[A/N]: I wrote this for a Valentine's Day contest on Quizilla that I won 2nd in. So, I decided to post it here. I broke it up into 3 chapters + an extra. I hope you enjoy it. x)
If so, share the love or constructive criticism~
Part One:
"Kyoko, if you truly want to earn your wings, you must not fail this task…again," The Grandmaster Cupid explained as he handed the scroll to a young girl, who was dressed in deep red jeans and a tight, white wife-beater with a red heart around the chest area. She had a bow and heart shaped arrows strapped to her back. Her manner of appearance was no different from the rest of the cupids; accept she had yet to earn her wings. So, while the others hovered around her, she remained constrained to the fluffy, yet solid, surrounding of the Cloud Heavens.
"Yes, Grandmaster C, I will not fail," She pumped a fist in the air. "I will help Naruto Uzumaki find love this Valentine's day!"
"Now, I just have to find him," Kyoko sighed. Her initial determination for this quest was starting to wane. She was stuck in a sea of high school students. Most of them had blond hair and blue eyes, but she still saw no whiskers.
"Dumb jerk wasn't in none of his morning classes. How can I help him find true love when he wants to run around and be a little delinquent?" She muttered to herself. She looked over the reconnaissance info she had been given. It documented pretty much everything she needed to find the guy. After that, finding the right chick for him would take simple deducing and a flying arrow.
Kyoko continued a bit down the hall. She was surprised to see a flurry of students forming a ring around another pair of students. The sound of sneakers scuffing, lockers banging, heavy insults, and cheering students made her deduce that they must be fighting.
"Come on, Sasuke-kun, kick his ass!" A cheerleader with a high, blonde, pony tail yelled excitedly.
"Sigh…why does Naruto always have to cause trouble?" The spikey haired boy next to her stuck his hands on his pockets and shook his head. He began to walk away while Kyoko's ears perked up. She had her target. Now what? She wasn't going to break up a fight, but she couldn't exactly help him with his romantic life while he was getting his ass kicked or kicking ass. She couldn't tell from her current position.
"What the hell is going on here!?" Kyoko jumped at the authoritative voice that had sent the other students scattering like flies. This left Naruto and the one called Sasuke out in the open as an older woman, with a very impressive chest, stomped over to them. Sasuke, who had Naruto in a head lock, rolled his eyes. Naruto took the free chance to elbow him in the stomach. Sasuke let out a low grunt and released Naruto. Naruto seemed to take the low blow as a sign of victory. He stood up straight and placed his hands behind his head in contempt.
"Hey, Baa-chan, how you doing?" Naruto played off the situation while Sasuke glared at him from behind.
"I'm so sick of having to keep you two from each other's throats," "Baa-chan" ignored Naruto's friendly chatter. "You two can't keep causing disruptions in this school. I want you back here after school to receive your punishment…together. No exceptions this time."
"But, Tsunade-sama-" Sasuke tried to reason with her.
"No buts, Sasuke! If you cause one more disruption, I'll give you much more than a simple detention and you know your parents wouldn't want that. Now, get to class!" She finished. The two boys glared at each other one more time before nodding in a temporary truce. Sasuke walked past Tsunade and Naruto only went a few doors down to get to his class. Kyoko paid close attention to this. Until, Tsunade set her sights on her. The anger still evident in her eyes.
"And, you too!" She told Kyoko.
"Y-yes ma'am," Kyoko stuttered embarrassedly as she and Tsunade went their separate ways. When the coast was clear, Kyoko returned to her previous spot. She pulled her bow and arrows out of her bag to make sure they were prep for what was about to come. She had just tightened her strings a bit when she felt a hand on her shoulder. The surprise scared her and she dropped the bow and arrow she had been holding. The small thump it made on the floor sounded like thunder to her. She turned around to meet another blonde male. It seemed like so many to Kyoko. This one had blue eyes as well and kept his hair in a half ponytail while the rest flowed towards the back with a one long bang hanging over his eye.
"Who are you? I haven't seen you around here before," He questioned her in a very suspicious manner.
"Uh…I'm Kyoko. I'm…a new student? I mean…yes, I am a new student and you might be?" [Name] fumbled with her words. She had forgotten to think up an alias for herself and she didn't like the accusing look in his eye.
