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Here's chapter 2 everyone (as stated above)!!!!!!!!!! HEHE!!! I hope you all like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(You know me, when I'm sugar high, I get like this… .)
Chapter 2: The Pastry Chef
Recap…
The four boys soon left the coffee shop and headed straight down the street to where the new academy stood. They heard the store's welcome bell tinkle behind them but didn't bother to look at who it was. They were here to do a job, and they would do a good job. Then they could leave and never come back, because the innocent coffee shop had just brought up some of their most painful memories.
End recap…
The brown haired waitress and the pink haired waitress were walking back to the café when they saw the four boys leave. The two waitresses had gone out to but some of the ingredients needed to bake their blonde friend's oatmeal cookies. The two were gone as soon as soon as Kokoro and Maria (the blonde waitresses) had come to take over their shifts. There were just getting back when they saw the four boys. All four were muscular and probably very good looking. The two girls just shrugged and entered the shop, the bell hanging from the door tinkering behind them.
"Are we clear, now, on the details? Hyuuga-san will be taking over the weaponry class, Uchiha-san will be taking over the genjutsu class, Nara-san will be taking over the ninjutsu class, and Uzumaki-san will get the taijutsu class. Please be here at eight thirty tomorrow. Thank you for your time!"
Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Shikamaru bowed respectfully before leaving the small office of the new academy. The four had gone to the academy to tell them about the mission. Tsunade had already arranged ahead of time for their jobs at the new academy so all they had to do was go for an interview. After the principal gave them all their new classes, they left to go back to the inn. On the way there, they passed by the café they were at earlier.
Suddenly, Sasuke stopped and opened the door to the café. He stepped in and looked around.
"Teme, what's the matter?" Naruto asked. Neji and Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at the Uchiha.
"I thought I saw an angel with pink hair. I thought I saw Sakura. I know it was Sakura. I know it!" Sasuke said frantically, looking around. No pink hair was visible.
"Sasuke, you have to accept the fact that she's dead. She died on that mission. All of them did remember?" Shikamaru said. Secretly, though, he was hoping Sasuke was right and Sakura was alive. Then Ino might be too. The blonde from earlier noticed them and had walked over to where Sasuke was now.
"I knew you couldn't resist me. That why you came looking for me!" she said, as excited as a child when he sees snow for the first time.
"We're not here to look for you, we're here to look for-" Sasuke started but was cut off by another male voice.
"Itachi-san!" squealed the girl as Itachi appeared from the kitchen followed by the other blonde waitress.
"Itachi!" Sasuke said, his sharingan flaring up into a bloody red. The other boys each inched their hands closer to their kunai pouch. All of their thoughts flared up in anger as they remembered everything about the girls. Fortunately, there was no one but an old lady there to witness this conflict. Suddenly, there was a voice coming from the kitchen.
"What's all the ruckus about out there Itachi?" Deidara called, appearing from behind the double doors. Sasori and Kisame also poked their heads out to see what was going on.
"I am going to kill you! You killed Sakura!" Sasuke said in anger before pulling out a kunai and launching at Itachi.
"Stop this immediately!" an old, cracked voice yelled. Everyone turned to see that the old lady in the store had risen to her feet. She seemed to be having trouble standing and Deidara quickly rushed over to her side to get her to sit back down. She insisted on going over to where Sasuke and Itachi where so Deidara helped her over and she looked at Sasuke. He glared. Itachi, however, bowed to her respectfully. Kisame and Sasori did too. Deidara just dipped his head.
"Shuko-san." they all said in unison. The four other boys looked confused. Here were the four biggest criminal Akatsuki members and they were bowing to this old lady? What was going on?
The woman named Shuko must've caught their confused looks and smiled at them.
"I'm sure your all very confused right now," she began, "but all will be explained in a little bit. Right now, though, come join me for some cookies. Itachi, you too. Sasori, Kisame, and Deidara, please take Kokoro and Maria (the other blonde waitress) and explain to them what they shall be doing for the rest of the day." Deidara just nodded, and giving his spot to Itachi, they headed into the kitchen with Kokoro in front of them and Maria staring at them from the kitchen.
