Shopping!
Ammi's P.O.V.
I stared at the boy who just said "THAT HURT BELIEVE IT!". It couldn't be. And yet it was. I was looking down at Naruto Uzumaki.
As I looked around the room I noticed a lot of other faces I recognized. Slumped over the desk were Sakura Haruno and Shikamaru Nara. Lying flat out on the floor was Kiba Inuzuka with a bundle of fur on top of him; Akamaru. Crashed into a bookshelf were Neji Hyuuga, Temari and Kakashi Hatake. And then in a big pile of sand was Gaara.
I stared at them all, and then shouted. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOT DOING HERE? YOU'RE A TV ANIME!" They all stood up and looked around, confused.
"Uuh..." Naruto said. "What's an anime?"
I shook my head. "A tv show! And you're a manga! I already know who you all are! There's Neji," I pointed them all out. "Kakashi sensei, Temari, Gaara, Shikamaru, Kiba and Akamaru, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura."
They all just looked at me.
"I told you you're in an anime! And a manga! I can even show you!" I ran over to my favourite book shelf and randomly pulled out nine manga's and passed one to each person. As they flicked through the book their eyes went wide.
"Th-this is all our missions..." Kakashi said, his eye open wide.
"I told you." I said, smirking. I put my drawing face down on the table and collected the books back in. I put them back in their place and was about to ask how they got here when the door burst open and Soph, Noah and Chris came running in.
"Oh my god! What the pancakes happened in here! Why's the skylight smashed? Are you oka..." She trailed off as she and the others took in the other people in the room.
"...OH MY GOD THAT ISN'T-IT ISN'T...AMMI!" Noah shouted, looking at me for help. I shook my head. Then he just passed out on the spot. I dragged him onto a chair and turned back to the situation at hand.
Soph was still staring at them, mainly Gaara, and then she screamed, "OH MY GOD IT'S GAARA OF THE FUNK AAAAH!"
Gaara just stared at her. Then he turned to me.
"It's something on Youtube, I'll show you all later." I told him.
"What's youtube?" Sakura asked.
"It's a website people post video's on, of themselves or music video's or parody's ect." Chris explained. He looked pretty calm about this, but his eyes showed he was freaking out.
"Right..." Naruto said, still confused.
"We'll explain it later, but first, explain how you ended up in my library." I said, looking at Kakashi with intense eyes.
Kakashi explained about the mission, and the chasm they all fell into. "...and I don't see how we're going to get home, because we sorta just fell from the sky." He finished.
"Yeah, I noticed THAT, you did almost kill me." I said, a little annoyed. I sighed. "I suppose you'll all have to stay here for now. You okay with that Chris, Soph?" Chris nodded while Soph went "DUH!"
"Right then, follow me."
Soph's P.O.V.
While Ammi showed everybody their rooms, I walked in a daze. The Naruto characters, Gaara, would be living with us. After Ammi had shown everyone their rooms, we went downstairs and sat on the couches. Noah had woken up and was sorta in a daze as well. While we sat in the living room I suddenly thought of something.
"Ammi!" I said. "We have to go shopping! They can't walk about in their normal clothes! People will know who they are!"
She thought about it. Then she nodded. "Yeah, I guess so. Everyone, to the garage!" And we headed outside.
Neji's P.O.V.
When we reached the garage Ammi pressed some kind of code into a monitor and said to us, "And now present to you, our cars!"
We all gawked at the machines inside the garage. They were amazing. One was a shiny red car, fitting five people, another that was bigger than the rest, that was dark green and fitted five people, and a sleek black car that fitted two people. Then there was a sort of bike, but it looked more complicated then the other machines.
"These, my friends, are our cars and motorbikes." Ammi said proudly, patting the sleek black one. "These big ones are the cars, and the two wheeled one is the motorbike. So, four people go with Sophie, four with Noah, Chris will go on his bike and someone with me in my Ferrari. We'll all meet at the mall, got it?"
Everyone began piling into the cars, Gaara up front with Soph and Sakura in front seat of the jeep. Temari went up to Chris and asked him something. He nodded and she climbed onto the bike behind him, holding onto his waist. Then they sped out the driveway and down the road into the dark night.
"Well, looks like you'll have to come in my Ferrari." Ammi said, twirling her keys and smirking.
"Is that a good thing?" I asked.
"If you like speed, yes. I drive like a demon." She jumped over the door and into the driver's seat. "Well, are you coming or not?" She asked, still smirking. I jumped into the other seat.
"Be prepared to grip your seat, I don't wanna get there last." She turned the key and the engine roared to life. And then my sight was blurry as we raced down the dark road.
"You drive fast." I noted.
She grinned. "What can I say? I love to drive. And this isn't fast. Do you like my Ferrari?" She asked.
"Your what?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"The car. It's a Ferrari. What do you think of it?" She asked, never taking her eyes off the road.
