Your Darkness is My Darkness
Gaarakoi: Okay people, this story is for DarkLegends, because she was the one who correctly guessed the first chaper of Songs of Sex. I'm hoping for five chapters or less and I'll do my best!
Sasuke sat down at the familiar lunch table, Naruto in tow, blabbering about some history test he barely passed. Sasuke sat between Neji and Gaara, while Naruto plopped his tray across the table, next to Hinata and Kiba. "And I really thought the one about the 100 Years War was a trick question," the blonde said, snaking his arm around Hinata's waist.
Neji frowned and Hinata blushed, but smiled a little bit. Even after Naruto and Hinata had been dating for almost 6 months, Neji still wasn't comfortable with it and Hinata still blushed whenever Naruto did anything even remotely intimate.
It wasn't that she didn't like it, the girl loved being anywhere near her boyfriend, but she still hadn't outgrown her shyness around other people just yet. Naruto waved his free hand around dramatically to illustrate some point about Kamikaze fighters, almost smacking Kiba into Shino sitting next to him. The dog lover didn't notice tho; he was busy poking Shino's leftover food with a chopstick, which was almost all of what he started with.
Kiba poked his boyfriend in the belly with a finger, causing the bug boy to raise an eyebrow. "Ya know, Shino, you should eat more. Keep it up and you'll be nothing but skin and bones. No wonder you're always uke. Look at me and Naruto. We both have healthy appetites and look how fit and strong we are!" Shikamaru sat his head up from his hands and looked lazily at the other brunette.
"You two eat more than a herd of elephants and a swarm of locusts. Each," he said before putting his head down again. Kiba growled and started yelling at the snoozing boy, while Shino hid an amused expression behind his high-necked collar. Naruto had finished ranting and was inhaling his ramen, so Sasuke took this opportunity to speak.
"Dobe, my mom says you should bring Hinata-san over tonight so she can meet her. She also wants you two to meet my cousin." Naruto looked up with a mouthful of noodles. "Culin?" he attempted, giving the table's other occupants a good view of his partially chewed food. "Yeah. Sa-chan said I was supposed to invite all the people I know. Especially crazy girls and single guys." He shook his head and looked from Gaara to Neji.
"You two come?" he asked. Neji shrugged and Gaara moved his head minutely. Sasuke looked down the table to Shikamaru. "You hear that Nara?" he asked and the dozing boy moved his head a little. "Good. Then during your study hall, take some time out of sleeping and making-out and tell your psycho girlfriend to come." Another head movement.
Naruto swallowed his food and cocked his head slightly looking at his best friend. "Why crazy girls and single guys?" he asked. Sasuke sighed and smirked. "She's like a female Jiriya. Can't keep her hands to herself. And she apparently gets along best with crazy girls." Naruto laughed.
"Sounds like a good time waiting to happen," he commented before pecking Hinata on the cheek and getting up to dump his tray. "You want me to tell the Thesbians?" Sasuke shrugged. "I guess. At least Ino and Sakura are pretty crazy. And you know they won't go anywhere without TenTen." Naruto nodded before waving to Hinata and leaving.
She waved back while still blushing. Sasuke asked Hinata, "You think you can come tonight?" The girl nodded meekly and Sasuke nodded back. "You and Dobe just meet me at my house and she'll be there." She nodded again and Sasuke got up to dump his food, too.
Naruto yawned loudly and grabbed Hinata's hand, twining his fingers with hers. She smiled lightly walked a little closer to him, their shoulders just touching. As they rounded the corner and walked up the long driveway to the Uchiha manor, Hinata put a little more distance between the two of them, but kept her hand in his. "Hey, Hinata-chan, when's Neji supposed to be here?" Naruto asked as they reached the door.
"Um, w-well, he said he w-would be here a l-little later," she said quietly as the blonde rang the doorbell. After a moment, the tall, older, almost Sasuke look-alike answered the door. "Uzumaki-kun," he greeted in a monotonous tone. "Hyuuga-san." Hinata nodded while blushing and Naruto smiled a little. "Itachi, is Teme in his room?"
