DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto. Which totally sucks ass by the way. -runs away and cries-
A/N: I really should be doing my project right now, since it's due tomorrow and everything, but, hey, screw that, man. If you're not a man, take no offense. I call everyone that. And dude. I say dude a lot too.
That morning was probably the worst morning ever. It would have been the second worst night ever, except I slept straight through my hangover. Hallelujah. It was freezing cold, and what's worse was that Team 7 had a mission that morning. Which means that Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan, Sasuke-kun, and I would be sitting out in the cold, waiting for Kakashi-sensei for about an hour or two. Sounds wonderful, right? Yeah, I thought so.
I dug through the closet where I looked for something to wear. There wasn't much to dig through, since Sakura takes up pretty much the whole space. I threw on a pair of cargo pants along with brown boots and an olive green V-neck top, long sleeved due to the weather and braided my blonde hair in a thick braid. I then woke Sakura up. It took a while though…
"Yo, Sakura-chan, wake up." I said, shaking her a bit. She merely turned over. I tried again. "Hey, baka, miss nap time or something? Get up!" She didn't budge. "Sakura-chan!" I screamed. No use, she was as hard as a rock. Geesh, this girl could sleep through a fire alarm, no, make that twenty fire alarms! So I went to my last resort. Grabbing my iPod, which I had discovered had come with me a while ago, I turned it to one of the loudest songs on my iPod: I Will Kill You by Cannibal Corpse. I stuck the earphones in her ears and turned up the volume. Hitting the play button and waiting a few seconds of a semi-quiet intro was all that it took, and she was up with a yell. I cracked up. She merely glared.
After Sakura threw on her clothes we headed out.
I stopped by the ramen bar for breakfast, since I forgot to eat at the house. Plus, that was where we were supposed to meet Kakashi-sensei. He was late as usual.
I wasn't surprised to see Naruto there, already at least ten bowls in front of him. Sasuke was also there, a scowl spread across his face. I could tell he was forced to come here. Sakura didn't care though, and she took a seat next to him, staring wide-eyed and (was that drool?) batting her eyelashes at him.
Naruto and I chatted for a bit, and I tried my hardest to avoid Sasuke. He and I weren't exactly tight, if you know what I mean…
He hates you.
So? I hate him back. So there! Besides, why do you care Mrs. Mayo... Mayo... Mayonnaise head?!
It's Mayonaka Hina! But to you, Hina-chan will do, thank you very much.
I rolled my eyes to myself and turned back to Naruto and we continued on our conversation on which was better, knee-length or thigh-length socks, while Sakura tried to carry on a conversation with Sasuke, who looked like he would rather be dead than be here.
Kakashi-sensei arrived about an hour later. "YOU'RE LATE!" we yelled in unison. Kakashi merely grinned, as if you could tell with that mask of his, and waved.
"Sorry, but along the way I saw an old woman getting attacked by purse-snatching dogs, so, being the responsible ninja that I am, I rescued her and carried her to the nearest hospital." He said proudly.
"You liar!" I exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at the spiky-haired jounin. "Stop making up dumb-ass stories when you know that we'll know that they aren't true! You stupid old man!"
Okay, so maybe that was going a bit far, but I did that often. Besides, I get grumpy easily in cold weather.
Of course, I could still be my terribly stupid self. I figured out a new method on annoying Kakashi, which you shall find out soon enough, I promise. Luckily Kakashi didn't seem to mind about my little explosion, so we continued on with the mission directions.
Kakashi sat down at the ramen bar and went on to explaining. "Anyway, you will be-"
"PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON LIVED BY THE SEA!" I interrupted. Team 7, Kakashi-sensei, and everyone else nearby sweat dropped. Kakashi cleared his throat and started again.
"You'll be on a search in rescue mission to find a-"
"AND FROLICKED IN THE AUTUMN MIST IN A LAND CALLED HONAH LEE!" I sang, interrupting once again. Sasuke hit me in the back of the head.
"You baka! Whatever you're singing, stop singing it! It's annoying!" he exclaimed and put his hand over my mouth when I opened my mouth to insult that baka. I stuck my tongue out, licking his hand that was still clasped over my mouth, causing him to pull his hand back quickly. I laughed. He cursed. Kakashi shook his head. Everyone else sweat dropped. Finally I let Kakashi carry on with his little announcement-type-thing without any interruptions. From me, that is…
Sensei cleared his throat again. "You will be on a search and rescue mission. You're target: a-"
Suddenly a woman who was getting her ramen screamed, due to the fact that she didn't listen to the man's warning that the bowl was hot, and threw the bowl of ramen up in the air, which landed on Kakashi's head with a splat. Team 7 burst out laughing, except for Sasuke that is. But I could have sworn I saw a small smile creep across his tight, scowling lips. I didn't waste any time pointing this out.
"Sasuke-kun just smiled! He smiled, he smiled, Sasuke-kun smiled!" I sang loudly and off-pitch. Everyone rolled their eyes, used to my sudden outbursts that tended to pop out here and there.
"Did not, baka!" Sasuke protested, a thin blush scattered across his face as he hit me over the head. I rubbed my head, muttering curses under my breath. I seriously hated him sometimes.
After Kakashi shook all of the hot ramen out of his hair, he continued with his announcement. "You will be searching for a-"
But a giant German Shepard that I recognized to be Big Ben tackled him to the ground, interrupting him once more. The woman that the dog belonged to rushed over, calling Big Ben to her. The humongous dog rushed over to her with a big grin on his face, his tongue hanging out of his mouth. The woman had her long brown hair tied up in a messy bun, and I realized that I had never noticed how pretty she was. I had been too busy thinking about how weird Fluffy looked… But hey, that's just me! The woman apologized for the dog, and Kakashi sighed. After the lady left, he took a deep breath and quickly explained.
