Sorry if it took a long time, I had a plot bunny and changed the story slightly as I wanted to add a twist into the story. I hope you enjoy this chapter as I had a great time writing it. Enjoy! I don't own anything mentioned in this story at all.
Chapter 6: Thank Goodness
Two days after the signing of the papers, Naruto was wondering whether he had made the right choice.
"I suppose I could always donate to charity if I feel to guilty." He smiled, that would be a great back up plan if he felt awful afterwards.
"I must admit, I wonder what on earth possessed you to do this in the first place? It's a sign that most failed stars are desperate." The fox was drinking tea with a newspaper to accompany it.
"How about you gas your opinions out when you're asked to? And how the hell did you get a newspaper and tea with you?" The blonde wasn't going to let the fox rain on his parade. He had to keep this good mood going if he was to ever show his face at the studio for the photo shoot.
"I seem to remember the the old man diddling himself. Ring any bells?" The fox smirked a toothy one.
"Fuck you." Naruto gritted his teeth, and with that, he stopped conversation. He looked at the clock and his heart stopped. Only an hour until the shoot. He remembered he could wear whatever he wanted as they were briefed they would be allocated clothing, or any at all.
"I guess I have to face the music." He put a sweater, some clean clothes and shower gel in a bag and shuddered when he wondered why he needed the shower gel in the first place. He was wearing his orange shirt with grey jogger shorts with his ipod in tow. He wanted to select shuffle, but he never got the song he wanted to at any moment.
"God, why invent this shit idea. Sorry Steve jobs, but it wasn't one of your greatest idea." He looked to the sky while saying this and began on his journey. He selected Bowling for Soup's The Bitch song and he ran to his destination. He hummed the tune and replayed those moments of the performance in his head, and who the talent scout chose for the band. He couldn't help but feel disheartened when his talent would seemingly be wasted.
"Oh well, shit happens." He then slowly let his tears fall but he smiled through them. An age seem to pass, only his trance broke when he arrived at the studio. He felt like he was covered in defecation when he arrived, people would stare at him pointedly; they could of changed the sign from a voluptuous woman to just the name of the studio. It was called Peepers.
"This is going to be a LOOOOOONG day." The blonde ninja blew out and strode in before anyone would notice. Considering it was a seedier part of the village, the studio looked relatively professional and clean; the receptionist made him jump as she looked extremely pretty. Did she know what photo shoots went on here?
"Y'know, she probably wouldn't be here if she knew." The fox was looking forward to this, Naruto could tell. Before he could retaliate, the receptionist greeted him. She wasn't exactly shy with what she was wearing either, he was finding it hard to look at her face. She wore a light grey vest which was translucent, she wore a a leopard print bra underneath with silver hot pants that could pass for underwear. She wore black high heeled shoes that almost made her as tall as him, which was quite a feat for someone. She had a black bob with a well made up face, she looked like the type to be working here.
"Hey there, are you part of the music show contestants booked for today?" She seemed relatively friendly and this calmed him down.
"Uh yeah, Naruto Uzumaki on your records?" Would they have his details ready?
"Let me check." She tottered as fast as she could manage to the iMac and quickly typed away his details. She smiled in confirmation.
"Yes, go down this corridor to the right, behind this desk and it's the door right at the end. Some couldn't make it unfortunately, but an Ino, Shikamaru, uh... Hinata, Sakura, Kiba, Lee and Tenten are here." She seemed to understand his nervousness.
"Thanks." He nodded and made his way to the place of meeting. He braced himself when he got to the door. When he was ready, he pushed the door open and a small studio with fur carpets and elevated platforms met his gaze. Luckily, he heard the psst from Ino and made his way over to the dressing room.
"Thank god someone else arrived, the photographer is pissed." She seemed serious like she was briefing him on a mission. "Not to mention he wouldn't stop eyeing us girls up. His wife was also skulking around the boys too. Seems like birds of a feather flock together." She cringed and looked back to Naruto.
"Well, let's get this over and done with. I wonder if the others 'couldn't' make it?" He was feeling almost resentful to them. They both gone into their respective gender rooms and he was greeted by the male photographer.
"Hello, my name is Shizuna Mayako, you must be the last person to be turning up I assume" He looked quite plain with extremely pointed features. He looked scary and seemed, like Ino said, pissed.
"I think it looks that way." He responded gravely.
"Any who, you'll be sharing with the other boys and you'll do some photos together. I don't have enough materials or models to cater to one sexual preference. Against popular belief you won't be forced to bare all, you can cover with things if you prefer." His tone seemed to be full of disappointment and critique. He departed back to the set to set up equipment. When Naruto entered the room, it seemed quiet; even Lee couldn't come up with a smile.
"Hey guys." He must admit, he couldn't bring himself to smile. The room was bright enough and clean. He wasn't looking forward to it anyway.
"Hey." The boys were in pink dressing gowns. Oh dear.
"Well, how are the photos gonna be set out?" He was hopeful a lot of those animal rugs would be covering them, he didn't want to see them naked or vice versa.
"We're gonna have a photo with all the combinations of pairs from between us. I mean you and Kiba are going first together, seeing from the board on the wall." Shikamaru pointed to the board and eyed as if something horrific was seeping out of it. Did he have a haircut?
"And before you ask, yes, I have had a haircut. I suppose something good came off from this." His hair was shaved really short on the sides but his hair on top was swept to the side and seemed to have it cut shorter but only so it didn't pass the side of his head. Now that Naruto thought of it, Kiba looked different too. Lee's hair wasn't black or bowl cut anymore! Kiba had his slicked with a ton of gel. From the left corner of his head, the side was gelled down while the rest of his hair was slicked in the other direction. Lee's was now a chocolate brown with again, the sides were shaved like a Mohawk but it was kept flat.
