THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY PART 7

-Wrath of the Blondes-

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and the characters. I only own the plot of the story.

Disclaimer part 2: I do not own the anime/manga Kimi ni todoke and its characters, the song Rolling in the Deep by Adele, and the song Distance by Long Shot Party. All of them were mentioned in the story to fill up some gaps, and to add a bit more humor to the story ;)

Special thanks to my editor, minashito-sama. You are the best!

[Alternate Universe Fan Fiction]


There is nothing more relaxing than drinking a glass of wine while watching the pilot episode of the Icha Icha series.

"Damn, this is going great. Plus their tastes for female actors are better than I expect it to be." Well, for Jiraiya it is. Naruko cannot seem to comprehend why they have to celebrate such happening. It is, after all, another sappy late night drama, with explicit scenes that are not for children's viewing. Though deep down inside, she's kind of proud of her godfather, she clearly wasn't expecting his book to be a success. Looks like a lot of people enjoy watching drama series. Particularly sappy ones.

"I wonder what's taking Kakashi and Naruto so long. They'll miss the pilot episode. He did say his class will end at nine." The white haired man said, obviously talking to himself. Naruko then released a sigh. But her Jiraiya-jiji was right, they should be here by now, it's past nine already. And speak or think of the devil and the devil will eventually come; with a company. Another sigh was released, louder this time, upon hearing battling voices outside the door. And to her surprise, with sarcasm that never fails to be present, those voices belong to none other than Uzumaki Naruto and Hatake Kakashi.

"I told you not to talk to Sasuke!"

"How many times do I have to tell you, he was the one who approached me-ttebayo?"

"Still, you have the full will to ignore him and enter the room."

"The bastard pushed me to the mother fucking locker! How am I supposed to get away with it and enter the room? It still hurts you know."

"But you managed to push him afterwards. Should have done that earlier."

"We didn't even talk about anything! And it would probably be our last conversation."

"Good. It better be."

"Heh, it will be Kakashi-sensei."

"Watch your tone."

"What did I do this time?!"

"Just open the door."

"Why don't you do the honours in opening the door if you want it to open so badly?"

"You left your keys again, didn't you?"

"I did not!"

"Then open it."

"You open it."

"So you did leave it."

"I fucking did not!"

And suddenly, Naruko heard several banging sounds outside. "Damn, this is bad!" Naruko said jumpily as she stood up and faced the door.

"No, it is not." Jiraiya said coolly with eyes still locked on the television.

"What?" Naruko exclaimed, still staring at the door and hoping that Kakashi won't kill her brother. "I really do think something bad is happening there."

"Naruko, chill. Everything is a-okay." Jiraiya said casually, earning him a sigh from the female blonde.

"Jira-jiji, can't you hear them? He's killing him!" She said a bit panicky for she doesn't know who is beating who.

"I think you meant 'she'." Jiraiya said casually once more. And this time, Naruko faced her godfather and followed his gaze, only to find out that he was dreamily watching the first hot and steaming make-out scene in the story.

Naruko then sighed and rubbed her temples, she should have seen it coming. "This will not end, won't it?" Naruko asked Jiraiya, who seemed to be drawn to the drama he's watching.

"What, it just started, it'll end soon." replied the white-haired man. He was completely talking about the drama, as Naruko expected. Another sigh found its way out on the female blonde's lips as she stood up to open the door.

And just as when she did a nice thing by opening the door for the cat and dog outside the room, she was rewarded by receiving a painful kiss on the nose from the edge of the door.

"See, I told you I brought the right key." Naruto smugly replied to his uncle and entered with eyes still glaring at the gray-haired man, not even noticing that he stepped on his dear sister's foot.

Kakashi soon followed and noticed the female blonde who seems to be hopping on her left foot while holding her right foot and her nose.

"Naruko, I appreciate your welcome dance. You may stop anytime now." Kakashi uttered nicely while removing his shoes and placed them to the rack.

Naruto heard his uncle and immediately turned to his sister. "Heh, Naruko, I didn't know you could dance."

