Another chapter because i do not want to read and such, so decided to just write the next chapter to this random story that I'm sure is not being read by a lot of people, but those who have read it! thanks and hope you have enjoyed it! 3 thank you!
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Don't Own Naruto, sadly...but Sebastian and Antonio are totally mine! Same warnings, Slash, het, bisexually, crack, OOC, AU
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Festivals For...Wait, Everyone Knows?
The only sound around them was the sound of rustling branches and the chirping of birds.
Sasuke was lost in his thoughts of unrequited love.
That Madara voice was back, and it wouldn't stop reminding him just how much Naruto loved Sakura. The only person who was ever interested, who was not a fangirl, was Orochimaru, and even him, he just wanted him for his body….in every sense of the word….
Sasuke was tainted, and he would like to blame others, but in the end, he was the one who fell for the trap. He hated his brother, he joined Orochimaru, he betrayed his village. He left the one person he loved and those who cared for him….for what? Nothing.
Yet, he was back, and they still were there for him, their relationship was weak, but it was there and it slowly was getting stronger. But he couldn't help wishing that there was more between him and Naruto.
He sighed dejectedly, causing Shikamaru to mentally groan.
He had been getting that dejected vibe and hearing dejected sighs coming off the Uchiha for a while now. It was annoying, what was he, a 15 year old girl?
Shikamaru wondered if that was how he acted when he was crushing on Neji, but then again, that crush lasted a little bit and it wasn't as intense as Sasuke's feelings. Everyone but Naruto and probably Sakura, and probably some remaining fangirls, could see that Sasuke was head over heels for Naruto.
Thinking back about Neji, Shikamaru hadn't seen him around lately or Hinata, they were probably busy with Hyuuga issues, even Hanabi had been missing his classes lately….maybe he should drop by after the mission was over to make sure everything was alright…..
Wait, what had he been thinking about? Right, the Uchiha was grating on his last nerves with all the sighs he was letting out. He was beginning to miss the hateful and angry Uchiha, who just glared at the back of your head. This Uchiha was just so emo….sure, Shikamaru had days were he wanted to die and was depressed, he was sure everyone in the village had those days. They had seen so much disaster in their lives, no one went unscathed.
How long was this place they were going to again? Shikamaru began to think that maybe he should start a one sided conversation with the Uchiha in order to block the sighs. Shika was sure it would be one sided, because the almighty Sasuke didn't talk besides those weird grunts he did for agreement of something.
They did have to discuss their mission after all….maybe they should go over that….
"Hey, Uchiha." Shikamaru started, voice breaking Sasuke from his thoughts, causing him to almost fall off a branch. Shikamaru thought it was hilarious and chuckled, much to Sasuke's chagrin.
He shot the other a glare, and growled out a "what?"
"Tsk tsk, just thinking that we should discuss our mission." Shikamaru drawled, which was really annoying Sasuke, who felt he was being made fun of. Sasuke never took teasing well, ever….
"Fine." He grunted, and it just served to prove Shikamaru right about the one sided conversation. Wait, out of the two, he would become the Ino of the relationship…..not that they had a relationship….
Shikamaru immediately changed that train of thought before that Ino voice in his head piped up.
"Well, the information we were given is that there is a festival going on in this village, and many people come to it since it lasts for a good amount of time. The time seems to vary each year. Apparently, there have been rumors about a group of bandits, some wannabe Akatsuki groups starting up and coming into villages, destroying houses and schools. Lot of villages have began to get really scared." Shikamaru muttered as he recited back what was on the mission scroll.
Sasuke frowned as he thought about this wannabe Akatsuki group. He couldn't believe someone would dare to follow in the Akatsuki's footstep still.
"Our job is to scout the festival and talk to people about what they know of the surrounding attacks; the village may also be the next target so it is our job to protect the village as well while the festival is going on." Shikamaru shrugged, because between the two of them, he was sure the mission was going to be easy. Of course, it might just turn out horribly wrong, because Shikamaru just had that luck….
"Well, that doesn't sound that hard at all, not sure why I even had to come for this mission." Sasuke grumbled, causing Shikamaru to almost fall off his branch. He hadn't expected to hear more than two words come out of the Uchiha's mouth.
Of course, Sasuke noticed the slip up and smirked, because the Nara had laughed at him! It was his turn.
"It seems that with all your time at the Academy, the Hokage figured you needed an escort on this simple mission."
"I care why?" Shikamaru scoffed, because really, he was the Lazy Nara, simple missions were the love of his life. He got paid to not do much, that was his dream come true. Besides, he would never say it aloud and especially not to the Uchiha, but he enjoyed being at the Academy.
And why the hell was the Uchiha talking full sentences with him? Wasn't he the grunting type, rarely speaking…..always silent….
'Lucky boy, you got the great Sasuke to talk to you….'
Shikamaru ignored the voice in his head and tuned back into, yes, the conversation he was having with the Uchiha. He would have to tell Ino and Chouji all about it when he got back…..great, now he sounded like a gossiping girl….oh wait, right….conversation….
