Okay everyone on with this chapter then. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and all that jazz. I really appreciate it.
Also I hate to inform you all but I will have no internet for the next four weeks. I am going to be in Cyprus, on holiday with my lovely family (God help me) and there is no internet in my grandparent's place. But I will be writing updates while I'm over there and you will get a new chapter when I come back. I promise.
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This Really, REALLY Sucks!
Chapter Four – Visitors and Debates.
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Sakura had managed to tack up posters on her walls and put everything she owned away. Naruto had painted her and Ten Ten's computers. Ten Ten's was (of course) rose pink, while Sakura's was bright red. She was sure that she'd remembered everything she wanted to do with her room. It had been a week since they had moved there and everything seemed to be going well enough. That was until this morning, as Sakura finished putting away her last few knick knacks. She heard Naruto's loud voice yelling. She couldn't hear quite what it was. She was wearing a red, sleeveless, tank-top and denim shorts. Her hair was left loose today. She then heard Ten Ten bang on her door and open it.
"We've got visitors." Ten Ten burst out, before Sakura could yell at her for bursting into her room.
"What? Who?" Sakura asked.
"Apparently, they're Naruto and Konohamaru's cousins. They've come to stay for two weeks. They're moving to Konoha too, but their house isn't quite ready. I heard Auntie Kimiko and Uncle Iruka discussing it when I slipped into the kitchen to get some juice." Ten Ten said. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"I haven't even gotten used to living in this place yet and now we're stuck with Naruto's cousins? They're probably as loud as him." Sakura quipped.
That was when they heard knocks on the door.
"Come in." Sakura said. Kimiko stepped into the room.
"I just wanted to tell you girls that Iruka's Niece and Nephew are staying with us for a couple of weeks, until their house is ready for them to live in." Kimiko said. Ten Ten and Sakura just nodded. Kimiko left the room and Ten Ten and Sakura looked at each other, as Sakura flopped down on her bed.
"This is going to be the longest couple of weeks ever." Ten Ten said.
"We both said that about the wedding. We got over it." Sakura replied. Although really she thought the same thing as Ten Ten.
At that moment, both girls heard another girls giggle, and they rolled their eyes.
"Never mind what I said. You were right. This is going to be a long couple of weeks." Sakura stated.
"We might as well get this over with." Ten Ten said cheerfully. Sakura nodded and got up from her bed. They got to the second floor of the house, as Naruto was coming up from the first floor. Behind him were two blondes. The first was a girl, wearing a purple t-shirt and a pair of faded skinny jeans. Her very long hair was tied into a high ponytail and she had misty blue eyes. The other blonde, a male, had deep blue eyes that were very like Naruto's. He wore a pair of jeans, and a baggy blue shirt. He was tall and thin, and somehow Sakura saw him as rather feminine. He had long hair tied into a high ponytail, and a long fringe brushed in a side sweep over his left eye. He grinned impishly at the girls.
"Sakura-Chan, Ten Ten-Chan, these are my cousins, Deidara and Ino Yamanaka. They just moved here." Naruto said.
"Hi." Sakura said quietly.
"Hey there. WOW! You have a HUGE forehead." Ino said. Sakura glared fiercely.
"At least I don't look like a pig." Sakura hissed.
"No worries billboard brow." Ino retorted.
"Ino-pig."
"Billboard brow."
"Ino-pig."
"Billboard brow."
"Ino-pig."
Sakura and Ino went on like this for a bit. Then of course Naruto stepped in.
"You both look great. Let's go and get some Ramen." Naruto chirped. The whole group looked at him, and burst into laughter.
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After the initial meeting, Ino and Sakura got on alright. They walked to Naruto's favourite Ramen Stand, Ichiraku Ramen, where the owner, Teuchi and his daughter, Ayame had known him for years. They all sat down, and everyone decided to eat Miso Pork Ramen. Teuchi sighed.