"You…" she growled upon implanting a glare towards the male blonde. "You…"

"Naruko, your mouth…" Jiraiya warned her upon sensing the following words that Naruko will throw towards her brother. He may be the world's greatest pervert, but he always encouraged politeness, especially when it came to usage of words, though if he was in Naruko's place, he would have thrown bullets of profanities towards the male blonde.

"You piece of fecal matter, son of a female dog hound, mother fu—ther... argh!" Naruko cried after finally managing to stand on both feet, stomping it really hard on the floor with one hand still gently covering on what seems to be her bleeding nose, and the other crumpled on her side and ready to land on the male blonde's face.

"Huh, what was that?" The artist raven uttered upon climbing the stairs. He was definitely sure it came from his blonde friend's floor. But according to the books he read last week, it is best not to get involve yourself in situations you don't know, especially ones that involve females.

"Na… Nandattebayo?! I didn't do anything wrong to you."

"Argh!" She cried once more as she headed to the kitchen, completely ignoring the blonde male whom she intently bumped on her way there.

"Yosh! You two were late. You both missed the pilot episode of my masterpiece. But anyway, there's a replay tomorrow morning, you two better not miss it." Jiraiya said with elation upon rising from the sofa and followed the pissed-off blonde female in the kitchen before she starts breaking things.

"And the lead actress they've chosen is perfect." Jiraiya whispered to the gray haired man as he passed by him, pertaining to the gifted front and back for the lovely actress, lightening up the mood in the room.

"Ne, ne, how big was it—OW!" Naruto excitedly asked, but received a smack on the head from his twin. "What was that for-ttebayo?" He asked with a pout while rubbing the spot where a big bump grew on his head. "Why is everyone scolding me like I've done something against the heaven's will?"

"Actually you did, now get you stinky butt in here and eat quietly you prick." Naruko replied resentfully as she sat down on her seat.

"Is that all I ever am?" He snapped, but the female blonde remained composed and smugly replied.

"And all will ever be."

The two older men exchange glances and decided not to intervene with the twins' squabble and join them in the table.

Good thing for Naruto, Jiraiya took the sit in front of him before Kakashi, leaving the gray-haired man to take the seat in front of the female blonde.

This day was supposed to be one of Naruto's greatest days in life, the fact that he managed to have a new friend, and was finally able to talk to his brunette friend, though their conversation did not end quite well. Kiba's words and how he pertained to Sasuke intrigued the blonde male. Did something happen to them in the past? Something that he missed when he was gone for almost three years to search for his long lost twin who, on the other hand, found him instead months after he came back.

Then there goes Sasuke telling him to avoid Sakura when he's supposed to be avoiding the male blonde himself. Everything started in that scene. And the raven's exchange of glare with the rosette, were they hiding something from him? But in either way, he's still out of the league to ask Sakura about it, though he could ask Sasuke, but a perimeter has now set between them, literally set between them. Special thanks to his Kakashi-sensei.

And oh, what really pissed him off was his female classmates who always talked so girlish towards Kakashi. And Kakashi always entertained those girls first before him, even though he asked for help first. It annoyed him to no end that he wanted to hit his head on the desk.

"Hey, you seem so serious today. Did something happen?" Jiraiya finally managed to ask, and broke the deafening silence that surrounded the dining area.

Naruto remained silent. He didn't even manage to touch the food, which offended the female blonde who cooked the dish.

"Uh, hey... We should all thank Naruko here for cooking the meal. She rarely cooks, but her meals are always great; special thanks to the cooking class she took." Jiraiya said once more, hoping to hear one of his company talks. But soon gave up after analysing the situation. Clearly, everyone seemed to be pissed off at each other. Good thing though, none of them seemed to be mad at him. One strong blonde is enough. Having two more blondes mad at him would be heavy to weigh in. Especially all the blonde people he knows have temper.

"I'm going to eat in my room." Naruto deadpanned as he stood up and headed to his room, but paused as he passed by Kakashi. And as Kakashi was about to put a mouthful of noodles into his mouth, Naruto faced him.

"I hope you won't get choked, K-K-Kakashi-sensei." He managed to utter, imitating one of his female classmates with matching preppy curtsy, and girly expression on his face such as battering eyelashes, bashful smile, and tucking of hair behind his ear. Promptly causing Naruko to spray the chewed noodles on her mouth, not intending the particles to land on Kakashi's fully opened mouth. Soup with mixture of saliva dripped down on the side of Naruko's slightly opened mouth as she stared in shock at her brother with eyes as wide as the bowl in the middle on the dining table.