"Oh right, forgot you don't care about anything but clouds." Sasuke sneered, feeling aggravated that he couldn't get a rise out of the Nara.
"And you don't care about anything at all." Shikamaru muttered, before stopping suddenly, crouching on the branch.
Sasuke huffed and stopped next to him, ears pricked for any sound. Eyes adjusting to the growing darkness….he hadn't noticed they had been traveling for that long…..he couldn't believe he had been so out of it….did he subconsciously trust the Nara that much, to let down all defenses and not pay attention on a mission?
Sasuke turned to look at Shikamaru, who was concentrating on something, before turning to look at him.
Ino had to stifle a groan since Naruto and Sakura were not leaving them alone. She didn't understand just why they didn't leave and do something else.
Ino was in no mood to see Naruto swoon over Sakura, and then watch Sakura break his heart over and over again. She wished she could make him happy, that he could see her, but he never would….so Ino just wanted to go home and mope.
Sad part was, Shika was just gone for almost a whole day now and she was already falling apart.
Chouji was just focusing on the clouds and she knew he was tuning the others out. She was the only one making polite conversation.
"I'm hungry." CHouji finally said something! And Ino couldn't be happier with that….until….
"yeah! Let's go eat!" Naruto cried, standing up excitedly.
Ino twitched, before realizing that Naruto would only want ramen and Ino hadn't seen Ayame in a while!
"Yes, let's go to the Ramen stand!" Ino agreed, jumping up and helping Chouji up.
"Since when are you excited for ramen, Ino-pig?" Sakura asked quizzically. It had been a while since she had time to spend with Ino because of all the repairs and hospital training, but she could still remember that Ino wasn't fond of too much ramen.
"She wants to see her girlfriend." Chouji snickered as he elbowed Ino.
"WHAT?" Naruto and Sakura cried out, stopping with their jaws hitting the ground. Ino just rolled her eyes and kept on walking with Chouji.
"She is not my girlfriend." Ino shrugged, causing Naruto and Sakura to snap out of it and catch up to them.
"Wait a second, Ino, you are…umm…." Sakura started but felt herself blushing, unable to finish the question.
"You a lesbian?" Naruto blurted out, causing Sakura to glare at him for his tactlessness.
"No, of course not!" Ino laughed, shaking her head, before looking over at CHouji and winking at him.
"Then…what…"
"I'm bisexual!" Ino chirped, enjoy the look of utter shock on Naruto's and Sakura's face.
"Maybe you should have let those news out gently Ino." Chouji shook his head, noticing that Naruto and Sakura had practically stopped breathing.
"Aww, but I thought everyone knew by now!" Ino pouted childishly, enjoying her friends' reactions.
"Look, there is Ayame!" Chouji motioned to the daughter of the ramen vendor.
"Ayame!" Ino rushed over and hugging her friend.
"Wait, so Ino and Ayame? What about Sasuke? Sai? Since when?" Sakura was totally at a loss.
Naruto, well, he was unsure of what to think….Ino was Ino, but she was different from when they were younger…so what did he think about her now? Bisexual or not?
"They aren't a threat, must be travelers also going to the festival." Sasuke muttered, after coming back from scouting the area. He wasn't sure if it was punishment for laughing at the Nara, or if it was just the Nara being his lazy self. It was probably a combination of both.
"Then we should change to civilian clothes and keep traveling on foot. Maybe catch up to them and learn about this festival." Shikamaru muttered, already jumping down to the ground. Sasuke just sighed and followed after him, grumbling under his breath about bossy lazy bastards.
Shikamaru ignored the Uchiha, moving behind some trees to change. His civilian clothes pretty much consisted of lose dark green pants, a skin tight brown shirt and a green jacket.
Sasuke was just huffing to himself as he changed his shirt into a black tunic like shirt, keeping his navy blue pants the same.
Shikamaru snorted as he looked at the Uchiha, remembering his of the Academy. Sasuke of course thought the same thing….except he kind of missed the mesh shirt the Nara had worn in the academy….
Yeah…Sasuke was going to ignore that thought….
"Come on! Let us catch up to the travelers." Shikamaru motioned for Sasuke to hurry it up, knowing that it would just piss the Uchiha off a lot more.
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"Hey! Ayame!" Ino cried out, hugging her.
Sakura was feeling guilty that she hadn't known that about her friend, they were supposed to be really close.
Naruto on the other hand was trying to ignore all the perverted images that came into his head when he saw the two girls hug. He couldn't help it when his sensei had been Jiraiya, the writer of Icha-Icha.
"Get a room you two." Chouji chimed in, seating down, not really paying attention to how the other two were just awkwardly staring at Ino and Ayame.
"Oh shush, you know you love the show!" Ino grinned, letting go of Ayame and sitting down next to Chouji, before looking over to the still shock Sakura and Naruto.
"Jeesh, I didn't think me being bisexual would be such a problem for you two." Ino muttered, starting to feel self conscious about it. Would she lose them now?
