An: Well, here's the second chapter, and please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or any of the characters, or I would probably be dead, cause they would be upset with me for what I put them through. Oh, well, they can just suck it up.
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In Konoha, there are several methods to relieve boredom. Some are rather practical, such as seeing a movie, or working on your jutsu. Others are more entertaining, such as hanging out with friends and going shopping at the local Konohaville Mall. Others, however, are just down-right sad, stupid, and frankly scary, such as playing 'chase-your-friends/teammates/random people-around-Konoha', or playing interesting, and improving, pranks on friends/teammates/random people. Then, there is what happened one very ordinary, extremely boring day in Konoha.
Kakashi was walking home from his weekly porno-shopping, in the hopes that the store would finally have the newest issue of Icha-Icha Paradise (it didn't), when he noticed something was up with the various people that he was passing.
They all had on their Konoha forehead protectors, even the civilians. While this in itself was un-extraordinary, aside from the fact that the civilians were wearing forehead protectors, everyone of them were wearing their forehead protectors the same way- Kakashi-style, or over the left eye.
Kakashi thought at first that they were probably put up to it by Gai, to try and mess with him, when he noticed that everyone was not paying attention to him, and instead were focused on their own, boring lives. So, Kakashi thought that this must have something to do with his team.
When Kakashi found his team at Ichiraku Ramen's, they were, in fact, wearing their headbands the same way. So obviously, according to Kakashi, they were the culprits.
"Hello!" Kakashi said, making his way into Ichiraku's, smiling with his one visible eye hidden. Better to have their guards down. He thought to himself as his team cheered when he entered and sat down next to Naruto.
"Kakashi-sensei! Yeah, now it's a party! Just the four of us- hey, Teuchi! Another round of ramen over here, to celebrate!" Naruto cheered while waving his chopsticks around. Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke sweat dropped at this, but ignored it. They were, after all, used to it by now. Or, at least, that's what they tell themselves.
"Okay, another round of ramen, but you'll have to pay the tab sometime, Naruto." Teuchi said with a smile on his face, turning back to his oven.
"I'm not paying for it, Naruto." Kakashi said before Naruto could make him pay. Sakura and Sasuke hastily agreed as well. Naruto looked down, depressed, but he quickly got over it. After all, he was already fully prepared to go bankrupt over his ramen, and expected to do so, as well. Also, when he became Hokage, he would easily be able to pay it off, or at least get free ramen. After all, he'd be Hokage, right?
"So, kids, how is your ramen?" Kakashi asked while breaking his chopsticks apart to eat his own ramen.
"Awesome! Dattebayo!" Naruto cheered.
"It is good, especially this special diet ramen!" Sakura agreed cheerfully. Apparently, there was a lot of cheer.
"Hn." Sasuke answered. But, Naruto and Sakura didn't like this answer, and were determined to get him to finally be able to speak in complete sentences.
"Just 'hn'? Is that it?" Sakura said angrily.
"Liar! Teme! That's not true; you were really excited when you found out that they had Tomato Ramen now!" Naruto accused.
"Dobe!" Sasuke said angrily, and blushing slightly.
"As fun as this conversation is, I have something very important to talk to all three of you about." Kakashi said, interrupting any retort that Naruto and Sakura were about to say. Sasuke threw Kakashi a slightly grateful look, that is, if Uchiha did such a thing.
"What is it? Are we going on some super, secret, awesome, tough mission?!" Naruto asked loudly. Sasuke looked interested, and Sakura looked like she was going to prove herself on whatever mission it was.
They looked so cute, that Kakashi quickly brought out a camera and took several, and blinding, pictures and put it away just as quickly as he had brought it out.
"Not quite. There is no mission. But before you decide to ignore me and get back to your ramen, there is something I have to ask you." Kakashi said, as if nothing had happened. When he was sure that he had their attention, he proceeded with his question.
"…Is there any particular reason why not only you, but everyone else is wearing their headbands like me?" Kakashi asked, gesturing to Teuchi and Ayame, who were both wearing Kakashi-style headbands.
"Oh! That's because we wanted to start a new trend! Since you do it, it must be cool!" Naruto explained. Sakura and Sasuke nodded in agreement.
"Just because you complimented me, doesn't mean I'll go easy on you, or pay for your ramen." Kakashi explained. Naruto looked down, depressed that his plan to freeload his ramen was foiled. "And anyway, I only wear my headband like this to hide the Sharingan. You should know that." Kakashi added this part, thinking that it would get them to stop wearing their headbands like that, because that was HIS shtick. And frankly, it was scaring him, seeing so many people looking like him, and stealing his style.