Kakashi on the other hand, remained his gaze on the chopsticks that are nearly approaching his mouth, as he gently pushed the slimy chewed noodles with his tongue, not even noticing that the particles are falling in his bowl. Good thing though, Naruto decided to do such thing beside Kakashi, for he will not be able to dodge Jiraiya's spray of wine.

What made the scene even viler is that Naruto didn't even notice everyone's reaction, too bad; it might lighten his temper a little, or maybe more. But instead, after his little act, he immediately head to his room and made sure he slammed the door.

Yeah he certainly made sure for he opened it up for the third time because he wasn't able to slam it at first because he had to go back to the dining room to grab the extra bowl and fill it once more with ramen, since his bowl was filled with wine, in which he doesn't know how on earth it happened. And he failed to slam the second one because he was holding the bowl with two hands.

"Damn, my brother's gone gay." Naruko uttered upon wiping her mouth with her hand. "I think I'm going to barf," she added after replaying the scene in her head.

Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi who is still pushing some remaining particles off his mouth with his tongue. "Are you alright, Kakashi?" He asked, but received no reply from the gray-haired man.

"Naruto giving me a thousand years of pain is better than doing that." Kakashi replied, still staring at the chopsticks he was holding in the mid-air.

"Heh, you're thinking the same thing as Naruko?"

"No. Not at all Jiraiya-sama; I actually preferred being poked from my behind than swallow something that came from someone else's mouth."

So that's what he meant by the thousand years of pain, Jiraiya thought while patting the poor man's shoulder. "I feel you. Yosh, we should start cleaning up, I guess everyone's busy." Said Jiraiya as he stood up from his seat and headed to the living room to sleep.

"I need a word from my brother," Naruko said upon passing by Kakashi, who remained seated in the dining area.

"I was having a wonderful meal," Kakashi said, eyes still locked on the chopsticks.


"Heh, didn't know you're gay." Naruko mocked as she entered the room. "You must be desperate." She added upon pulling the chair from the desk and sat half facing the male blond.

"To think I was about to compliment your cooking, there you are, mocking me." Naruto responded while sipping the soup. "And to my surprise, your seafood ramen is better than Ichiraku's." He pointed out, but received no reply from the female blonde. "Though you should try their pork and miso ramen; it is to die for," he suggested.

"I would definitely not try that Ichiraku of yours. Knowing your taste, it's below my standards." Naruko confidently replied. The two of them have lived separate lives for a long time, and within those times a lot of things had changed between them; a lot but not all. And Naruto's temper was one of them. It would be fun to play with your brother for a while after a long boring day.

"It's like you are saying that your cooking sucks." Naruto pointed out with a teasing smirk. This is not what Naruko wants; she has to twist the situation back.

"No actually, just your taste. The fact that you failed to notice that the food you are eating is instant ramen and not homemade," she deadpanned, followed by a smirk. Her brother's temper should be boiling by now.

"Oh really?!" Or maybe not, maybe he did change for good. "I didn't know. Where did you get this? I never encountered a seafood flavoured ramen on nearby stores." Naruto replied rather cheerfully.

"I bought it before we arrived here in the city. Then I mixed it with the instant pork ramen you have." Naruko replied while scanning the books on the desk. "It is, after all, my favourite."

"No wonder it tasted like pork, with seafood bits," Naruto responded while inspecting the bowl he was holding; and sipped the remaining soup afterwards. "Who would have thought we have something in common." Naruto uttered while putting the bowl down on the floor.

"Yeah…" She concurred. But Naruto can sense that there's an incoming but in her sentence. "But,"—as Naruto expected—"You still have bad taste when it comes to... everything." Well, that was beyond his expectations.

"You little brat." Naruto retorted as he glared at the female blonde, hoping that flames would soon appear around her and burn her skin.

"Naruto, you're angry with me, aren't you?" Naruko then glared back at her brother with the same level of intensity, with a matching smirk that could irritate anyone.