Itachi nodded and stood aside, allowing the two to move past him into the living room. Naruto lead Hinata through the room and to the stairway, stopping to greet Sasuke's mother. "Hi, Mikoto-san!" he said cheerfully, waving at the woman washing dishes. "Well, hello there Naruto-kun. Who is this beautiful girl your with? Could this be Hinata-san?"
Naruto nodded and smiled at Hinata, who blushed again. "Hinata-chan, this is Sasuke's mom, Mikoto-san. She's really nice, and I don't know how that Teme got such a nice mom." Mikoto laughed lightly. "Now, now, Naruto-kun. I'm not that great." Hinata bowed and blushed more.
"I-it's a pleasure to m-meet you, Uchiha-san," she stuttered. The woman smiled kindly. "The pleasure is all mine, Hinata-san. And please, call me Mikoto-san. Now, Sasuke is waiting up in his room. Satoko is going to be here shortly." Naruto nodded and led Hinata up the stairs and to the end of the hallway.
A tall, grumpy looking man emerged from the room two doors down. "Hey, Fugaku-san," Naruto said. "This is my girlfriend, Hyuuga Hinata. Hinata-chan, this is Fugaku-san, Sasuke's dad." Hinata bowed slightly and Fugaku nodded back at her before going down the stairs. Naruto knocked briskly on the door, before opening it, not waiting for an answer.
"Hey, Teme! When's your cousin supposed to get here?" Sasuke looked up from his cards. "Not too long. Maybe a few minutes." Shikamaru yawned lazily from the bed. "Waiting is such a drag. How troublesome." Temari smacked him lightly. "Don't complain, Shika-chan. I told you that you didn't have to come!"
Gaara put down his cards face up in front of him. "Pair of Kings, three Queens," he said simply. Sasuke frowned and put his cards back on the deck, picking up Gaara's too. He opened his mouth to say something, before his door was opened again. "Satoko is here," Fugaku said to Sasuke.
The ravenette stood, followed by the redhead and the rest of the crew. They went downstairs and Sasuke stopped in the doorway, a smirk on his lips. Itachi walked up behind the group and stood just barely in view of the front door.
Suddenly, a black blur leapt over the group and onto Itachi, who stood like he was expecting it. The entire group (save for Sasuke and Gaara) gasped as the blur turned into a girl and locked her lips with Itachi. "I-is this your cousin?" Naruto asked, unable to tear his eyes from the sight. Sasuke smirked. "Yeah, but not by blood. My aunt and uncle adopted her."
"Oh," came four simultaneous voices. Hearing the different voices, the girl pulled her lips from her cousins and looked at the other people. "Hey, peoples, I'm Satoko," she said with a look on her face having a small smile. Kind of like Sasuke. You can tell their emotion but it's hard.
Temari smiled uneasily. "I'm Sabaku Temari." Satoko nodded and looked at Sasuke. "You're hotter already, ne, Sasu-chan?" Said ravenette smirked. "Yeah, better than before." "So," Satoko said, "Who's everybody else?" Naruto introduced himself, Hinata, and Shikamaru before getting to Gaara. "This is Temari-chan's brother, Gaara."
Satoko's eyes widened. "What?" Gaara asked, annoyed, crossing his arms across his chest. "You're hotter than Sasu-chan," she stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Naruto, Shikamaru, Temari, and Hinata did a face plant.
"Boy, tell us how you really feel," Shikamaru mumbled under his breath. Gaara's face pinked and he turned away. "Hey, hey, hey! Don't be ashamed!" Satoko exclaimed. "Not many people are hotter than him! Except 'Tachi-koi, tho…"
Itachi smirked and Sasuke blushed. Gaara's blush deepened as Temari and Naruto snickered. And hot Gaara was. His messy red hair barely showed his ears, exposing two piercing on his right ear, both black, and a red ear cuff, while his left ear had one red stud and a black ear cuff. Under the bangs on the left side of his face was a tattoo of the Love Kanji. His deep aqua-green eyes were rimmed thickly with eyeliner. He wore a black short sleeved shirt with a white, screaming raccoon above the words, "Caution: The Shukaku" in red. The redhead had baggy black pants with straps and black World Industries shoes with red laces.