"Naruto, I thought I'd get a break from you for the summer." Teuchi said, he had a wide grin on his face. Naruto laughed.
"No chance Jiji, I'm here to stay. I love Ramen too much to ever consider not eating it." Naruto said happily.
Sakura and Ten Ten stared as Naruto inhaled his food again. Ino laughed.
"Still amazed by Naruto's amazing eating abilities?" Ino asked. Both girls nodded numbly.
"Doesn't surprise me. I just about don't get shocked, and I've known Naruto since birth. You'll be waiting a long time to get used to Naruto's eating habits." Ino said happily. The two girls nodded. Moegi and Konohamaru were at the school's summer sports programme. Ten Ten and Sakura had agreed with Kimiko that it might help her to make friends before they go back to school.
"So Naruto, what's the school like?" Ino asked.
"Pretty good. Grandpa is the head-master remember?" Naruto replied. Ino grinned and nodded. Deidara sighed.
"I just like art." Deidara said glumly.
"So do I." Sakura said. Deidara blinked and looked at Sakura.
"What do you do in art?" Deidara asked.
"I sketch, paint, use clay and stuff. My art teacher used to keep me for detention a lot." Sakura said glumly.
"Yeah, she sketched out violent comics and stuff, and the teacher thought that she should be painting bunnies and flowers." Ten Ten said chirpily. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Thanks a lot Ten Ten." Sakura stated.
"I like to draw whatever comes to mind too." Deidara said happily.
"I made a manga once about two gay guys. My art teacher nearly got me expelled for it." Deidara quipped. Sakura grinned.
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Sakura said.
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When they got back to the house, Iruka was waiting for them. He was putting two overnight bags into his car. Sakura, Naruto and Ten Ten blinked in confusion.
"Moegi and Konohamaru got invited to stay at a friend's house. Your mother and I are taking them there, and then we're going to go out and have some dinner, maybe go and see a movie." Iruka said happily.
"Oh, have a night of romance planned Uncle Iruka?" Ten Ten asked cheekily, making Iruka blush deeply. Kimiko came out then, Moegi and Konohamaru in tow.
"Hey are you staying at Udon's house?" Naruto asked his little brother. Konohamaru nodded.
"It's me, Moegi and Hanabi staying. We're gonna watch some DVD's and talk about the sports club." Konohamaru said happily. Moegi nodded.
"It's great you guys. I never thought I'd have so much fun playing sports." Moegi said happily. Sakura and Ten Ten grinned.
"Remember to be good Moegi, 'kay?" Sakura questioned. Moegi nodded happily, and then she and Konohamaru got into the car with Kimiko and Iruka.
"So when should we expect you two back then Mom?" Sakura asked.
"After all, curfew is nine o clock!" Ten Ten added.
"And you know how we're just bound to make a mess." Naruto added on. Kimiko shook her head.
"Not for awhile. We're supposed to be visiting one of Iruka's colleagues and having lunch before we do anything." Kimiko said seriously. Naruto grinned at Iruka.
"Well Dad, that wouldn't happen to be Kakashi Sensei's place would it?" Naruto asked. Iruka ruffled Naruto's hair affectionately.
"Yes. So you guys had better behave. Try and get along for the good of the house, and your allowances." Iruka added for good measure. Naruto shrugged.
"I can't promise anything Dad." Naruto replied. With that the adults left, and the teens were left to their own devices.
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Later that evening, the group crowded into the living room. Naruto and Deidara had gone and rented a few DVD's and Sakura was very curious as to what they'd picked out. She also saw a couple of huge grocery bags in Deidara's arms, and was curious about what on earth the two males had bought. The teen boys dumped their bags on the table and Ino was the first one to jump up and start looking through them. She pulled out five large bags of butterkist popcorn, a bottle of Cream Soda, a bottle of Grape Soda, a bottle of Cherry Cola, a bottle of R Whites Lemonade and a bottle of Cherryade. Ten Ten grabbed the other bag and pulled out a tub of Ben and Jerry's Phish Food ice cream, a tub of Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream, a tub of Ben and Jerry's Baked Alaska ice cream, a tub of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream and a tub of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Macadamia ice cream. She also pulled out five giant bars of dairy milk chocolate and a very large bag of Galaxy Minstrels. Ten Ten's eyes bulged.
