Finally I get the chance to update. X3 now that my computer hardware has been wiped a thousand times and my computer is working. Well the only drastic change is that Meagan is gone. –cries- It still hasn't sunk in for me. I still think she's off on vacation. Stupid me, yah?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.


Chapter Four

"So deprived. Need…caffeine!"

Vanessa moped about the house with the air of one who is bored beyond all reason. Iruka-sensei had sent her home upon the completion of the days training—in which she was excelling—leaving her with nothing to do but pine away at her loss of caffeine. Unlike Nissi and Olivia, who pine more for sugar, Vanessa is a caffeine freak all the way!

"Maybe the poof gods will send me a sign." (1)

Yanking on her shoes and running out the door, only the thought of something—anything—happening keeps her from plopping onto the couch and gathering dust for all eternity.

-0-0-

"COKE!"

Vanessa dives to the base of the soda machine, determined to buy every last can of coke it has. There, illuminated in the machine, is the wonderful 150 yen bottle of Coca-Cola in all its glory. In her happiness she did not ask herself why there were numerous soda machines in the middle of the trees—which was where she had been exploring—and not any on the main streets. But that is a question for another time. Back to the current situation, she desperately needs the soda. However…she is short on money.

In all her slyness she dashes out of the woods and runs back home, raiding everyone's personal money stash. Nissi's, Meagan's, Olivia's, and yes—even Gaara's. Thirty minutes later she sits in the room she shares with Nissi, slowly sipping on her cans until they slowly become emptier and emptier…

"Vanessa?"

The Destinies are home followed closely by Gaara. The red-head looks disgruntled, as if he had been jumped by the three Destinies. (2) It is too dark, and all the shades are pulled down. On a day as beautiful as this, to have the shades down is like a sin. Room by room the four inhabitants go around lighting up the rooms, coming at last to Nissi's.

There is a pronounced evil seeping through the bottom of the door; one that the Destinies do not like at all. But it is their duty to deal with it, so bravely they push the door open and peer inside.

"THE LIGHT! IT BURNS! IT BURNS US!"

In the three second period in which the Destinies had to look inside the room they saw coke bottles strewn everywhere and Vanessa—her eyes wide and jumpy—trying to huddle away from the light. Olivia slams the door shut; Nissi and Meagan push against it so that Vanessa cannot escape. That would be disastrous.

"We must slowly bring her back," Nissi confirms. "Slowly!"

Gaara is uninterested, "Why not just whack her to her senses?"

WHAM! The building shakes, causing everyone to fall on their butts. A shriek, wild and terrible, tattles through them as Meagan wrenches the door open. Gaara's mouth drops at what he sees: a rather large hole in the wall; Vanessa broke through it with apparent ease. Nissi turns and whacks Gaara as if he had brought the situation upon them by suggesting they hit her.

"Now do you see!"

"Quickly, we must go after her!"

"No, if we go we'll be out for hours. Besides, we just got finished with training; we're in no shape to hunt!"

"True—I'm sore all over."

"So we'll just…wait here."

"Yes."

"…"

"We're going to die, aren't we?"

Meanwhile, on the streets of Konoha, a blond blur is rushing from building to building trying to find an unlocked one to shield herself from the light. 'Need…soda!' Unfortunately for her Konoha's inhabitants are pretty careful with their security, locking their doors and such. So none were proving useful—save one. The door clicks open so easily that anyone might've entered. The house practically begs to be violated. Luckily for her the lights are dimmed. She extinguishes them quickly, and then spots it.

"So shiny!"

-0-0-

Kakashi enters his house happily. The Destinies are asking everyone from Naruto to Shikamaru to come to their house, and for once he is not involved with the chaos. Nothing to prevent him from reading Icha Icha Paradise v. 11—yaoi version—in peace.

"Hm?"

'Something is wrong.' He senses it from the beginning. This foreboding that something extremely wrong is about to happen. Could someone…be in his house? No! No one enters the great ninja Kakashi's house. But as he rounds the corner, his fears are confirmed. There sits Vanessa amidst what he presumes are…

"My books!" he half-wails, lunging at Vanessa.

"Rawr!" Vanessa dodges, chewing defiantly on one of the remaining pages of v. 11.

Scattered also around Vanessa are bits of glass. Kakashi's mind reels. 'No! Volume 1; there's only a limited amount of copies left. MINE!' Luckily, Vanessa had not demolished the book when she had destroyed its glass casing. Lucky! Putting two and two together (and coming up with fish! Joking!) Kakashi pulls on the shades and allows all the light to stream through the window and focus on Vanessa. She blinks, the light beginning to snap her out of her craze. That and the fact that she had gone a long while without any caffeine. And the first thing she notices it the very angry Kakashi before her.

"Uh-oh…"

She zooms with the speed of Lee, running and running back home where all of her friends are congregated.

"SAVE ME!" she shouts, hiding behind Olivia—the human shield.

"Why should we? Lemme go!" Olivia tries and fails to pry her friend off of her.

"Because I used all of your money for soda and if Kakashi kills me you'll never get repaid."

oO "Good point."

Kakashi smashes into the house .3 seconds later, livid mad and after Vanessa. Naruto and the others disappear quickly, not wanting to face Kakashi in his crazed state, leaving the Destinies to defend their friend. And defend they do for when something of theirs is on the line they will fight to the death to retain it and they had earned a lot of money by doing little tasks Tsunade-sama requested of them.

Too many hours training in the hot sun had drained the three Destinies but they fought with relish—dodging and punching and kicking and blocking—until Kakashi has calmed down enough to think somewhat rationally.

"You," he points to Vanessa, "will replace all my books and my glass case for the first volume."

A bit frightened, Vanessa nods.

"And you will pay us back," Meagan adds, not happy that her savings were used for something so trivial as soda.

Vanessa doesn't nod to that one at first but as the Destinies death-glare her, she realizes that it's just best to say she will, even if she really won't. Thus Kakashi storms off, still furious about the day's events. Even worse—it's only noon. What other havoc will the girls wreak today? As he enters his house Kakashi almost regrets bringing the girls into Konoha. Almost. A wicked grin crosses his face.

He never said he wouldn't get revenge.


Muuh, that was a bit short but the next chapter will be uber-long! I dedicate this chapter to the Gure of Yokosuka! Mwaha, off to deviantART!

(1) We have agreed that the poof gods (who are nothing compared to the true God, just to warn ya!) control the anime portal. …I think we're sacrificing an eggplant in hopes they'll send us somewhere.

(2) cough- Not me. Well, maybe…-sweatdrop- Well I can't help it that he's so adorable!