." Kyuubi nodded. Naruto sighed heavily.

"Damn it. That stupid old man, he'll probably even throw a party or something then I'll have to agree out of guilt." The blonde pouted, hating the fact that he always felt guilty when he let his dad down.

"If you want to go tell him that you don't want to do the assignment any more you should probably tell him now before he hires a caterer and put a down payment on some fancy club." Kyuubi smirked.

"Like I could tell him now." Naruto snapped angrily at his brother's teasing. Kyuubi laughed and nodded.

"It's your first assignment, Naruto. Be proud of yourself." He smiled and ruffled his brother's hair affectionately. Naruto sighed as he straightened his hair.

"Yeah, you're right." He smiled up at his big brother.

"Come on, midget, let's go talk to Dad." Kyuubi laughed while wrapping his arm around Naruto's shoulder.

"Midget?" Naruto snapped indignantly. "I'll have you know that 5'6" is a very good height. You're just a fat giant."

"Fat? My weight is perfectly proportional to my height, you know." He said giving Naruto a noogie.

"Don't get mad at me because you're an old fat guy." Naruto laughed as he struggled in his brother's grip.

"Now you're calling me old? I'm only 32." He said putting his brother in a head lock.

"I know, you're practically ancient." The blonde laughed.

"If Kyuubi's ancient, I'd hate to know what you think of me." Minato said, leaning on the doorframe of his office and staring at his two unruly sons. Kyuubi laughed as Naruto blushed.

"You'll always be an old man to us, dad." Kyuubi smiled. Minato rolled his eyes and stepped back into his office, leaving the door opened as a sign for Naruto and Kyuubi to follow him. The two brothers went into their dad's office to fine a very excited Minato waiting.

"Na-chan!" Minato said excitedly as he jumped on Naruto and hugged him tightly.

"I can't breathe, Dad." Naruto gasped, trying to push his father away.

"I'm just so excited. It's your first assignment and you've barely even been here for four months!" Minato beamed while only loosening his grip on his son enough to breath.

"Okay, I get it, I get it." Naruto smiled while wiggling out of his father's hold.

"I'm just so proud of you. Your mother is also proud. You have to come over tonight so we can celebrate." Minato smiled excitedly. Naruto laughed and nodded.

"I know, I'll be there." He smiled. "I need to get back to work, the coffee isn't gonna make itself you know." He waved at the other two and laughed as he left. Once he was out of the office though, he frowned deeply. "Shit." He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Something wrong, Naruto-kun?" Iruka asked.

"Hm? No, just a headache." The blonde smiled at the older man.

"I heard you got an assignment." He smiled sympathetically, knowing how Minato most likely reacted to the news.

"Yeah, but for a 23 year old who just finished 18 years of school, having my first assignment be undercover at a high school doesn't sound that exciting." Naruto smiled slightly. Iruka laughed and nodded.

"But it's an assignment, right? You should be happy; I know your dad and brother are really proud." Iruka encouraged the blonde while putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I know, I know." He sighed. Iruka smiled and nodded. "But sometimes that's what makes things difficult." He muttered as the older man walked away. Naruto wasn't looking forward to going to his parent's house and dealing with his overly exited family, but the day passed quickly and he soon found himself pulling up into their driveway while his mother waved excitedly from the front porch.

"Na-chan!" Kushina called happily when he stepped out of the car.

"Hi mom." He smiled and went to hug the redhead.

"Come in, come in. Your father is going to Ichiraku's on his way home to grab our dinner." She smiled as she pulled her son into the house.

"I can't stay too long because I have to be up early to help Shika with inventory tomorrow." He said causing his mother to pout.

"But we're celebrating tonight." She frowned.

"Mom, please, you know I always help Shika. He'd kill me if I flaked out on him." Naruto said. Kyuubi laughed from another room.

"I doubt Shikamaru would have enough energy to kill an ant." He said.

"Shut up, Kyu-nii." Naruto snapped. "Shika would probably get Gaara to murder me. And Gaara would probably do it too." He said walking into the living room where Kyuubi was. Kyuubi laughed and nodded.

"Gaara would probably do anything Shikamaru asked him to do." He smiled. Naruto sighed.

"Don't say that. Shika might be a genius, but sometimes he's really clueless about stuff." Naruto sighed as he flopped down on the couch.

"You mean he still doesn't know?" Kyuubi asked.

"Of course not, and it's not like Gaara will say anything about it either. So I get stuck listening to Gaara bitching about it all the time." Naruto whined and put his hands over his eyes. Kyuubi chuckled and pat Naruto's shoulder.

"Sometimes love makes you stupid." He said. Naruto laughed.

"Like you'd know, Kyu-nii." He smirked while peeking at his brother through his fingers. The elder growled and jumped on his little brother.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked while tickling Naruto.

"Nothing. It meant nothing." Naruto gasped out through his laughs.

"I've been in love, you know." Kyuubi huffed as he got off of Naruto.

"Yeah, with the girl who worked at the convenience store when you were in high school." Naruto laughed.

"She was hot." Kyuubi defended himself.

"You didn't even know her name." Naruto countered with a laugh.

"But she was hot." Kyuubi rolled his eyes. "I went every day to buy a slushy and it was 59 cents and I always gave her a dollar and let her keep the change. She would always smile and blush and it was so cute."

"I don't think love made you stupid, you were already pretty dumb before that." Naruto rolled his eyes. Kyuubi grabbed Naruto's head and started to give him a wet-willie but Minato came in.

"Food." He said happily and the two brothers were up and running to the kitchen. All during dinner Minato talked about how amazing it was for Naruto to get the assignment after working there for only four months, Kyuubi complained about wanting to do an undercover assignment, Kushina listened intently and made appropriate comments about how amazing her son was, and Naruto felt a knot forming in the pit of his stomach. He barely managed to finish his ramen before he excused himself to go to the bathroom. He felt like he was going to throw up. He took a washcloth and soaked it in cold water before he sat down against the wall and put the washcloth over his face.

Naruto felt bad that his whole family was so excited when he felt miserable about the assignment. He had gone to college for five years to be able to work at Konoha News but after four months he realized he really didn't like working there. He had been hoping to remain an insignificant errand boy, find a better job and leave quietly. But now he had his first assignment and, because he was the way he was, he would suffer through the assignment even if he hated it rather than not do the assignment and let his family down.

"Naruto, dear, are you okay?" Kushina asked with concern as she knocked on the bathroom door. Naruto got up and opened the door.

"I'm not feeling well; I think I'm going to go home." He said tiredly.

"Do you want to stay here?" Kushina offered. Naruto smiled and shook his head.

"I'll be fine, don't worry." He said.

"You leaving already?" Minato asked when Naruto came back into the kitchen to grab his cell phone.

"Yeah, I'm not feeling too well." Naruto answered.

"You must be too excited about your assignment, huh?" Minato beamed. Naruto forced a smiled.

"Yeah, that's probably it." He forced a laugh. He hugged his parents and brother before quickly leaving. He got in his car and sighed heavily.

"Sometimes I really hate the way I am." He said sadly as he drove off.