"How are we gonna eat all this?" Ten Ten asked.
"We don't have to. It's all about choice." Naruto replied happily, as he ran off with the ice cream to put it in the freezer. He dropped a tub or two on the way, then ran back to pick it up and also place it in the freezer.
Ino pulled out a bag of fresh ring doughnuts, and fresh double chocolate cookies, along with two large white boxes. Ino opened the first box, to reveal various creamy cakes. Ten Ten laughed at the look on Ino's face when she saw them.
"Why did you bother getting cream cakes?" Ino asked.
"I'm gonna gain a ton of weight." She added for good measure.
"You don't have to eat them Ino-Chan. I know Ten Ten and Sakura like them so I got some. Even Deidara likes a good cream puff." Naruto said. He earned himself a bop on the head from Deidara while the others laughed at the implication. Sakura stood up from the chair she'd been sitting in and opened the other box. Inside was a large Banoffee pie. Sakura grinned widely. She knew Naruto had bought that specifically for her, after all, it was her favourite.
"Who wanted phish food Ben and Jerry's?" Ino asked.
"I did." Sakura replied.
"Cookie Dough is way better Billboard Brow." Ino quipped. Sakura snorted.
"You obviously have no taste in ice cream. Phish Food has actual variety with marshmallows and caramel, and it's chocolate. Cookie Dough Ice cream can't even be classed as vanilla with cookie dough pieces Ino Pig." Sakura shot back. Both girls looked at Ten Ten.
"Don't involve me. Baked Alaska is my favourite Ben and Jerry's." Ten Ten replied. Almost at the exact same moment, both girls looked at Naruto.
"Hey I like Chunky Monkey." Naruto stated.
"Before you even look at me. I was the one who picked the Chocolate Macadamia Ben and Jerry's." Deidara shot out before either girl could look in his direction. They both glared and sat on the sofa with a pout on their faces.
"Okay, now for the DVD's?" Naruto said happily, now that the debate was over. He grabbed six films out of the bag. One of them was Battle Royale, one of the most violent and gory Japanese films to exist. That had been picked out by Ten Ten. Deidara had picked American Beauty. Ino had picked out Meet Joe Black. Naruto had picked out Hancock. Sakura had picked out Wanted. Naruto put the extra film on the table. Sakura picked up the extra film and looked at it. "The Lovely Bones?" Sakura asked. "Yeah. I heard it was good and the store was doing a deal. Rent two get a third free." Naruto replied. Sakura gave a small smile. She'd read the book, The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold and had enjoyed reading it. She hadn't seen the film yet and wanted to compare it to the book.
"I saw that film at the cinema." Ino stated cheerfully. The group threw themselves into chairs and Naruto grabbed the films.
"Who's film first?" Naruto asked. Ten Ten grinned and grabbed dice out of her pocket. Sakura blinked.
"What the hell Ten Ten? Where did you get dice from?" Sakura asked. "Well whoever throws the highest number get's their film first and so on." Ten Ten replied, not answering Sakura's question.
"I think to be fair we should watch The Lovely Bones first because none of us chose it." Ino stated seriously. No one argued and so the five teens threw their dice one by one. Naruto threw a seven, Ino threw a twelve, Deidara threw four, Sakura threw nine and Ten Ten threw eleven. Ino was jumping around cheering that Meet Joe Black was going to be their first film after the Lovely Bones. The others all sighed.
"At least Brad Pitt is cute." Sakura thought to herself as Naruto put The Lovely Bones into the DVD player, little realising that Ten Ten was thinking the exact same thought.