"Now com on over." Shuko said, indicating to the table where she just sat. The boys looked at one another before following her and Itachi cautiously. Shuko sat on a big cushioned chair and Itachi pulled up a wooden chair to sit next to her. The four boys sat facing the two.
"Now, can I begin the explanations?" Shuko asked the boys. They all nodded.
"Two years ago, these four boys came to this town. I had received a message from the hokage of Konoha, telling me that there would be a bunch of travellers coming and I was to take them in. The moment I saw them, I rushed them into the rooms at the inn my sister and I owned. I had told her about the message and because she respected Konoha and its hokage so much, she and I took them in. They have never caused trouble so we never worry about them. They also help out in the shop and they never ask for money. They get it themselves by working their own jobs and doing a mission for their home village every one in a while." Shuko finished. The boys looked shocked. Are Itachi and his gang really not planning anything out of the ordinary? Itachi smirked. He can sense the doubt from the boys, but he doubted that they had any guts to asked Shuko. The old lady may seem fragile and small, but she has this authority in her voice and no one (not even Sasori) dares to talk back.
Itachi turned to look at all of them. "I think it's time for my story." he said.
"We are not actually members of the Akatsuki; we were spies for Konoha. Years ago, we joined the Akatsuki in order to help those who were captured escape and those who were wanted get caught. Two years ago, we appointed a new leader. He seemed to be a likely choice at first. His name was Katsu and he was one of the best fighters that we had ever seen. He was a criminal from the land of mist when we first met him. We quickly got him to be our new leader and he started changing the Akatsuki. He renamed us to be Kira and wanted to change a lot of the old ways of the Akatsuki. We were trying to escape one night when we were caught. There was this huge battle and I remember taking all of us and doing a teleportation jutsu. We ended up here in the Village of Grass and we have been here ever since." Itachi finished. The boys stared wide eyed at him. There was no way that story was true right? Itachi pulled out a sheet of paper.
"Here's the letter we got from Konoha when they discovered we had survived." He said, handing it to Neji. Neji read is over and confirmed that it was written by the hokage herself. Suddenly, Deidara appeared from the kitchen holding a tray of cookies.
"Cookies anyone?" he asked. Neji, Sasuke, and Shikamaru politely refused.
"What if it's got poison in it! No way am I trying your cookies!" Naruto refused.
"Suit yourself. These cookies weren't made by me anyways. They were made by our pastry chef." Deidara answered, taking the cookies back into the kitchen with him. Naruto's eyes widened.
"No! Give me a COOKIE!" he yelled following Deidara past the double doors and into the kitchen. What he saw in there made his eyes widen even more and his jaw drop.
"Get out!" yelled Sasori in a pink apron. He had flour in his hair and lots of egg shells were scattered around him.
"Are you the pastry chef?" Naruto asked, his jaw still hung in the air.
"I'm not the chef that made those cookies Deidara is holding but I am a pastry chef." He responded. Deidara then shoved a cookie into Naruto's hand.
"Take it and leave." he said, munching on his own cookie. Naruto gladly did as he was asked.
When he came out of the kitchen, Neji and Sasuke looked at him like he was an idiot. Shikamaru was sleeping by then. Shuko was smiling at him and Itachi was smirking. Itachi got up when the bell, hung on the door, rung and two girls walked in. Shuko turned to the boys and told them all about this coffee shop and about Timeless Inn. She told them about her decreased husband and about her sister. Neji and Sasuke realized that the woman that helped them at the front desk of the inn was actually Shuko's sister. By the time they were done with the conversation it was getting late, so Neji excused himself and the others and they walked back to the inn. While they were walking, Neji suddenly stopped and whipped around. Naruto did too and ran in that direction. Neji stood still. Sasuke rose an eyebrow at the two and Shikamaru had his eyes closed.
"I saw them…I saw all of them…Tenten…" Neji muttered. Sasuke and Shikamaru sighed.
"I swear it was them. They ran off in the direction Naruto just went. Come on! We can still catch up if we hurry." Neji said, losing his usually stoic composure. Just then, Naruto came back.