"Teme…" Naruto growled and was about to attack the female blonde. One little problem though, he forgot about the bowl he placed on the floor. He accidentally, or absentmindedly, according to Naruko's point of view, stepped on the bowl, slipped forward and landed on the floor with a thud. Face first, to his bad luck.

"Wow, guess my job here is done. Thank you for making my day, my dear brother." Naruko said as she laughed as hard as she could, with legs crossed and swinging her dangled foot with full intention to poke her brother's head.

"You… you little prick!"

"Hey, that's my line!" Naruko released another teasing laugh, making the male blond growl.

"Geez, are they really like that when I'm gone?" Jiraiya asked while staring at the blondes' door. It was his first time to actually not go out late at night to talk to Tsunade, and hear the two arguing, or fighting, or teasing, or whatever they call it, it's somewhat new to him.

"Trust me, Jiraiya-sama, I've heard and actually seen worst." Kakashi uttered upon joining the white haired man in the living room. "Though they can be really sweet to each other sometime..." He followed. "Actually it happened only once." Kakashi took it back seconds after his previous sentence awed the white haired man.

"Well at least they are getting along, in a very different way. But I'm glad that they are both doing fine." Jiraiya replied as he allowed a small smile grew on his face.

"All things apart, any news from the other side?" Kakashi asked. He found it odd that Jiraiya stayed in for the night. And it also made him want to know what was happening around them; especially Naruto cannot seem to avoid the Uchiha easily.

"Did Naruto say anything to you?" Jiraiya asked. "Like him meeting someone very suspicious lately?"

"I believe none," Kakashi replied while rubbing his chin. "You see, Naruto is not really the type who shares such things to me, despite of our close relationship." The gray haired man finished.

"Same goes with me and Naruko." Jiraiya said and sighed as he leaned his back on the backrest. "We have to keep an eye on the two of them." His tone was far more serious than before. Kakashi then looked at the white haired man; his eyes were stern and serious.

"I see. They're on their move."

"Yes. It only means one thing…"

"It means—"

"It means that Kurumi would break Kazehaya and Sawako's relationship soon."

"Eh?!" Was the only thing Kakashi managed to utter, as he felt himself wobble. "You… you were..."

"Oh… heh, sorry about that. Naruko really loves this show and she used to ask me to watch it with her for inspiration," The white haired man continued, eyes still locked on the television screen. "I think the title was Kimi ni… Kimono ni…" Jiraiya uttered upon facing the gray haired man with sheepish smile. "Ah! Kimi ni Sawako!"

Geez, do you have ADHD? You are no different from Naruto, Kakashi thought upon releasing a sigh. "I'll head to my room. I still have some work to do." With that, Kakashi stood up and head to his room.

"But I was serious. We have to keep an eye on the two." Jiraiya said, just before Kakashi closed his door.

"Man, he's no different from Naruko. No wonder they get along pretty well." Jiraiya said to himself while grabbing the remote and tuning the channel to the news. "Eleven o' clock, just as Tsunade told me to," he said to himself once more as he adjusted the volume down and watched quietly. He wanted to keep all the things he learned to himself and to Tsunade for a while. A tiny leakage can be risky, not that he mistrusts Kakashi, but keeping it to only the two of them is somewhat safer.


Another weekend came and it only meant one thing: more costumers, much to Tenten's dismay. Luckily, Ino finally convinced her friend Chouji to help Tenten in the kitchen; he will be after all, a future chef.

Chouji arrived few hours early for his cooking session with Tenten. The brunette explained him the dishes they have to make during breakfast, lunch, and afternoon meals, which Ino called happy hours, for the costumers can have free smoothies if they ordered two meals. It didn't last for long, as Ino expected. And soon she headed to the door and flipped the hanging card from close to open.

"Ino, are you sure we're ready?" Tenten asked from the serving window. "I mean, we don't have any waiters yet. And Sakura cannot come, remember?"

Right. Speaking of waiters, where is that lazy-ass Nara? Ino thought to herself as she stepped outside to feel the morning summer air. It's almost summer break, I'm sure we'll have tons of costumers, especially during happy hours, the blonde said to herself as she immediately ran off to who knew where.