"Well, let's do it." Kiba seemed uneasy, a rare sight for anyone.
"Don't worry, it'll be over soon." Naruto tried to muster his best smile but this wasn't the best thing to do, Kiba scowled.
"We haven't even started yet." Not spiteful, more like a spoilt child sulking and wasn't directed at anyone. His smile had dropped; why must this get personal?
They had walked into the set and weren't prepared for the cold to hit them so hard.
"This is torture. I don't think this is necessary!" Lee ran as fast as he could, catching Kiba and Naruto off guard; they went to run after him. Luckily, Shikamaru was aware and caught him in a shadow possessing jutsu before he could clear any distance.
"Not yet, I think something is going on. The Shizuna character lost his 'character' for a moment and panicked when he knew I noticed."
"What do you mean? We only met him 5 minutes ago." Kiba snapped out of his dark cloud mood and immediately assumed a cautious position.
"Could he be a disguise? Or Genjutsu?" Lee also looked around. "I can't cancel it."
"I can't either." Kiba was getting extremely flustered now, this also raised suspicion which didn't go unnoticed by Shikamaru.
"Will you calm down? I need to concentrate." Shikamaru was holding his hands in a hand seal to try and get his chakra into the flow of the disrupting one. As hard as he tried, he couldn't cancel it out.
"Let... let me try." Naruto was feeling anxiety, dragging his chest downwards to the floor. Not only was the sensation of being pulled down filling his head, he was pretty sure his view was being distorted and moulded like plasticine. Was it really anxiety or a really bad migraine? No, pain would of come by now.
"I... can't... nyaah..." His head was swimming, like being tired; he could barely keep his eyes open.
"Hey... don't... go bed now..." Lee stumbled on the spot. He looked like he was going to collapse in sleep too. Shikamaru tried to control the situation, he was fading as fast as they were. Before he could even think of calling out, he blacked out. They all were in a pile on the floor. Shizuna lurked in the black of the studio and when he felt he was safe, he came out.
"Oh darling, we can make a fortune with these fine specimens!" The man was full of glee, it was evident in his voice and his wife basked in his affection. She giggled like a little school girl, her tone was sickly sweet; her body language was sauntering to him.
"Oh sweetie, we have to check if they are what we are looking for. But I already know I guess, I peeped in their changing room like the naughty girl I am." She giggled again and out came a kunai. She bounded to them and tore their clothes off, leaving nothing on. She licked her lips, the cat got her cream and she purred in appreciation.
"They'll be perfect. Soon, after we clone them, we can sell them on the black market for cash my sweet. I can buy you anything you want!" He embraced and kissed her.
"Oh darling, don't they look splendid. Especially that one with the bushy brows, that bowl cut was atrocious, didn't suit him at all. Their bodies are magnificent." She was so happy with her find. Her husband couldn't be any happier either, they both seemed to shake in excitement but they looked unwell. What was their main goal, aside from making money?
The girls had gone to Tenten's house for a night in; ice cream and beauty magazines had littered her living room. Ino, Sakura and Hinata were in sleeping bags while Tenten had brought down a mattress and a duvet.
"I wonder what the boys are doing now?" Hinata was reading her magazine, the article was advising on how to protect pale skin from sunburns. She didn't have any concern though, she was very interested in the advice, going on about what ingredients to get and mash together to create this cream. "Ino, are you familiar with any of these plants?"
"Pass it over here." The blonde had finished her spoonful of ice cream and held a hand out to receive the magazine. She read it over and explained to Hinata that all of them could be found in her flower shop. Sakura was busy reading her sport magazine, she was considering buying new training clothes as hers were getting old. Tenten was pointing out what she thought would suit her while reading over her shoulder. The pink haired ninja raised her head up to respond.
"Don't know, knowing Naruto he's at Ichiraku's, or masturbating." An awkward silence passed and everyone laughed hysterically bar Hinata.
"Sakura! Don't bring up such awful things!" She looked reproachful, however, smirked and joined in the laughter too. Ino was holding her sides, letting out short breathes to calm herself down.
"I bet! Shikamaru wouldn't do that himself, he's too lazy to even pull his underwear down. That's what best friends are for!" Ino received an eyebrow raise from the others, she couldn't contain her amusement. "NO! CHOUJI!" Then more laughter came, it was getting late but their fun wasn't seeming to end, since when did sleepovers ever involve any sleep?
"Oh girls, I bought a new subscription today. I think you'll all like it, very much so." Tenten grinned mischievously.
"Shinobi Gazette?" Asked Hinata.
"Konoha Glamour?" Ino was hopeful.
"Here and Now?" Sakura was clueless.
"No..., Ninja Tools." Tenten corrected. The girls let out a sigh, how did they not know that? "No no, you misunderstand..." She pulled out the magazine and showed the rest the cover. The girls swore loudly and laughed like men because of a smutty joke.
"That's HUGE" Sakura's eyes turned to saucers and Hinata had turned red. Ino had a face that read 'Pervert'.
"Come on then, open it!" Ino wanted it so badly, she always wanted to do it but feared getting strange looks from others.
"I... don't think that is a good idea to be honest." Hinata squirmed in discomfort and looked around incase another person would come in at any time. The girls decided it would be funny to pin Hinata down and force her to see the pictures inside, Hinata screamed in shock, soon replaced with wild laughter. The night was no longer quiet and the girls had no idea of how much trouble the boys were in...
Well, was the twist... twisty enough? I forgot to say something. What did you think of the song in Hinata's ipod in the chapter before? It's so sweet! Review, but remember. I keep my flames for burning things...