Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Neji, Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Hana, Inuzuka Tsume, Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Hiashi, Akamaru, Hyuuga Hanabi © Masashi Kishimoto
Clue © Hasbro (I think...)
Hapi © uhhh idk...
AU. The adventures of the Naruto gang in high school. SasuNaru, one-sided HinaSaku, more pairings to come.
"spoken" "text" 'thoughts/mouthing'
The group set off the remaining fireworks quickly, filling the sky with light and illuminating all the smoke in the air. Each boom shook through the teens' bodies. Sasuke cuddled closer to Naruto, who wrapped an arm around him. "Well," the stoic brunette said to his friends. "That's the last of them."
Kiba got up and dusted his knees off. "Well, then, should we head home? Oh, and Neji, I have to stay at your place tonight. My mom's renovating the house and doesn't want me and Hana around this weekend."
Meanwhile, Sakura set down her phone and flopped on her bed. 'How could Ino think I would lie about something like that?' she wondered. Looking out her window, she caught a glimpse of the last of the smoke from the fireworks. Her mind flashed back a bit, to the large heart that lit up the sky. Sakura got up and walked to her desk. Sighing, she cracked open a book. "Well, better practice my lines..."
Fervently, she scanned the lines for the role of Juliet. Honestly, getting the part wasn't for Sasuke anymore. Sakura was more focused at finally beating Ino at something other than test scores. She brushed her long, pink hair behind her ear. The strands fell back into her face and she glared at them. 'This is so annoying! Why did I ever want my hair long in the first place? - oh yeah.'
Sasuke. The cherry blossom sulked and went back to studying for the audition. Back with the group of friends, Hinata had her feet up on the dashboard of her cousin's car, with her nose buried in the booklet of lines she'd chosen to rehearse for the audition. Kiba was resting his crossed arms on Neji's headrest, babbling on and on about something or another. Shino was silently sitting next to Kiba. Neji pulled up to Shino's house and the stoic entomologist-in-training walked up to his door, waving to his friends. Kiba kept up his incessant chatter. "Dammit, Kiba, I swear, if you don't shut the fuck up I'm going to turn around and make you stay at Shino's for the weekend!"
Kiba slunk back into his seat and stopped talking. It wasn't that he didn't like Shino or anything; it was just that Shino was so quiet and stiff, and never did anything fun. Neji and Hinata, on the other hand, always had something fun for him to do. Inwardly, Neji thought 'And Hinata-sama, get your feet off my dashboard!' but couldn't say it because she was from the main branch, and, more importantly, the heiress. Finally, Neji arrived at the gates of the Hyuuga manor. Neji opened his window and pressed a button. "Uncle Hiashi-sama, it's Neji. Hinata-sama and I are back, and Kiba's with us because his mom kicked him out for the weekend."
The three teens waited patiently for Hiashi to open the large gates, and then Neji drove up the long driveway to the garage. Kiba dragged a worn duffel bag out of Neji's trunk. 'How did I miss that?' the long-haired brunette asked himself. The trio parted ways, Hinata going to her large yet under-decorated room in the main branch's house, and Kiba and Neji headed off to Neji's room. Kiba tossed his worn-out grayish-blue duffel bag on the floor and crashed onto a bean-bag chair. Neji disappeared and returned with two glasses of water. An awkward silence soon followed. Neji fidgeted uncomfortably on his bed. 'Is he...blushing?' the canine wondered.
A small white puppy out of the duffel bag, where he had been hiding during the fireworks, and shook his head. Kiba scooped him up. "Hey there, Akamaru! I was wondering where you ran off to!"
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a doggy biscuit and gave it to the puppy. Neji scooted over and scratched Akamaru behind the ears. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Neji opened it to let in his cousin, who carried a box in her arm. "Who wants to play Clue?"
"I call Professor Plum!" the normally serious brunette exclaimed.
"Colonel Mustard," Kiba said, raising his hand slightly.
"And I'm Miss Scarlet," Hinata said dramatically.
"I'll be Mrs. White!" her younger sister interjected.
Neji perked his head, having not even noticed his youngest cousin, who had been right behind Hinata the whole time. Hinata took the board out of the box and set it on the floor. Hanabi passed out the game pieces. Neji happily clutched onto his purple peg, and then placed it onto the "Start" position. After the game was set up, Hanabi left, and returned with a couple bowls of Hapi and chips, and her uncle Hizashi with a couple bottles of soda and plastic cups. Hizashi set down the drinks and picked three cards and put them in the small envelope and left. "There," Hanabi said proudly. "Now there's no chance any of us can know what the cards are."
Well into the game, the four were glancing furtively at one another, anxiously awaiting Kiba's move. The Inuzuka led his peg into the kitchen. Carefully looking over his notes, he said, "I think it was Mrs. Peacock, in the study, with the candlestick!"
The other three shuffled through their cards. Hanabi popped into a chibi and triumphantly held up the Candlestick card. Hinata, next to her, slyly showed off the Study card. They turned to Neji, expecting him to have Mrs. Peacock, but he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Then, once everyone was ready to move on to Hanabi's turn, Neji burst out with "Just kidding! Here she is!"
The other three glared at him, obviously annoyed. Hanabi reached into the bowl of Hapi and rolled the die.