"I… Ino!" Tenten cried upon seeing the blonde took off. "Chouji, do something please." She said upon facing the fat-boned guy. "Rather than staring at the cookbook I made while eating the breads that I made for the costumers later!" She cried. This is helpless, she thought. And the only thing that she could think of is to flip the hanging card before someone comes in.

Ino was running as fast as she can. She doesn't really know why. Ah, yes. She was in-search for her brunet friend. According to Chouji, Shikamaru left his house minutes ago, and aside from his house, and the park near it, the other place he goes to is the University Park.

"He doesn't have Saturday class, he should be there." After all, he cannot ditch me for the third time, or I'll really kill that moron, she silently fumed.

And her suspicion was right, he was there. And what is he doing—she doesn't want to know any further. Who… who is this blonde girl? She asked herself as she hid behind the tree. Then upon remembering that it was the same tree where she hid before, she also remembered that it was almost the same place where she saw Sasuke kissing a blonde girl. Only this time, Shikamaru and his blondie was lying on the grass. What's with Ino and the tree and the kissing scenes anyway?

Pissed off, Ino decided to leave the brunet and the blonde alone. Busy, eh. Looks like that girl of yours will not like what I'm planning to do to you later, you lazy-ass bullshit, Ino thought to herself, not knowing that she was walking out from the lovers a bit noisily.

"What was that?" the brunet murmured while his lips still intact on the blonde's.

"Shit!" She immediately reacted and gently pushed the brunet.

Mendokuse… the brunet thought as he saw a glimpse of blonde head girl in café uniform.

"What's with the face?" the blonde asked as her gaze went back to her beloved brunet.

"Look, I should be going before my life ends this afternoon." He replied as he stood up from the ground and grabbed his bag.

"Wait a sec," Temari called just before the brunet leave. Shikamaru looked down at the blonde, he cannot see her expression, but he can sense that her eyes already gave up the tears that she was holding seconds ago. He doesn't know why the female in front of him was crying, the fact that he was the one who should be down. Not saying that he's not sad though, he just preferred to keep it to himself.

"So this is it, huh?" She uttered in a shaky voice. Shikamaru then knelt down to wipe the tears from her face but she immediately turned her face to the side.

"Look, you were the one who broke up with me. How come you're the one who's crying?" Shikamaru asked, and looked like he made things even worse.

"Just leave, alright? I should be going too." Temari said as she stood up and ran away from the brunet as fast as she could.

And as the brunet watched the blonde from afar, his heart began aching, so everything was real. And to think that everything would be back to normal like it used to be. Maybe they are not really for each other. They rarely had time for each other lately; but it's not like Temari to give up easily. What is happening to her? He wanted to go after her, to talk to her, to fix everything between her. But he had ditched Ino for so many times now. Not just her favour to help her in the café, but also her text messages whenever she needed help. He'd been a bad boyfriend, and not to mention a bad best friend. He cannot even call himself a best friend. All he could hope for now is for Temari to explain why she broke up with him, because for now, he has to go to the café before his day really ends today.


"One latte please; and a pancake."

"Coming right up!" Tenten replied with a big grin, Damn, and just when I was about to flip that stupid card, this blondie costumer appears. Where the hell is Ino? The brunette thought as she punched in the female blonde's order. She does have to admit, her costumer is one hell of a mama. She's bombacious, a very pretty young lady indeed. And she reminded her of someone. She just can't seem to put all the pieces together.

As Chouji received the order from the screen, he immediately turned on the stove and prepared the pancake.

"Here's your change." Tenten said happily upon giving the blondie's change, but the costumer seemed to be busy texting someone. "Uhm, excuse me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry." The blondie replied with a smile. "My brother just texted me, he said he'll be here in few minutes and asked me to take his order." That moron, she thought as she glanced up at the menu. Yup, I'll still have change. "Just keep the change for a while."

"Alright ma'am, what would be your brother's order?"

"A coffee jelly and two-piece pancakes."

"Alright, Chouji here's the follow up." Tenten uttered, completely talking to herself. "And lookie, you still have some change." She said happily as she reached the money to the blondie. "I'll just serve you your order. By the way, what is your name?"

"Oh, right, Naruko's the name." the costumer replied sheepishly.

