I can't decide whether I want Yuri to have a party and invite friends over or not. I was actually sort of thinking of doing a high school series, just to get away from this one for a while, along with a one-shot about Yuri baby-sitting a little kid. Although, the baby-sitting one might be a bit boring. I'll try it, but don't expect me to post it if I'm not motivated to write it.
I don't own Naruto. Actually it's more of a 'can't', but still.
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Yuri woke up from her nap when a knock sounded on her front door. She hurried to open the door, not bothering to look out the windows, or at the time. Yuri finally got to the door on the third knock, and there was Sakura, dressed up in a smart looking halter top and a pair of skin-tight jeans that said 'BR-AT' on the back pockets.
"Yuri! Guess what, the Sand Shinobi are in town, and Naruto's holding a party, cause he's really good friends with one of the members of the team."
Yuri rubbed her eyes and happened to glance out the living room window. "Uh, ano, Sakura-chan? What time's it?"
Sakura shrugged, "Probably around nine or so at night. Come on, hurry up and get dressed. Oh, and brush your hair, you look like you just got out of bed!"
"I did," Yuri mumbled. Suddenly she stopped. "Hey, wait! Why do I have to go to a stupid party?"
"Because, I'm making you. All of the other Konoha teams are coming, or so I've heard, so that means that you have to come too."
Yuri's want to meet the other ninja in overpowered her laziness, and she perked up. "Alright, but you have to help me pick out an outfit. I have that new one, but I don't know if it's appropriate."
Sakura fussed over Yuri for about 10 minutes, after which the smaller konoichi was fully ready to go. Wearing a red net undershirt paired with a skin-tight tanktop, black capris with red flames along the bottom, and the bandages aorund her wrists, Yuri pulled her hair back and shook her fingers through it, which really enhanced the whole layed look. Yuri strapped on her shoes and was ready to go out the door when Yuri suddenly asked, "Ne, Sakura-chan. Does Naruto-kun have a dvd player?" Sakura nodded, and Yuri ran down her stairs quickly and came up again, holding a dvd in her hand.
"I found it while searching the house," she grinned to the quizzical Sakura. "It's a horror movie, figured it'd be fun to watch later tonight." Yuri tucked the dvd under her arm and she and Sakura left to Naruto's house.
At Naruto's house:
Sakura and Yuri didn't have to wait long when they knocked on Naruto's door. It immediately opened, and the blonde ninja himself invited them in. Closing the door behind htem, he oggled a bit at their bodies before he laughed and told them how great they looked. It wasn't too long before Sakura saw a friend she knew, because she left to say hello, leaving Yuri alone with Naruto by the door.
"Um, Naruto-kun," Yuri said sweetly, offering out the dvd she had brought with her. "I found this at my apartment and thought it'd be fun to watch later tonight." Naruto thanked her and read the description. The look on his face clearly showed her he was thinking the same thoughts she had been thinking when she had first seen the dvd, but he brightened when he looked up and said, "That's a great idea, Yuri-chan! That's so great of you!" Naruto grabbed the girl into a big hug, causing her to blush madly.
"It's not that great..." she muttered. "Um, Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah Yuri-chan?"
"I don't know anybody here." The way she said it must have sounded funny to Naruto, because he laughed really hard. "How about if I find Sasuke for you, and he can introduce you to everybody." Yuri nodded her consent, and Naruto slipped through the crowd to seek out his target.
The doorbell rang twice, and Yuri answered it, giving brief smiles to the guests, and explaining that Naruto was off looking for someone, and that they could make themselves at home. She had just closed the door when someone tapped her shoulder. It was Naruto, and Sasuke was standing behind him.
Yuri went off with Sasuke, and Naruto stayed at the door to greet the few guests that were left. The first thing Sasuke did was bring Yuri over to a large group of boys.