"Oh no! I'm just….I'm sorry Ino that I haven't been around for you lately." Sakura apologized, because she couldn't believe just how much of a bad friend she had been to Ino.
"Don't worry Sakura, I haven't been around either, we both to blame, eh?" Ino reached over and pulled Sakura to seat down.
"What about you Naruto?" Chouji nodded to Naruto, who was just staring at the ground. Ino felt herself freeze, as she waited for Naruto to answer.
"I actually think it is kind of hot." Naruto blurted out, much to his and Ino's embarrassment. Ino was happy with the statement though.
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Shikamaru was going to really hurt the Uchiha if he didn't stop sighing dramatically.
Thankfully, they stumbled into the travelers that Sasuke had spotted earlier.
"Oh, hey!" the two guys around the fire looked up at them.
"Hello," Shikamaru gave a lazy wave, hearing Sasuke behind him grunt in acknowledgement.
"You two going to the festival as well?"
Shikamaru looked at the speaker; he had spiky black hair and vibrant slate eyes, with very sharp cheekbones. The guy next to him had on navy blue eyes with really really long brown hair; Shikamaru was sure that once the guy stood up, the hair would reach below his thighs….Shikamaru had to admit that the round thin rimmed glassed the brown haired guy had were rather sexy.
"Yes." Sasuke grunted when the Nara took too long to answer. Apparently he was really lazy that he didn't feel like talking, just making Sasuke do everything….
"That is great! You two can join us!" the one with the glasses smiled eagerly at them, while the other gave a nod in agreement.
Was it just him, or was the guy with glasses being held possessively by the other guy? Shikamaru then noticed the one tent, the touching knees, and the body inclination.
"Us couples have to stick together and let me say that you two look perfect for each other. I can feel it!" the guy with glasses gushed, while the other guy just looked on in amusement.
"Come now, Antonio, we don't know if we are a couple or not," he tried to calm his boyfriend down.
"But Sebastian, why else would they be going to the Festival if they aren't a couple?"
It was that moment that it made sense to Shikamaru just what was going on. He was a genius after all. He felt the Uchiha tense beside him and knew that he was about to blow off their cover. He acted instantaneously.
"Thank you, Antonio and Sebastian, but excuse us while we discuss it, we'll be right back." Shikamaru said, while grabbing Sasuke's arm and dragging him far off from the campsite.
Sasuke had been shocked at the sudden events that it took a few moments before he shook Shikamaru off.
"What's the big idea!" he growled angrily, getting beyond tired of the Nara and it had just been one day.
"The festival is for gay couples." Shikamaru stated, watching in amusement as Sasuke decipher the meaning of his statement, emotions changing from confusion, to shock, to anger.
Apparently, every emotion that did not concern Naruto, ended with anger for Sasuke…..
"No way! How did-"
"Look, Sebastian and Antonio are a couple, obviously, and did you hear about him thinking of us as a couple because of the festival, what other type of festival would make people automatically assume that?" Shikamaru drawled, rolling his eyes at Sasuke.
"We have to pretend to be a couple, don't we?" Sasuke grimaced, because he knew there was no other way around it.
"Yes, we do." Shikamaru shrugged.
"Not going to freak out about it?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the Nara's attitude.
"Why? I'm gay, you are gay. It is not like we are pretending on that level." Shikamaru snorted, moving past Sasuke to walk back to the campsite.
The Nara knew he was gay? Wait….the Nara was gay?
They have to pretend to be a couple? For the whole festival? The Nara was gay?
"You are gay?" Sasuke couldn't help asking, causing Shikamaru to eye him warily.
"Yes."
"But what about that sand girl?" Sasuke was actually curious because, well, he never paid attention to the Nara to really notice anything, but still….he hadn't known the Nara was gay.
"Everyone thought we went out, we just let everyone assume so." Shikamaru shrugged, beginning to walk off again.
"Wait, how do you know I'm gay?" Sasuke frowned.
"Everyone but Naruto and Sakura can see that you are gay for Naruto. Trust me, everyone can see it."
Sasuke paled as they neared the camp site, because damn, he thought his secret was safe.
"Hello, we have discussed your offer and we have agreed to stay with you! Isn't that right?" Shikamaru brought Sasuke out of his panic.
Sasuke shook his head, looking down to see Shikamaru hugging his right arm and looking up innocently at him, waiting for his answer.
"Yeah….."
Great, everyone in the world knew he was gay and that he was in love with Naruto. The little voice in his head was talking about the Nara being gay and how this was the perfect time to….not repeat what that voice said. He also now had to pretend to be with the Nara…
AND he was enjoying having the Nara hang onto his arm like he was doing at the moment.
Fuck his life.
To Be Continued
There it is! the next chapter in this story! so, is it crack enough you all think? Probably not...haha, see you all...well...you few...next time...or not...in case you dislike this chapter and decide to stop reading...whatever, can't help that, eh? ciao ciao! much love!