Satoko's attire was almost the same, but feminized. She wore a black wife beater with skull-and-crossbones, a snake creating a figure eight in the eye sockets. 'Death Infinity' was printed in scratch above it. Tight black short-shorts fit smoothly over her curves, covering fishnet stockings. She also wore black knee-boots with red and silver buckles. Underneath her grey eyes, she had a layer of eyeliner on the bottom lid and the rim, making them seem almost white. Her black bangs were clipped over on the side of her head while the rest of her silvery hair was pulled back into a ponytail.
"Aww, come on, Gaa-chan, now you gotta tell me what you think of me!" Satoko exclaimed, hugging his arm. Temari knew that getting too close to the boy was never a good idea, and wisely took a few steps back, dragging her significant other, while Naruto snickered.
Gaara got an anime tick and was about to blow up when a familiar voice came yelling, "Hey, where is this chick? Is she hot?" "Kiba?" Naruto asked, and Satoko released Gaara's arm and bounded to the other two boys. She stared at Kiba and smiled. "So your name is Kiba? Wow, you're hot, too. Still not as hot as Tachi-koi or Sasu-chan or Gaa-chan, tho."
She noticed the marks on his face and gasped. "Wow! Are those real tattoos?" She cupped his face in her hands, running her thumbs over them. "Did it hurt? I got a tattoo on my leg, but it didn't really hurt that much. But then again, the face is so sensitive-" A hand shot out and grabbed her wrist. "Mine," Shino said possessively, surprising everyone.
Satoko cocked her head and removed her hands from the boys face, turning to the bug boy. "Konchuu!" She screamed, glomping him. Satoko pecked him on the cheek and started rambling about how good it was got see him and how much she missed him and- Kiba tore his boyfriend from her grasp, pushing Shino behind him, shielding him from the seemingly crazy girl.
"Mine!" he growled, but Satoko merely pouted. "But I haven't seen Konchuu in so long and I just missed him, and I already know he's gay and-" Shino pushed past the dog-lover and covered her mouth with his hand. "Calm down, Tenshi," he said quietly, for only Kiba and Satoko to hear. And the girl actually blushed at the nickname!
Shino took his hand away and Kiba seethed behind him. To placate his lover, the Aburame stepped back and wrapped an arm around his waist, signifying that Kiba was Shino's one and only. Akamaru poked his head out from behind his owner's leg and Satoko cooed. She crouched down and whistled low. "Be careful," Kiba warned. "He likes to bite stra-"
Akamaru let out a bark and happily jumped into the silver-haired girl's arms, giving her wet puppy kisses. "Guess not," Shino mumbled to his lover, who frowned. The silverette cuddled the white puppy and stood up, looking around at everybody. "I suppose you all want to know how I know Shino?" She asked while scratching behind Akamaru's ears.
Seeing five nods, a head tilt, what looked like an angry pout (you can never tell with Gaara), a smirk, and a small smile, Satoko smiled smally. "Well, then, Tachi-koi, Sasu-chan, lead the way to my room?" Itachi silently nodded and started upstairs, followed by everyone else. "We'll be up in my room, Oba-san!" She called into the kitchen.
Mikoto nodded to the group as they walked past and started toward the girl's room, which was across the hall from Sasuke's. They walked in and Satoko plopped down on the bed, followed by Itachi. Of course, being Itachi, he didn't plop, he gracefully sat.
Anyways, the others followed suit and spread themselves around the room. Shino and Kiba on the loveseat, Sasuke the other side of the bed, Gaara in a beanbag in the corner of the room, Temari and Shikamaru on the rug, and Naruto and Hinata on two footstools. "Okay, now for my story. 'Cause I know Konchuu won't talk long enough to tell it," Satoko said.
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A small girl sat alone in the corner of a sandbox, watching sadly as the other children played and laughed. Letting out a small sigh, she drew a pair of stick figures in the sand, holding hands with big smiles on their faces. A foot came down hard on the drawing, scattering the sand pictures and causing the girl to look up.