"Alright, guys, this is own new team member, the one I've been telling you about. Everyone, this is Yuri-chan. She's from the Land of Waves, if you can't remember." Yuri blushed and waved to the guys, who were staring at her. "Um, hello," she said, a bit of her cute, innocent self leaking out.
"How old are you?" a tall guy with black hair in a spiky ponytail asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she assured him. He seemed persistent, however, because he asked again. "No, I'm sure I'd believe you."
"Alright," she sighed. "I just turned 13 a few months ago." A few mutters went around the small circle, and then the guy with the spiky ponytail laughed. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Yuri-chan," he said, holding out his hand for her to shake. "You believe me?" she asked, shaking it in her firm grip.
"Of course," a guy wearing a high collar and sunglasses said. "Why would you make up a lie about your age?"
"You've got me," Yuri admitted. Sasuke interrupted by saying, "By the way, that's Shino," he said, pointing to the collared guy. "And that's Shikamaru," pointing to the spiky ponytail. Sasuke went around the circle in order, and Yuri met Shino, Rock Lee, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, and Neji.
Yuri was pleased when she could go around the circle and recite everyone's names. "By the way, I brought a scary movie from my apartment, and I was wondering if anyone's seen it."
Sasuke frowned. "Where'd you get a scary movie?" Yuri just shrugged, "I found it in the basement. There's a bunch of dvds, a tv, and a dvd player. I just grabbed a random dvd that looked scary and ran back upstairs to Sakura-chan." It wasn't entirely true, but they didn't need to know details.
"Do you remember what it was called?" Shikamaru asked. Yuri nodded, ad put a finger on her chin to help her remember. "Uhm, it was something like darkness...Darkness Falls, I think. No, maybe...I think that was it. Yeah, Darkness Falls." Giggling, she added, "It's about the tooth faerie!"
Shikamaru nodded, "Yeah, I saw that movie once. I was a little kid though, and it freaked me out so much I walked out of the room and let my parents watch it alone." Yuri was in awe, "It's that scary?" she asked, huddling just a tad bit closer to Sasuke, who smirked and pulled his arm tighter around her shoulders.
"It's okay," Sasuke whispered in her ear. "You can sit by me, and squeeze my hand if it gets too scary." Yuri thought about it, Sasuke may be a bit, uh, odd, but if it helped get her through the movie...
"You stupid pervert, you just want to get close to her so you can kiss her or molest her or something." a voice from behind Yuri spoke up.
Sasuke grimaced and turned. "Yuri, I forgot to introduce you to one other guy. His name's Gaara. Gaara of the Desert."
Yuri recognized that name. Where had she heard it before? Yuri turned to see Gaara, and she was met by a tall, well built man. He had blood red hair, and a kanji tattoo on his left forehead read 'love'. His arms were crossed, and he looked at her with sea-foam green eyes rimmed in a thick line of black.
"Hello Gaara," she greeted the stranger pleasantly. He seemed to ignore he completely, as his gaze was upon Sasuke. Yuri looked up at Sasuke, who was also glaring daggers at the red-head. Suddenly Yuri remembered where she had heard Gaara's name before.
Yuri pulled on Sasuke's sleeve, forcing him to look at her. "Ne, ne, Sasuke-kun. Isn't Gaara the guy you said could kick my ass even harder than you could? like, ten times harder or something?" Sasuke turned a deep red, and the guys behind the two broke out into laughter, causing a lot of the other guests to look at them. Even Gaara put on a smirk, that could just about be described as a smile.
Sasuke mumbled something about the bathroom and left Yuri with all the other guys. Once he was gone, Shikamaru called out to Yuri, "Hey, Yuri! Did he REALLY say that?" Yuri grinned, "Yeah, pretty much. Although, I think I added a bit of glamour to it, and you guys did a greap number by laughing on cue!"
Kiba broke out of the circle and walked up to Yuri. He put an arm around her shoulders and shook her. "You're somethin'," he said. Yuri was getting a little dizzy, so she asked, "Yeah, yeah, people've told me that. So why the hell do you have to shake me so much?"