"I lost them…I lost Hinata-chan again…" Naruto said, his voice just as sad and depressed as when he learned that Hinata had died.
"It couldn't be them…they died on that mission remember?" Sasuke said, his voice just as cold and sad as Naruto's.
"Let's go," Shikamaru said, "We still have work tomorrow." The boys continued back to Timeless inn, their thoughts lost in their female counterparts.
The next day, all four boys were up and dressed and were heading towards the academy when they passed by Timeless Café. None of them wanted to go in so they headed straight to the academy. They parted at the door to go teach their respective classes.
At noon break, the four boys met up again at a small restaurant just outside the school.
"These kids are well beyond help." Sasuke said, his eyes looking more tired by the minute.
"I'll say." Neji muttered. His usually cold voice had none of its hard edge to it. Shikamaru just sighed and lowered his head to take a quick nap.
"Those kids didn't listen to me at all. It was like they all had sugar for breakfast or something. They couldn't even sit still for minute!" Naruto yelled, making half the people in the restaurant look at him. Neji and Sasuke glared at Naruto but they couldn't agree with him more. What had these kids eaten for breakfast? They sighed as they realised it was time to go back to work.
While Sasuke was teaching (the class was quiet for once) a messenger bird came to the window. Sasuke unrolled the small scroll from its leg and it flew off. He realised that these were just student announcements and he read it to the students. While they were talking among themselves, Sasuke himself read the announcements and realized that there were some volunteer opportunities available at the orphanage. He thought that if word got to Tsunade about them volunteering, she would allow them back in a shorter amount of time. Sasuke smiled at his brilliant plan.
When they were walking back to the inn, Sasuke told them about volunteering at the orphanage and how it would help their image with the hokage. The boys reluctantly agreed. They stopped at timeless Café when they saw that Shuko was sitting by one of the tables near the window.
"Hello boys!" she said, smiling at them as they walked it. All of them said hi and Naruto grinned back.
"Hello little brother and all of his foolish friends." Itachi said, smirking. The boys just ignored him.
"Hey guys! Do you want to try this cake?" Deidara asked, bring a beautifully decorated cake out. The boys hesitated.
"I promise our female pastry chef made it. The cookie Naruto-kun ate yesterday was made by her too." Deidara insisted, slicing the cake up. He gave a piece to Shuko and shoved Neji a piece. Then he gave everyone else a piece. They all tried it and even the boys had to admit it was a very good cake.
"I would like to meet this pastry chef one day and get her to teach me how to make those cookies. They were DELICIOUS!" Naruto said. At this statement, Deidara and Itachi frowned. At once, Sasori called Itachi and Deidara into the kitchen. The two headed in where Kisame and Sasori were already waiting. Naruto turned to look at the others.
"Do you think there's something fishy about the pastry chef?" he asked the others. They nodded.
"When you said you wanted to meet her, Deidara and Itachi frowned like there was something wrong with that." Shikamaru said, heading into his thinking position. Before he could start thinking though, Deidara and Itachi came out of the kitchen followed by Kisame and Sasori. The boys glanced at them suspiciously. Kisame, Sasori, Deidara, and Itachi smiled at them and then to each other.
"We have word from Konoha for a new mission." Kisame said.
"And it involves you boys." Deidara said.
"First, would you like to see the new pastry chef?" Itachi asked.
"Sure!" Naruto said, all of his suspicion gone in an instant. The toher three boys rolled their eyes. Naruto followed Deidara and Sasori into the kitchen. His eyes widened to the size of plates when he saw who the new pastry chef was.
"This can't be happening!" he said, his jaw dropping open.
"What can't be happening?" Shikamaru asked, getting up to see who it is. Sasuke and Neji followed him. When they saw the pastry chef, all of their jaws dropped.
"Ino?" Shikamaru said softly.
"It can't be her right?" Naruto asked.
"Ah, but it is." Itachi said.
"Ino!" Shikamaru said, running up to her. She turned around and smiled at him.
"How can I help you sir?" she asked.
Shikamaru stood still. The old him would've thought that Ino was just joking about not knowing him. The new him was different. And somehow, Ino was too.
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