Well, it worked, partly. Naruto and Sakura sadly took their headband off, and put them back on like how they usually do. Sasuke, however, thought that if it was supposed to cover the Sharingan, then it should cover the Sharingan.
With that in mind, Sasuke promptly pulled his headband down to cover both eyes. Kakashi saw this, and decided that he had enough of his special ed. team for one day, so he left quickly after paying for his ramen. He did not want to see what would happen next.
As luck would have it, right after Sasuke chose his new fashion statement, Naruto and Sakura finished their ramen. Naruto looked over at his friend, to make sure that he was still there, as both he and Sakura developed complexes where they have to be sure that Sasuke is still there with them, and noticed that Sasuke was now blind.
"Teme! You're blind!" Naruto shouted out the obvious. Sakura, being a medical ninja, quickly turned around to see if she could help, and noticed what it actually was. She started laughing when she saw.
"No I'm not, dobe. Kakashi said that he covers his Sharingan with his headband, so I did the same. I guess I am sort of blind now." Sasuke said thoughtfully. Sakura stopped laughing enough to write down in Sasuke's Baby Book that he spoke in complete sentences, along with the date, time, and place. Sai has a Baby Book, too, but his is for emotions. Sasuke's is for complete sentences.
"So, how are you going to get around, if you can't see? I mean, if you were a Hyuuga, then you would be able to just see through the headband, but your not." Naruto said, trying to be helpful.
"Baka. If Sasuke-kun was a Hyuuga, then he wouldn't even be wearing the headband like that, because he would have the Byakugan instead of the Sharingan." Sakura said matter-of-factly.
"So, what are we going to do?" Naruto asked.
"Hn. I have an idea. Dobe, be my seeing-eye-dobe. Then you can make sure that I don't run into anything." Sasuke said, with the headband still over his eyes.
"Dattebayo! That's a great idea, teme! I wouldn't have thought of that!"
"Well, if we're done here, then how about we head home. It's getting late." Sakura said, so far the only smart person among them, even if they haven't noticed that Sasuke doesn't have to wear his headband like that. Oh, well.
So, they left Ichiraku's, after paying, and headed off in the general direction of the Uchiha Estate, with Naruto leading Sasuke, and Sakura following along behind, to make sure that they don't get lost, or run into trouble.
They were halfway to the Estate, when they ran into Gai's team, coming back from training. The first thing that Team Seven noticed was that Gai was crying, because not only were Tenten and Neji wearing their headbands Kakashi-style, but Lee was wearing his Kakashi-style as well. The first thing that Team Gai noticed was that Sasuke was blind. So of course Neji, being a Hyuuga, had to rub in that not only did HE still have his normal sight, but he also had the Byakugan. There was also the mentioning that Sasuke was becoming more and more like his brother Itachi so that they were both blind.
What happened next is slightly fuzzy in everyone's mind, and on the official report, all it says is that Sasuke launched himself angrily at Neji, while his teammates tried to stop him. The resulting collateral damage wiped out any dreams Naruto had of the village covering his ramen tab when he was Hokage.
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Meanwhile, in Akatsuki-ville…
Itachi and Kisame were sitting around the Akatsuki-issue television, when Deidara and Sasori walked in. Why Sasori was there, since he died, no one knew, but Deidara was really happy. Tobi however, was not, because that meant that he couldn't be partners with his Deidara-sempai any more. This was why Deidara was happy.
"Hey, Itachi, did you hear? Apparently now, all Uchiha have to wear their headbands over their eyes, and have some stupid, dumb friend to be their 'seeing-eye-dobe', or something." Deidara said happily. He had his Danna back, and no Tobi, so for the time being, he didn't hate Itachi as much as he usually does.
"Hm. I hadn't heard of this. Well, Kisame? Will you be my seeing eye dobe?" Itachi asked while re-fastening his headband.
"Sure! Though it'll be tricky on missions." Kisame said thoughtfully.
"As long as it doesn't interfere with the success of your missions, I don't care." Pein said from his Leader-sama-seat, reading the Akatsuki gazette.
And so it was, that for about a month or so, you wouldn't see an Uchiha without his eyes covered by his headband. Even Tobi, but that's a different story, and you couldn't tell, anyway.
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An: So, that was the second chapter. Hopefully, it was better than the first chapter. I suck at first chapters. Oh, well. So, how did you like this chapter? Hint hint. A.k.a., please review, people. Thanks in advance!