"Well, it's fast, for one thing. And the model's really impressive. A pretty awesome car." I said, taking in the black leather seating and sleek red lining on the doors.
She caught my eye and smirked. "This isn't fast. This is slow. I'll show you fast." She revved the engine, floored the accelerator and made me wish we were driving slow again.
Soph's P.O.V.
"Soph! I can't hold it much longer!" Naruto shouted.
I began to see red. "YOU SHOULD HAVE WENT BEFORE WE LEFT! AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING IN MY CAR!"
"But-!"
"NO BUTS! JUST HOLD IT FOR TWO MORE MINUTES!" I screeched, and I pressed a little button on the dashboard I'd had installed a few months ago. Immediately a sheet of dark material fell from the car roof and cut off the front seats from the back ones. It clicked into place at the sides and floor, and Naruto couldn't complain to me anymore.
"The vampire smurf..." I muttered.
Gaara looked at me, confused.
"Never mind. How do you put up with him?" I asked, sighing.
"Honestly, I have no idea." He said calmly.
"I'm serious, if he doesn't SHUT THE HELL UP!" I shouted. Immediately the back seat was quiet. "I'm gonna force you to strangle him with your sand."
He looked at me. I looked back and he looked away.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing, you just seem so...different from earlier on." He said, looking at me again.
"Oh! Well, that's because SOMEONE got on my bad side." I said, glowering at the curtain. "Normally, I'm bubbly and happy!"
The corners of his lips curved up slightly, and I smiled.
"See? Even my happiness has rubbed off on you!" I said.
"Hm...I suppose it has..." He said quietly, as if to himself.
As we reached the mall Ammi and Neji flew past us in her Ferrari and spun to a stop at the kerb. Neji climbed out looking a little green while Ammi casually swung herself over the door, twirling her keys.
I looked over at Gaara. "Word of advise; never, under ANY circumstances, let Ammi drive unless you like to feel as if your face is peeling off. And another thing..." I looked at his gourd. "Gaara, you're gonna have to leave the gourd in the car, and when we get home, in your room. It's a big giveaway that you're Gaara from Naruto."
He didn't look too happy.
"I know, I'm sorry, but it'll have to go. We can keep it in the house though, once we go back, but for now, leave it in the back seat."
He still looked a little unhappy, but did as I asked. We got out the car and Naruto ran to the bushes to 'relieve himself'.
Chris came swerving into the car park and climbed off the bike, helping Temari get off. And finally Noah turned the corner and parked next to my Volvo. They all jumped down from the high seats and we all went to Ammi's car to talk about where we were going.
"Right." Ammi said. "Kakashi, you take Naruto and Sasuke and pick whatever you want to wear, since you're the adult, but stay within earshot. Noah, you take Sakura and Shikamaru. Chris, you take Temari and Kiba, we'll stop at the pet floor on the way back, maybe get Akamaru a collar?" Akamaru barked and smiled. "So I'll take that as a yes then. Soph you take Gaara, and Neji, you're left with me." She smirked. "We'll meet at the changing rooms in fifteen minutes, everybody got that?" We all nodded and wandered off to different parts of the mall, which wasn't really a mall, just one massive store with everything you could want.
I took Gaara to the guys section, and began flinging jeans and t-shirts at him. I threw him a Simple Plan top and he looked at the front curiously.
"I'll let you hear them when we go back, you'll like their music." I explained, and then went back to chucking clothing at him. When I was finished I dragged him to the girls section and picked a few t-shirts for myself and then took him to the changing rooms.
"Right, try on these," I threw him a pair of black converse, black jeans, a white t shirt and a dark button down shirt. "And then let me see them on. If they fit we can just get all of the other ones, they're all the same size."
He stepped out with the button down shirt buttoned right to the top. I tried to hide my laugh but failed miserably. I stood up and went over to fix it.
"Gaara, the button down shirt isn't supposed to be buttoned. You unbutton it," I undid the buttons. "And roll up the sleeves." I rolled them to his elbows. "So now it looks casual!" I smiled brightly as I turned him around to face the mirror.
I looked into the mirror, and noticed Gaara looking at me again. I locked eyes with him for a second and then stepped back.
"Hm...that is better. Thanks Soph." He said, smirking as he disappeared into the changing room.
I sat back down and waited on him coming out. While I waited I thought about what just happened, how close we were. I felt blood rise in my cheeks. I remembered how he was looking at me, not in a weird way like most people do in school, in a nice way, a friendly way.
He came back out and we went to the checkouts to pay for our stuff. Then we went bck to the changing rooms to wait on the others.
Noah's P.O.V.
While Sakura wandered off the the girls section I helped Shikamaru pick some clothes. He went for some jeans and some t-shirts with netting at the back. Sakura appeared with some skirts, tops and a few dresses, and we headed to the changing rooms.