"You-will-be-search-and-rescueing-a-cat-named-Tora-that-has-wandered-somewhere-into-the-woods-by-Konaha-and-it-is-your-job-to-find-her-so-that-means-no-stupid-business-Nikki-and-Naruto-just-get-the-stupid-cat-and-we're-done-and-if-you-screw-it-up-you-will-all-have-to-start-over-at-the-academy!" he exclaimed, all in one breath. A/N: If you try to do this, I know it's really easy to say, especially if you're trying to say it fast like Kakashi's doing, but oh well... I'm sorry.
I applauded. "Wow Kakashi-sensei, if there was an award for Best Lung Capacity, you would totally win!" I exclaimed. "That was amazing!"
Naruto clapped along with me, and we both began to start another fit of giggles, only to be hit on the head by Sasuke and Sakura. Betcha can't guess who hit me… Wow, do I love sarcasm! One of the wonderful joys of the world!
Yup! It's a girl's best friend! Who doesn't love it?
Oh, and then there's Mayonnaise Girl… what joys life can bring us! Yeah, right! I crack myself up sometimes. No, actually I do that a lot… Oh well, that's life!
Well, we finally got on with the mission, after a few more interruptions consisting of a man dumping a jar of chocolate pudding on top of Kakashi-sensei's head due to the fact that Kakashi had stolen the man's girlfriend ten years ago (Naruto and I gladly took care of the chocolate pudding!), a bird deciding to take a crap (a really BIG crap mind you) on Kakashi-sensei's shoulder, and an exploding fire hydrant. I laughed, a lot, at Kakashi, which earned me another hit on the head from Mr. Dumb Ass with the funny hairdo. I seriously do hate him sometimes…
Well, we finally left for our mission, though not as funny as the last one we had had. Really all we did was look for 'Tora' and bring her home. Seriously though, who names a cat Tora? It's like what you say to a bull. "Tora, Tora!" Oh, wait that's Toro. WHATEVER! So what if I don't speak Spanish?
Of course, both Naruto and my heads were throbbing due to the fact that we had chased the cat away several times, all ending with getting the crap beaten out of us by either Sasuke or Sakura. It went something like this…
"Okay?" Kakashi said over the headphones that we were all wearing, "Are you in position?"
"Sakura here and ready."
"I'm ready too…" Sasuke said.
"Naruto's ready. Just give me the signal."
"NIKKI-CHAN HERE AND READY TO KICK SOME ASS! HELLS YEAH BITCHES!" I screamed into the headset, causing Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi-sensei to yell at me.
After recovering his hearing, Kakashi told us to look out for Tora. We scanned the area, and I spied a movement in the bushes. I told Kakashi-sensei. "Yo, Kaka, I spy with my little eye something that starts with cat." I told him, calling him by his nickname. A kaka is a species of parrots found in New Zealand, and with that hairstyle, he defiantly looks like a parrot! (It also means shit, but don't tell him that!)
"Okay Nikki… go on…" Kakashi said, and I could have sworn I heard a sigh in there somewhere…
I grinned and jumped over to the bushes, but at the same moment, so was Naruto. We collided into each other, our faces inches apart as we hit the ground. I blushed violet red. This was the scene from Naruto to show that we'd seen a while ago. Naruto was blushing as well, if only a bit, and I had a sudden urge to make him blush so hard that he looked like a sunburned lobster. So I leaned up a little and kissed him. On the nose of course…
But I guess I have bad aim when cats are clawing on my head, so I kind of got his cheek. And I don't mean far up by the ear cheek, I mean right next to the lips cheek. Well, this turned out to make both of us blush, and I tried to turn away, but Naruto was still on top of me. I looked at him a bit and cocked an eyebrow, trying to act all cool about the situation when, in reality, I was totally freaking out.
"Um... could you perhaps get off of me?" He blushed even more and nodded, trying to find an un-awkward way to get up. Unfortunately, all ways seemed awkward, and he finally just gave up and rolled over so that he was laying next to me. I giggled a bit. "Thank you!" I said, sounding a bit silly, and sat up as he did the same. I looked over to him to say something, but all words were lost and all I could to was stare. His hair blew a bit around in the wind, and his eyes sparkled a deep dark blue. His skin looked smooth and beautiful. I reached out to touch him, and as skin met skin, my fingers tingled. Electricity.
At that exact moment, something snapped in my brain. I had a sudden urge to... I shook my head. No, I wouldn't. That would be stupid and immature. Think of what it would do to Naruto as a whole show. Ugh. So I turned away from the yellow-haired ninja, which was hard when I wanted to do the opposite so badly. The he spoke. "Hey, Nikki?"
And that was it. I turned back around to look at him and grabbed him by the collar, and jerked his head close to mine. Naruto's eyes went wide for a moment, but then softened after seeing how serious I was. I pulled him closer, gently now, and our lips touched. It was short and soft and light, warm and wet. Perfect. It wasn't even a second it seemed, perhaps not even a millisecond. But I took it all in, making sure I recorded every detail of it. And then, as soon as it happened, it was over. I smiled and stood up, licking my lips contently, and left to go after the cat.
Of course, I beat myself up about it while looking for the stupid feline. I really shouldn't have; I knew that. I mean, we are just friends. I pondered what I was going to do next time I saw him. After five to ten minutes of thinking, I decided that I would just pretend that it never happened.
A/N: There's been a lot of kissing... -sigh- I'll work on that...