Good thing the perverted white haired man is not here. Or else this chick will be in trouble, the brunette thought "Alright, Naruko-san, your order will be served in a few." The brunette cheerily replied before heading to the counter to prepare the drinks.

Naruko chose to sit on the chair near the glass divider where she could overlook the flowers and the view outside. She loves flowers, it amazed her how they live and die as seasons change. Though receiving bouquets of flowers is the least thing she wanted to receive; maybe she'll consider it if it has roots. But what really amazed her were the insects that are attracted to it: the butterflies, the bees, the grasshoppers, even some birds. It awed her to no end, and made her want to look at it some more.

And as Naruko enjoyed her view, Ino came rushing in with an atmosphere that says 'do something against my will and I'll kill you'.

"Ah, Ino, you're here!" the brunette happily said as she allowed the blonde to enter the counter.

"As you can see." Ino bitterly replied upon scanning the area for changes, and noticed the pending order on the screen. "Hey, is this order done?" She asked sternly as she peeked from the serving window.

"Not yet, Chouji here is still making the pancakes." Tenten cried out from the kitchen while looking for a mug.

"What? But it's been twenty minutes since this order was punched." Ino exclaimed angrily as she placed the ready-made pastries to the oven.

"Well you see, Ino, you forgot to inform us where the hell you placed the ingredients." Tenten uttered, irritation was hinted in her voice. Seriously, this blonde needs to cool down. Her temper is getting into my nerves, the brunette thought as she made the costumer's drinks.

"Oh, so it's my fault?" Ino scoffed as she readied the other pastries.

"Excuse me." Another costumer arrived. And to Ino's surprise, she's the blonde she saw earlier.

"Oh, you…" Ino said sardonically, hoping that the female blonde in front of her would take-out her order.

"What's with the tone? No—anyway, I would like to order a coffee, and a club sandwich." The blonde girl with four ponies said while rummaging her bag.

"Is that all, ma'am?" Ino mocked once more.

"Yep." The costumer replied, still looking for her wallet in her bag.

"Maybe you have additional order, for you know… someone." Ino said, trying to get the girl to admit that she is with someone.

"Nope, I'm afraid I'm alone." The costumer replied flatly as she found some bills and coins scattered inside. "And I don't know why you're using that kind of tone towards me." She added upon giving her exact payment. "But maybe you haven't been laid yet." The costumer finished with a smirk on her face.

"What the fuck did you just say?" Uh oh… and angry Ino is a scary Ino, and Tenten knew she has to calm down the blondie soon before a ruckus starts at this kind of hour.

"Uh, Ino… mind if you deliver the other costumer's drinks for a while? I uh… need to make a phone call." The brunette nicely said while reaching the tray to the blonde. But instead of taking it, Ino smashed it with her hands, causing it to fall on the floor and breaking the mug and the glass.

"Hey…" Tenten was about to complain, but the atmosphere between the two blondes was intense enough for her to join.

Naruko as well heard the commotion in the counter. She wanted to check if everything was alright, but preferred to stay and listen for a while. Maybe through listening, she might know what's going on and formulate a plan on how to stop it.

"You bitch. So not only you're a smutty blonde girl, but your mouth is also filled with nastiness. Damn, you must be living a lonely life." Ino retorted to her costumer. She knew she must not argue with the blonde in front of her. The costumers are after all, always right… well they supposed to be, even though they're wrong. But Ino doesn't freaking care for now, the costumer just insulted her and she will not get away with this. Never.

"Yep, you've never been laid." The blonde costumer replied rather coolly as she released a smirk, a taunting one indeed.

"Why you bitch…" Ino growled as she jumped over the counter and pounced at her prey. Special thanks to her father who used to be a track and field representative, she somewhat learned several tricks and managed to land on the other blonde successfully.

And the crowd goes wild… if flowers and dining sets can be considered as crowd. On the blue corner, we have a girl with four ponies in sand-yellow hair color, weighing 47.9kg with a height of 165cm, the costumer! And in the red corner, we have a girl with long hair in pony in pearlescent white color, weighing 46kg, with a height of 162.2cm, Yamanaka Ino!