A kid a few years older loomed over her head, a sneer on his face. "Hey, weird-o," he said. Satoko's body remained motionless, her eyes remained blank. The older boy kicked some sand on the chibi girl's sundress and feigned apologeticness. "Oh, I'm sorry," he crooned. "Why don't you get your Mommy or Daddy to clean that for you?"
Another boy stood next to the first, a small mudball in his hand. "Or this?" he asked, flinging it on the girl's dress. Satoko didn't flinch as it hit and splattered over her outfit, getting some on her face. "Oh," the first boy said. "That's right. You don't have a Mom or Dad anymore." A small figure appeared in the shadows, approaching the group. "Why don't you fight back?" The second asked. "It's not like your parents can ground you when their dead."
A small fist appeared and punched the second boy in the face, knocking him back. "Leave her alone," a small boy said. "Or you'll have to deal with me." The first boy looked at his friend on the ground and swallowed. The second boy started crying and held his hand over his nose, red leaking out. "You better get your friend to the teacher before he dies of blood loss," the small boy said, giggling a little.
The first one got a look of terror on his face and helped his friend stand up, hurrying to the teacher on recess duty. The little boy turned around to the girl, who hadn't moved. He extended his hand to her to help her up. This seemed to snap her out of her trance, but she looked up at him with empty eyes. "I'm Aburame Shino," he said. "Let's go to the nurse to get you new clothes."
Satoko mechanically took his hand and allowed him to lead her inside the building to the nurse's office. When he walked in, the nurse noticed the two of them and the state of the silverette's clothes, she let out a sigh.
"Again, Satoko-chan?" She asked. The small girl nodded, looking away. "What happened this time?" The nurse asked gently. Satoko mumbled, "I was playing and fell in the mud. Aburame-san helped me." Shino was surprised that the girl lied, but when he opened his mouth to correct her, the nurse put a finger to her lips.
Walking up to the pair, the woman took Satoko's other hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Don't worry, Shino-kun. I'll take good care of her." The young ravenette hesitantly let go of the girl's hand and the nurse smiled at him. She led the girl into the back, closing the door, and dug around in the closet.
After a moment, she pulled out another sundress. The small girl lifted her arms and the nurse slid off her soiled dress, putting the other black and red sundress. Taking out a damp towel, the nurse softly wiped the mud from where it spattered on the girl's neck and face. The nurse let out a small sigh and looked down at the young girl.
"Satoko-chan, try to be more careful, alright? And try to make friends with Shino-kun. I saw how he helped you." Satoko looked up at the nurse in alarm, but the woman just smiled. "I'm not sure what was said, but those boys got what they had coming," she said. "I've never seen Shino-kun do something like that before, though. You should feel special. He came to help you when he could've stayed with all his other friends."
Tears welled up in Satoko's eyes, and as much as she tried to stop them, started pouring down her small cheeks. "But why?" She whispered. "Why would anyone want to help me? I'm nothing. Worthless. I only take up space." The nurse suddenly wrapped her arms around the girl and held her tightly, much to Satoko's surprise. "You," she said. "Are in need of someone to care for. If you know what's it's like to have someone special, you'll realize your worth, little one."
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"Well, after that, me and Konchuu became friends and I started coming out of my shell, and for some reason, he grew more into his. The nurse is Sasu-chan and Tachi-koi's auntie, and she adopted me. Then, when Konchuu moved here about a year later, I had to learn to make new friends," Satoko explained, jumping up and glomping Shino.
"I was the first one he told he was gay!" Shino pinked slightly and Kiba smirked. "Not even I can get Shino to blush!" He said, taking the other boy's hand in his. Satoko climbed off Shino and jumped back on the bed, settling herself in Itachi's lap. "Now, tell me a little about yourselves," she said. "Gaa-chan first."