Kiba was getting really excited. "Not only can she embarass the Uchiha bastard, she had a potty mouth too! This girl is a wonder!" Yuri pushed Kiba's arms away before he could shake her again, but the enthusiastic ninja accidentally hit her on the wrist. Yuri winced and backed away, rubbing the area he had hit vigorously, as though it would wipe the pain away. Kiba noticed this and he immediately calmed down. "Hey, are you okay?" he asked, glancing from her wrists to her face.
"Yuri nodded, and slowed the rubbing on her wrists. The pain! It hurt a lot, and she was tempted to cry, in fact, she was on the verge of crying. Kiba noticed this, and he walked closer, putting his arm around her shoulder again, this time out of comfort. "I have a feeling those bandages aren't just for show," he said, and she shook her head no. She felt that if she opened her mouth, her tear ducts would open.
Shikamaru walked over to the two and crouched down so that he was peering into the young girl's face. Gaara watched as he lifted her quivering chin, and wiped away an almost non-existant tear. Soon other members of the group went over and tried to comfort Yuri, until she was smiling and laughing again. And just in time, too.
Naruto came flying around the corner of his hallway into the room Yuri's group was gathered in. He raised his eyebrows as to why everyone was gathered around her like that, but he dismissed the thought and announced, "We're going to put in the movie now, you'd better get a good set while they're open!" Yuri yelped and raced with Naruto into the tv room, where several other guests were already sitting and watching the previews for the movies.
Yuri was looking for a place to sit when Kiba and Shikamaru came up behind her, each taking and arm and leading her over to a single beanbag, right in front of the tv. They plopped down, soon followed by Yuri, who couldn't understand why they had dragged her onto their laps. With one leg crossed over Kiba's and one over Shikamaru's, the trio watched the movie in relative comfort. Yuri and a few others girls yelped at the scariest parts, and Kiba and Shikamaru took turns in turning Yuri's head away so she didn't have to watch the scenes.
Yuri actually looked around the room once during a scary part she was trying to block out. She could make out a few faces, Sakura was sitting on a couch next to Naruto. Swiveling her head the other way, she caught the eyes of Neji and Rock Lee. Lee gave her a thumbs up, and she smiled, but Yuri had made the mistake of looking at the tv at the wrong time, and had instantly ducked her head down to bury it in Shiakamaru's arm.
Shikamaru watched the scene, but when he felt Yuri nuzzle his arm, he looked down at her with a smile. Geez, Kiba was right, this girl's somthin'. It's so hard to call her troublsome, when she looks so cute.
Yuri tried to watcht the movie, but sometimes the suspense would get too much, and she would look down to the bandages around her wrists. She caught a few people looking at her, and she gave each a smile. It helped her to get away from the true darkness the movie was emanating. Yuri looked at the lights and just realized how dark it really was in the room.
Kiba could feel it in his leg whenever Yuri skwirmed(sp?), or when she shook from a particularly scary moment. He saw her look aorund the room, and caught her smile when she noticed someone glanced at her. She's so odd...I wonder if she'd like Aakamaru? Maybe I should introduce them some time.
Yuri and several of the other girls sighed when the movie ended. "You were right," she whispered into Shikamaaru's ear. "That really was scary." Shikamaru grinned and blushed, "Yeah, but it wasn't so bad this time," He almost added 'Since you were sitting near me,' but he didn't want to sound corny.
Naruto was the first to jump up and stretch, and soon others followed suit. A line for the bathroom formed, and others went into the kitchen to get drinks or small snacks. Yuri wobbled to her legs, the way she had been sitting had cut off a bit of her circulation, and she was rubbing her thighs to get the feeling back in them. Shiakamaru and Kiba stood once Yuri was up, and they laughed together. "You were so scared through that movie!" Kiba laughed. "I could practically feel you trembling every other five minutes!"