"I'm the Hall Monitor, Deidara, un," He looked down at the arrow Kyoko had dropped. "Are you on the archery team?" He picked the arrow and looked it over curiously. His fingers reaching for the heart shape tip. "These are really weird arrows, yeah…"
"Wait, don't touch that!" Kyoko's arms flailed around as she tried to get the nosy hall monitor to leave the arrow alone, but it was too late. He had already touched the tip. A light sheen of pink sparkles surged over him and his pupils took the odd shape of a heart. Kyoko jumped to cover his eyes to keep him from taking notice of anyone around here. Just one glance and he would be smitten with the next human he saw; man or woman.
Deidara went to try to remove Kyoko's hand, but she held on tight. They continued to struggle when Kyoko lost her footing. She fell forward. The force of her weight sent Deidara back flying into the nearby lockers; his head causing the lockers to make a loud clanging sound. He was down for the count. Kyoko flittered around; panicking. She hoped she hadn't killed the guy.
"Well, there's no blood and he has a pulse…" She nibbled her bottom lip nervously and looked up and down the hallway. "And, still no witnesses…"
She looked across the hall and noticed a janitor's closet with a sign saying "Out on business today." She had no idea what a janitor would be doing out on business, but it gave her a lucky save when the door turned out to be unlock. She used all her strength, which wasn't much, to drag her victim to the closet. She shut the door behind her.
"I'll just have to come back for him. I have to get Naruto a love before school is out," Kyoko racked her brains for ideas before reaching into her knapsack. She pulled out a heart shape glassed bottle with little white wings around the nozzle. It had a colorless liquid in it. Cupid's Glamour. It was a potion that would turn her invisible to the human eye for 24 hours. Since, she couldn't tap into her own powers until she received her wings. She down the drink and let its tingly effects whisk her away.
Kyoko fazed through the wall of the room Naruto had been in. It was in utter chaos as the students pretty much did whatever they wanted. The spikey haired boy from before was asleep in the corner. The cheerleader was drawing a black eye around on his left eye with a sharpie while a larger male ate chips and watched in interest. She saw a few other kids gambling with playing cards or fiddling with various electronics. There was even a game of catch going on in the back of the class. The worse one was the masked teacher who was deep in a smut novel. Kyoko sweat dropped at the pure look of bliss on his face.
"That's really messed up…" She sighed and went to stand closer to Naruto and an oddly pinked-haired girl with green eyes. Naruto was speaking wildly while the girl took it in stride. She must be used to it.
"So, you see? It wasn't my fault. He started it all," Naruto referred back to the earlier fight.
"I just wish you two wouldn't fight so much. You're not little kids anymore," She scolded him and Kyoko saw Naruto mutter something about Sasuke under his breath that she couldn't catch.
"Anyway, so Sakura, I was thinking since you don't have a date and I don't have a date this Valentine's, we could go on a date together," Naruto grinned like a Cheshire cat at his clever calculating.
"What you don't think I can get a date?" Sakura huffed in a fiery as Naruto tried to remedy the situation.
"It's not that. I just thought we could hang out as friends. Nobody wants to be alone on Valentine's Day," Naruto replied coolly, like it wasn't a big deal.
Kyoko hopped from foot to foot excitedly, reaching for her bow and an arrow. She had learned in Dating 101 that people would downplay asking someone out to be cool, just in case they were rejected. Obviously, that's what Naruto was doing or so it seemed. It didn't matter to Kyoko because this was the chance to gain her wings. She set up an arrow and begin to pull.
Execution in:
Three…
"Actually, I'm going a date with Lee," She smiled tenderly. Naruto on the other hand was in shock and awe.
"Bushy Brows…but why?"
Two…
"I see that Sasuke and I don't have a chance together. I'm starting to feel a little silly chasing him around and not getting anywhere," Sakura sighed solemnly over the fact. "Plus, Lee and I have been hanging out a lot lately and he's a good guy deep down. So, maybe I just want to try something new."
Naruto nodded, trying to make sense of the situation while Sakura continued.
One…
"And, who knows, I might actually love him,"
Execution Halted.