Gaara looked grumpier that she told him to go first, and crossed his arms. "I have a band," he said simply. "Oh!" Satoko exclaimed. "Me too! It's called Death Infinity." She gestured to the front of her shirt. "I'm lead singer. What do you do?" Gaara didn't like talking more than 10 words every 10 minutes and here this girl was trying to get him to open up to her like it was nothing. Yeah, right. Sabaku no Gaara didn't follow orders. He gave them. And if he didn't want to answer, he wasn't going to.
"Bass."
Never mind. "So, what's your band's name?" He pointed to his shirt. "Caution: The Shukaku," she read. "So, what's a Shukaku? Is it that raccoon?" Gaara got another anime tick. "Yes, but it's a tanuki, not a raccoon." Satoko sweatdropped. "My bad," she said. "Everybody else?" That pretty much went on for about a half an hour.
Naruto told about how much he loved Hinata, Hinata told about how good she was with medical supplies and cooking, Temari told about how much leather she had in her closet (Satoko agreed and said they should go shopping for more), Shikamaru told about how boring and troublesome everything was, and Kiba told about how good he was at karate. When everyone was done, Satoko clapped her hands. "Now that that's done, how 'bout we eat? I'm starving!"
Insert sweatdrop here.
Jumping off of her cousin's lap, she grabbed Gaara's wrist, hauling him up with her. "Since you're so grumpy, we can skip the food food and go right to the dessert! Time for ice cream!" Temari uneasily looked at Satoko for touching the redhead, again. She must've wanted to die or something.
The female blonde looked over at Sasuke. The ravenette surely knew that messing with him would cause his cousin an untimely, and extremely painful death. Sasuke was looking at the two with a slight smirk on his face, and Temari didn't like it very much.
"I want chocolate orange sherbert," Satoko declared. "What kind do you want, Gaa-chan?" Gaara sighed lightly, knowing the girl wasn't going to give up until he answered her. "I've never had ice cream before," he said quietly. Satoko gasped loudly. "Never?!" she exclaimed. "No wonder you're so grumpy!"
Before he could (kill her) argue, she hastily pulled him downstairs and into the kitchen. "Oba-san!" She cried. "This is Gaa-chan and he's never had ice cream before!" Mikoto looked surprised at her niece's exclamation, followed by shock that the boy had never indulged in the sweet tasting treat.
"Georgy's got all my stuff out front and he's gonna bring it in later, but for now, do you have any chocolate orange sherbert and cookies and cream?" Mikoto nodded and pulled out two bowls. Satoko dug around in the freezer and found some chocolate, orange sherbert, and cookies and cream. She took the scooper from her aunt and put some cookies and cream in one bowl and orange and chocolate in the other. She grabbed the bowls in one hand and Gaara's arm with the other.
"Oba-san, tell Sasu-chan and Tachi-koi we're on the playground, okay?" The woman smiled and nodded as the two left toward the back door. Outside, in the back yard, there was a large playground, mostly wooden, with a big plastic slide, a climbing rope, the works. Satoko and Gaara made their way toward the main part, a big wooden platform with all the steps and ramps branching off. Satoko let go of Gaara's arm and sat down, gesturing him to do so as well.
The redhead grudgingly sat next to the silverette and took the offered bowl of ice cream. Cautiously picking up a spoonful of the treat, Gaara slowly brought it to his mouth, noting how intently Satoko was watching him, waiting for a reaction.
Letting the coolness slide off the spoon, he was surprised at the explosion of taste in his mouth. He quickly took another bite, munching quietly on the cookie chunks. Satoko smiled at him widely. Cold, distant Gaara looked like a little kid when he was trying new things. She casually mixed her two flavors together until they blended before taking a large bite of it.
She smiled sadly. "You know, Gaa-chan, this is the first time since Konchuu moved away that I actually enjoyed someone else's company," she said softly. The redhead paused a moment from his shoveling of ice cream to look at the girl. She didn't look like she first did. Now, she looked…almost like a lonely child.
Gaara didn't like one bit. "Don't look like that," he murmured. "It doesn't suit you at all." Satoko looked up at him and gave him a soft, genuine smile. "Thanks, but just don't tell anyone." Gaara's cheeks pinked and he looked away for a moment. "Don't tell anyone what I said either." Satoko laughed gently. "I promise."
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