Yuri looked a little cross, "At least I wasn't the only one, there were plenty of other people out there who were freaking out."
Shikamaru pulled his arms over his head and stretched them. "Don't pick on her too much, Kiba. I have a feeling that if she gets pissed, you'll be the one to pay." Yuri grinned and cracked her knuckles, but Kiba seemed unphased. He was even bold enough to pick up Yuri and set her on his shoulder. "Can't reach me now, can you?"
Yuri suppressed the urge to yelp again, but she grinned down at him and said "Wrong, dumbass." Yuri punched Kiba in the head, and said, "You know, I'd punch you harder, but it's scary up here."
Kiba rubbed his head with the hand that wasn't holding Yuri on his shoulder. "Ouch, I'm glad you're not hitting me harder. Even that tiny punch hurt." Yuri tried to slip down off of his shoulder, but Kiba was holding on tight. "Lemme go!" Yuri said, trying not to get other people's attention.
Shikamaru watched as Yuri punched Kiba in the head, then attempted to get down from his shoulder. Of course, Kiba just has to tease the new girl. Should I stop them? Nah, Yuri-chan's smiling, maybe she enjoys the attention he's giving her.Shikamaru walked up to Kiba and told him, "Like I said, if she gets pissed, you're the one who's gonna feel the pain."
Kiba looked up to Yuri, who looked at Shikamaru, then Kiba, then Shikamaru again. Kiba was about to lift Yuri off his shoulder when naruto came running into the room again. "Hey everybody, let's watch another--Kiba? Whatcha doing with Yuri?"
Everybody in the room looked to Kiba, who still had Yuri sitting on his shoulder. Yuri was a bit embarassed, so she punched Kiba on the head again and said, loud enough so that everyone could hear, "Put me down. Dumby." The whole room was silent as Kiba let go of Yuri, and she slid down. Yuri brushed her shirt off and looked at Naruto. "What was it you were going to say, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto shook his head and said, "Oh, yeah. I was gonna ask if you guys wanted to watch another movie." Cheers broke out, and so did a smile on Naruto's face. "Alright, but, uh. Who should choose the movie?" Everyone immediately looked at Yuri, and she looked back. "What? Oh, me?" The crowd nodded, and Yuri blushed.
Naruto grabbed Yuri's hand and took her over to a case with dvds on it. "Just pick one out, we can vote on whether to watch it or not." Yuri looked a little doubtful. "Well, what does everyone want to watch?" she asked, looking mainly in the direction of Shikamaru and Kiba. Cries of "Scary movie!" and "Another scary one," broke out, even though most of everyone had freaked out during the previous movie. Yuri nodded and bent down to look at Naruto's selection of movies.
"How about this one?" Yuri said, pulling of a movie called 'Ghost Ship'. She handed it to Naruto, who nodded his consent and passed the movie around to see if there were any objections.
"Um, Naruto," Neji said once to movie got to him. "This movie has a lot of blood in it," he noted.
"Yeah, so?"
Neji looked at the girl across the room from him, the one Yuri thought had the same eyes. They must be brother and sister, Yuri thought. Neji continued, "Well, Hinata doesn't exactly like hte sight of blood." The girl blushed and nodded. Naruto looked at the girl, and then back to Neji. "I've seen the movie plenty of times before." Turning to Hinata, he said, "I know when the scenes with blood are, so I can squeeze your hand, and then you can look away. Is that ok?"
Yuri thought of how Sasuke had offered her more-or-less the same thing. HInata didn't appear to even think about it, though. She immediately nodded, and Naruto grinned at her. "Alright everyone, back to you seats, I'm going to put the movie in."
Yuri turned and saw Kiba and Shikamaru already sitting on the beanbag. She skipped over to them, and lowered herself back onto their laps. "It's cold in here," she noted, getting amused looks from her friends' faces. "What?" she asked, shrugging off their looks. "I'm just stating the truth."