Shikamaru came out looking pretty awesome, and then we went to the girls changing rooms for Sakura. She came out wearing a pink strapped top and a ruffle skirt. I just stared at her as she said, "Like it?"
I quickly shook myself out of my trance and nodded. Then we went to the checkouts bought all their stuff and headed back to the changing rooms, where we sat and talked to Soph and Gaara. Then Chris appeared with Temari and Kiba, who had bags with t-shirts, jeans, netted skirts and shoes in them. Akamaru was sitting on Kiba's head and jumped into Soph's arms. Soon Kakashi appeared with Sasuke and Naruto, all holding piles of jeans, shirts, jumpers and shoes. Soph suggested we should go and pay for their things, since Ammi likes to take her time, and we'd meet them back here.
We all left and as we went to the Checkouts didn't see Ammi or Neji. No doubt she's got sidetracked. I thought. She always does...
I sighed and caught up with Soph. I asked if she'd seen Ammi or Neji, but she shook her head.
"Nope, none of us have. I've already asked Chris and Kakashi, they haven't seen her. She'll appear, like she always does."
I sighed. "I suppose so...but still-"
"I know, don't worry." Soph said, and she walked ahead, leaving me to listen to Naruto shout about really pointless crap.
Ammi's P.O.V.
I took Neji to the boys section and stayed a little away from the others.
"Okay, so what do you want to wear?" I asked him, picking up a white button down shirt and holding it against him.
"Whatever you think will fit in around here." He said.
I smiled. "Well, hold this." I chucked him the shirt I'd picked up. "Aaand with that..." I found a pair of dark jeans. "You can wear these jeans. Oh and a pair of hi-tops! What size are you?" I asked him, taking him to the shoe section.
"A seven or eight." He said.
"Wow, almost same size as me! I'm a seven. Hmm...what colour? No, in fact, how about some converse instead? Nice ones, not the really stupid ones the guys wear at school."
"Um, sure, okay."He said, looking confused. I picked a pair of grey ones and then I picked some more t-shirts and jeans and took him to the changing rooms, which were empty.
"Awesome, we bet everyone here. Now go and try these on!" I took everything off him, leaving the first outfit I'd picked. I sat down and the curtain opened revealing Neji in the while button down shirt, dark blue jeans and the Converse.
I gaped at him. Then I remembered he could see me and quickly poker-faced my expression.
"Perfect! Now, change back so we can go buy them."
I waited on him and then we went to the checkouts. After that we saw everyone were still shopping.
"Well, since they're all gonna take forever picking, follow me, there's something I need to get."
I led him to the next floor and to the art section. Then I wandered off towards the paper section to get a sketch pad.
"Ammi?" Neji asked.
I turned around. "Yeah?"
"Why're we up here?" He asked, looking at the sketch pads and pencils.
"I need a new sketch pad. My sketch pad is full, I need a new one." I said simply, picking my usual sketch pad from the shelf.
"I didn't know you liked drawing..." Neji said, picking up a sketch pad and having a look at the pages.
"Oh I LOVE drawing." I said, smiling fondly at the sketch pad and pencils on the shelf. "Do you like to draw, Neji?" I asked.
"A little, mainly people, but being a ninja I don't get much time to." He said, sounding a little sad. He went to put the sketch pad back but I took it off him and placed it on top of my own.
"Well, here, there's no missions for you to complete, so you'll be drawing a whole lot more now." I said, smiling. I lifted a pack of the pencils I normally get and showed him them. "These okay? They work brilliant, they're the only brand I use."
"You don't have to-"
"I want to," I told him, cutting him off. "I love to see people using their artistic side, and hate seeing them prevented from doing so. So in my opinion, yes, I do, and I'm happy to, because I need a drawing partner. And I'm wanting to see your skills." I smiled at him as I led him to the checkouts, and then we headed back to where the others would be waiting. When we got there nobody was around, so we just sat there for about five minutes until they all appeared with loads of bags.
"Where were you two? I was getting worried." Soph said.
"We were shopping, like everyone else here." I answered casually. "Now come on, lets go to the pet floor for Akamaru and then head home, I want to draw."
We headed up a few floors to the pet floor and bought Akamaru a shiny collar, feed bowls and the biggest fluffiest bed we could find so we could sit it in Kiba's room. Then we headed down the floors and to the car park.
"Just stick everything in my jeep, it'll all fit." Noah said as he swung up onto the jeep and into the drver's seat. We all dumped our stuff in the jeep, everything except the drawing pads and pencils, I put them on the floor at Neji's side of the Ferrari.
Everyone sped off and it was just me and Neji left in the car park.
"Don't worry," I told him. "I'll go slow this time." Neji relaxed, but soon realised his mistake when I raced out the car park and down the highway.
Boys, they never learn.