Well then… I wrote this as a dialogue for my English test… I wonder if Mrs. English-Teacher-Whose-Name-I-Shall-Not-Mention understood what the heck was going on, seeing how she has no clue what Naruto is.
Disclaimer: I claim no rights to these characters, nor do I claim the rights to Firebirds Rising
So… the reason they're talking about a book was because one of the requirements was that the dialogue had to mention a novel and a short story. Yeah… First thing I thought of… And "The House on the Planet" belongs to Tanith Lee. And I'm typing this in Science while I'm supposed to be reviewing for my test…
Karin glared at Suigetsu through frosty lashes, trying not to shudder as the cold wind blew through the trees.
"What?" he snapped, as he noticed her glowering. "It's not my fault we ran out of firewood and had to burn your precious book." Sasuke rolled his eyes at the two of them
"For your information," she snarled back, "that was my favorite and only book, fish-boy."
"Very nice, Four-Eyes, I'm sure. It kept us warm enough, at least."
"Suigetsu, listen to me!" she shrieked. "How would you feel if I burned your sword?"
"You can't," was the infuriating answer. He leaned over the dying fire, trying to distinguish the title of the burning mass of paper. "What was that book, anyways?"
"Firebirds Rising. It's a collection of short stories," she replied sullenly, noticing a warning look from Sasuke.
"Oh?" He leaned backward lazily. "'Firebirds,' huh? Quite fitting, seeing as it went up in smoke."
All warnings forgotten, she punched him. His head exploded into water and put out the measly fire that was greedily eating the last pages of Karin's poor book.
"Karin!" Sasuke shouted, extremely ticked off. "Now what do we do! Juugo isn't back with the wood and we're in the middle of a blizzard!"
"Aww… Poor Karin. Is Sasuke-kun mad at you?" Suigetsu cooed sarcastically as his head reformed.
"Shut up!" She turned away from him. "Now I can't read 'The House on the Planet' anymore."
"'The House on the Planet'?"
"One of the short stories."
"Oh."
Sasuke sighed and rubbed his temples wearily. Was it possible for those two to be quiet for more than two minutes?
"So, Four-Eyes, have you figured out what to do about the fire yet?"
Apparently not. There was another loud splash as Karin's fist made contact with Suigetsu's face for the second time that night.
"Can both of you be quiet, so I can focus on not dying of hypothermia? We burned my coat too, if you don't remember.
"Oh!" Karin's hand flew to her mouth. "I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun! I forgot…"
"Obviously."
"No sympathy for me, then?" Suigetsu pouted. "We burned mine too, and I'm the one wearing a sleeveless."
"You can freeze to death for all I care, fish-boy."
"What happened to being quiet?" Sasuke asked helplessly as the two began their argument anew. Sighing, he snatched Karin's coat away from her. She froze (A/N: Lol. Froze, get it?) in mid-shout.
"Sasuke-kun," she whined, "that wasn't nice!"
"I'll give it back when you two shut up. You can keep each other warm until Juugo gets here." He settled down beside a tree and curled up under his new coat. Suigetsu snickered.
"Looks like there's nothing for it, Four-Eyes. We're stuck together for the whole night." He grinned, revealing pointed teeth. She gaped at him.
"I refuse!" she snapped.
"Fine. 'You can freeze to death, for all I care,'" he imitated.
She grumbled, but curled up by a tree as far from him as possible. In a few seconds, she was shivering uncontrollably. Suigetsu stared at her, smiling.
"I really despise you, you know that?" she muttered, scooting over next to him.
"Yes, I do." He leaned on her, closing his eyes.
"Oi! Get off!" She tried to shove him away.
"Eh?" He opened one eye.
"You're impossible!" she exclaimed, smashing his face in (again). The water drenched her. "Oh-" What she said next cannot be printed because the authoress does not want to type about half a million swearwords. On with the story. Suigetsu rolled his eyes, used to it.
"You'll freeze for sure now!" he said gleefully.
"Thanks for the encouragement," she said, her bones already hurting from the cold.
"Don't worry," he said. "I'll keep you warm."
"Oh, no you don't!" She scurried backwards, but was forced to return as a blast of wind hit her.
"There, now. That wasn't so hard, was it?" He patted her head.
"Be quiet." She stared determinedly in the opposite direction. He leaned on her again and, grudgingly, she allowed him to stay, secretly glad for the warmth.
On the other side of the clearing, Sasuke smirked to himself.
They finally stopped yelling, he thought, satisfied, suppressing a laugh as Suigetsu hugged Karin and she yelped, almost toppling over. With a contented sigh, he closed his eyes and slept, having some peace of mind at last.
Mua ha ha! Sasuke gets to play matchmaker! ♪ Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match… ♪ :3
Btw, I DO NOT encourage the burning of books. Books are the best thing ever invented. Other than manga and internet and a bunch of other things…