She was surprised, however, when Kiba and Shikamaru leaned closer, and when they eached draped an arm over her. "We'll keep you warm," Kiba whispered into her ear. Yuri blushed, and was glad the lights flickered off at the time they did, because she could feel the blush spread over her cheeks and to her ears. Snuggling closer into her friends, she whispered back, "Thanks."
Shikamaru and Kiba loked at each other over the smaller girl's head. They smirked, this was going to get interesting.
Yuri tried to focus on the movie. Right off the bat a terrible scene appeared, and Yuri glanced in Hinata's direction. She and Naruto were holding hands, and Hinata had her eyes closed, her head resting on Naruto's shoulder. Yuri smiled, glad Naruto was doing his job well. Yuri looked back to the movie. She tried to focus on the voices, but she couldn't help but look around. Kiba and Shikamaru were watching the movie intently. How can they sit so still? she asked herself. Maybe I'm just uncomfortable, being stuck on their laps.
Yuri fidgeted, leaning her head back so far she could see the wall behind her. Sea-foam green eyes rimmed in black stared back at her. It was Gaara of the Sand. Yuri smiled at Gaara, but she didn't know if he could see it or now because of the lack of light. Yuri leaned back up so she was looking at the tv screen. She leaned against Shiakamaru to get his attention, and he looked down at her.
"I forget, which guy was the one who hired them?" Shikamaru waited until the screen showed a group of the men and pointed out the 'guy' Yuri was looking for. "Thanks," she whispered. Yuri kept her head on Shikamaru's shoulder, and she watched the movie, trying to remember who everyone was.
Kiba leaned over about halfway through the movie and whispered something into Shikamaru's ear. Yuri was half asleep, so she didn't make out what he said, but she watched him transport Yuri onto Shikamaru's lap. She closed her ears as he gave her a light kiss on the forehead, and the next thing Yuri knew, she was asleep.
Shikamaru watched Kiba as he made his way past the bodies that were laying on the floor, watching the movie. Kiba had left Akamaru at home alone, and was worried about him. Shikamaru looked down at Yuri, who was now fully in his lap. The male ninja, put his arm aorund her shoulders, and one under her legs, hugging her close. She's so tiny, he thought, looking down into her angelic face.
Yuri stirred when a loud noise in the movie woke her up. She opened her eyes and Shikamaru was looking down at her. Yuri looked to her left and wondered where Kiba had gone. She went to move into his spot, so Shikamaru could have his lap back, but Shikamaru stopped her. He shook his head, a smile on his face. It was then that Yuri noticed he had his arms around her, and she smiled back.
Yuri wiggled so she could lean up against Shikamaru's chest. He took his arms away from her until she was comfortable, then wrapped them around her stomach. Yuri felt his arms wrap around her and smiled to herself. 'It looks like he likes you,' a voice in her head told her.
'Nah, we're just friends,'
'You can think that, but you know it's not true.'
Yuri blocked out the voice and tried to concentrate on the movie. She had no idea what was going on, though, because of her 5 minute nap. She didn't want to ask Shikamaru what was going on; he should be able to enjoy the movie without having to talk to her. Yuri gave up all hopes on the movie and decided she was still tired. Leaning on Shikamaru, the little konoichi closed her eyes and fell into a light slumber.
Shikamaru looked down when she leaned into him again. He could feel her heart beat against his, and knew she was asleep. Damn, she's so cute when she's asleep. Shikamaru rested his head on hers, being careful not to wake the sleeping angel.
Yuri didn't have long to sleep, because the movie would soon be over. What am I going to do when everyone starts moving around after the movie ends? I don't want to wake her up, but...
Shikamaru cuddled Yuri against him when Naruto got up to turn on the lights. Neji turned off the dvd player and the tv, and another line for the bathroom formed. It was basically the same procedure as after the first movie.