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After their film marathon, the three girls sat on the sofa, Naruto curled up with a pillow on the floor next to them and Deidara sat in one of the cushy armchairs.
"What did you guys think of The Lovely Bones?" Ino asked.
"I think it was very visually appealing and it wasn't too different from the book." Sakura replied.
"It was so sad." Ten Ten quipped.
"I thought the visual effects were very good." Deidara stated. Naruto looked at the others and shrugged.
"It was okay but it was a bit girly for me. Kind of like Meet Joe Black. Sorry Ino, but the idea of Death falling in love with a girl and then tragically leaving her at the end so that she can live a normal human life is just... sappy." Naruto stated. Sakura and Ten Ten giggled while Ino glared. Deidara knew better then to insult his sister's choice in films.
"So what did you guys think of Battle Royale?" Ten Ten shot out. Naruto grinned widely.
"I am so sorry I never watched that film before now." Naruto replied. Deidara nodded.
"The idea of a class of school kids on a desert island fighting it out to the death, with the last one standing as the winner, was awesome." Deidara quipped.
"It was so gory. But it was kinda cool." Ino added.
"Well Battle Royale is one of Sakura's and my favourite films." Ten Ten stated. Sakura nodded her agreement.
"Wanted was awesome. I've been wanting to watch that for ages." Sakura stated. Naruto, Ten Ten and Deidara nodded. Ino pouted for a moment then grudgingly nodded.
"It was okay. I have to admit that Angelina Jolie bending bullets and Morgan Freeman as the bad guy was cool." Ino stated.
"Well Hancock always rocks. Anything with Will Smith rocks!" Naruto exclaimed. The others laughed.
"I have to admit I never expected to see a guy with another guy's head up his ass." Ten Ten quipped.
"It's all CGI!" Ino yelled. Deidara and Sakura snorted at Ino's exclamation.
"Well I liked American Beauty. It's the first time I ever saw it. I never expected it to end that way though." Sakura quipped. Deidara smirked.
"American Beauty is a more arty film. I like the way it inspires difference in the people of our society." Deidara replied. Naruto shrugged.
"I just liked that fact that everyone was crazy in that film." Naruto stated.
"They were not all crazy." Ten Ten shot back.
"No they were just weird." Ino added.
"That's what makes it a great film." Deidara quipped. The teens laughed and carried on talking about different things well into the night.
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Later that night, Iruka and Kimiko came back to the house to find the teens all curled up in the front room. Sakura, Ino and Ten Ten were all curled up on one sofa. Deidara was slumped on a chair, his legs hanging over one of the arms. Naruto was laying on the carpet with his head on a cushion.
"Should we wake them up to go to bed?" Kimiko whispered.
"Nah, leave them. They look comfortable like that." Iruka replied softly. The couple crept upstairs, leaving the teens to sleep on.
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Okay that's the end of this chapter. Next chapter more of the regular characters will be introduced. Just for those that don't know (But I don't think that will be a large number if any at all) Ben and Jerry's is an Ice Cream brand. It might be American but they sell it over here in England. I love Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and got the idea for Ino and Sakura's debate over Ice Cream when I had a debate with my cousin over which flavour was better. I prefer Phish Food (which has chocolate fishes in it, plus marshmallows and caramel, all mixed into gorgeous chocolate ice cream) and my cousin loves chocolate fudge brownie (which is self explanatory LOL!) while my brothers both love Cookie Dough (which is some random flavour ice cream that might just be milk, with pieces of cookie dough embedded in it) and one of my cousins likes Chocolate Macadamia (which is also self explanatory) As for Naruto liking Chunky Monkey. Well Chunky Monkey is awesome too (banana ice cream with walnuts in it)
Anywho, sorry about the ice cream rant. I just got carried away. Also I have nothing against any of the films I mentioned in this chapter. In fact I own all of them (except The Lovely Bones because it hasn't been released yet) on DVD. LOL! Anyways, I hope you all liked this chapter. Please R&R and let me know what you think. See you next update.