Shikamaru reached out a foot and tripped the first person to go past him. The person was Shino, and though Shikamaru could tell he was a little pissed, Shikamaru knew he would help him. When Shino regained his balance, Shikamaru nodded towards the girl in his arms, and Shino got the picture.
Shikamaru watched as Shino made his way around the room, telling people to keep quiet. Soon it was close to silent, and Shikamaru was looking around for Naruto. Instead, he came face to face with Ino, Tenten, and Sakura.
Sakura was hte first to whisper, "Awww...poor Yuri-chan! She fell asleep during the movie!"
Ino giggled, covering her mouth to make sure she wasn't too loud. "Yeah, but look at the way she fell asleep! She must've been really cozy with Shikamaru-kun to sit on his lap like that!"
Hinata was next to comment, "Y-yeah, but I saw Kiba-kun leave halfway through the movie. I'm s-sure Yuri-chan must've been pretty sleepy by then, and Kiba and Shikamaru were sharing the beanbag, so he just had Shikamaru hold Yuri-chan like that."
Shikamaru grimaced. Why the hell are girls so curious about everything? They're so damn troublesome!
Shikamaru started when Yuri stirred. She fluttered open her eyes and looked up at him. At first she looked confused, like she didn't know where she was. The konoichi looked around her and her eyes fell upon the trio of girls who had just been talking about her. Then she seemed to notice Shikamaru, who was still holding on to her, was watching her.
"I'm...what the hell? Can you please let go, Shikamaru-kun?" Yuri asked, a bit of annoyance in her voice. Shikamaru let go, and the konoichi slipped in the indentation Kiba had made in the beanbag. Yuri stretched pulling her arms above her head like Shikamaru had. The effect: her tanktop pulled up past her bellybutton, getting a few odd looks from the guys in the room, who had nothing better to do than watch the conversations happening around them.
Yuri seemed to notice her shirt pulled up and she pulled it back down, embarassed. Unfortunately, the damage was done. Even with her net shirt underneath, the guys had seen her perfectly shaped tummy (haha, I like that word), and they were in practical awe. Even Shino, who was usually so quiet and bland, smiled at the girl's blush.
Yuri felt it was best for her to escape the room, so she grabbed Sakura's hand and rushed out of the tv room, into the nearest empty room, the living room.
Sakura laughed at her friend's receeding blush. "Haha, you have to be more careful with what you show. Those guys are going to be all over you now! Hahahahaha!!!" Yuri didn't find her friend's sense of humor amusing, but she grinned anyway. "I didn't even think about it, I mean, you don't usually plan on your shirt going up when you stretch your arms. Now I have to devise a plan to make htem stay away."
Sakura was a bit shocked. "Yuri-chan, why would you want to get away from the boys? I mean, some of them are kinda cute...I'm not saying any names...but just look at the way Shikamaru was holding you during the movie. I mean, it's kinda obvious that he likes you. Plus, you fell asleep so easily, you can definitely trust him."
Yuri looked at her friend. "You think? I mean, I don't...damn it! For once in my life I don't have anything witty and sarcastic to say! Shit! I feel so naked without my sarcasm protecting me."
Sakura laughed, "You're so damn funny, Yuri-chan. Come on, let's go back out into the tv room and see what's going on. It's probably pretty close to midnight, so we should think about leavig soon." Sakura started towards the door, but turned and said, "Oh, and Ino, Tenten, and I are going to walk home together, so you should probably get one of your new fanboys to walk you home."
Yuri shuddered. "Don't say that word...it's creepy. 'Fanboys?' Really, that's just wrong." Nonetheless, she followed the pink-haired konoichi bakc into the tv room.
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Alright, I'm not going to update again until I get 10 comments, from at least 5 different people. Please tell people about this story, it's not very popular! I'll be working on the next few chapters, and I'll try to update one every day after we reach that 10 comment/5 different members mark. Tata for now!