The fight has already begun my folks, as Ino threw a punch at the costumer, but oh she dodged it perfectly! What a wonderful summersault, though not so wonderful for the chair that was knocked off. But the pearlescent is still determined to land that hit on the sand's face. And she's standing now, glaring intensely at the sand like she's waiting for her to burn. Oh, the sand's doing the same. It's a tough and hot fight between the two blondes. Oh, the sand it taunting the pearlescent:

"Think you're better than me?"

"Oh, you bet I am." The pearlescent replied confidently as she rushed towards the sand. Oh, and did her hit land? NO! Damn that was close, but the two were rather lying on the floor, tugging at something—er no… The two were rolling on the floor. And out of nowhere, one of Adele's songs played as the punches moved along the beat.

We could have had it all~ Rolling in the deep~

A slap landed on the pearlescent's cheeks. Ouch, that left a mark on her, and damn did it make her more furious. She then pushed the sand on top of her, causing them to roll on the floor again.

You have my heart and soul~ In your head~

Ah, what a wonderful comeback from pearlescent, she finally managed to land that punch to the sand's face. But the fight is just getting started. The two blondes are heated up and it's impossible to stop them.

But you played it, With—

[Record scratch]

"What's going on in here?" The brunet asked upon entering the used-to-be-neat-and-orderly café. The two blondes stood up and fixed their selves upon seeing the man who entered.

"Shikamaru, what brings you here?" the sand asked. "And why are you holding my uhm… wallet?"

Shikamaru? Now that's a name Naruko heard before. She then released her gaze from the flowers for the first time since the mighty brawl started and peered over to see none other than the brunet she encountered last time at the barbeque restaurant, which name she cannot remember.

"You left it in the park. I was about to chase after you when I remembered I have to be here do to Ino a favour." Was his lame excuse; it's somewhat the truth though, except for him finding the wallet. But it seemed like the sand forgot about the brunet teasing her about stealing all her money before their very weird break up.

"Yeah, what a pathetic excuse." The sand scoffed. "Give me that." She said a bit pissed off as she snatched her wallet from the brunet's hand.

"T… Temari!" he managed to utter from his startled state.

"So Temari's the name eh?" Ino repeated with a sinister grimace on her face; and in an instant. The fight resumed, with a real audience this time.

" You are my friend, ahh~ a—OW!" The blond with golden hair cried, upon rubbing the surface where the foot of the chair kissed his skull. "What is going on in here-ttebayo—OW!" And another one, he could feel a lump this time as he covered his dear head with both hands. "What the hell?!"

With the sound of a familiar tenor voice of the golden blond, the sunflower blonde female immediately rise from her seat and attempted to approach her dear brother when—

"Ow!" she cried, causing everyone to stop. Well, who wouldn't? Her cry sounded like Squidward in female voice. And as the crowd faced her, everyone noticed the bleeding nose of the girl. No wonder her voice sounded like it came from her nasal.

"Wait, you're the slutty bitch from the park!" the pearlescent cried upon accusing the hurt sunflower.

"You like calling blondies bitches huh. Quite ironic, you're a blonde yourself. Suits you though." The sand said bluntly upon landing her closed fist on her face, causing the pearlescent to fall on the ground.

"No one has the rights to call my sister a slut. And stop fighting will you?!" The goldie said as he forcefully stopped the two blondes who were rolling again on the floor and helped the two stood up like a real gentleman.

"Aren't you Naruto?" the sand asked. "You used to be Gaara's friend, right?"

"Yep-ttebayo!" The goldie replied with a thumbs up. "You're Sabaku Tembori, right?" he asked curiously, hoping he got the name right. Unfortunately, he did not, causing him to receive another smack on the head, with a wallet this time.

"It's Temari, you baka!" the sand growled.

"Hey, no one calls my brother such name-ttebane!" the sunflower cried upon slapping the sand.

And like a pole hit her head, Ino finally remembered why the blonde seemed so familiar to her.

"B...baka!" the pearlescent cried upon pointing a finger towards the goldie. "You're the dorky, ugly guy before that always hangs with Shikamaru and Chouji!"

"Like what I said, no one calls my brother baka!" another slap was sent away by the sunflower, to the pearlescent this time.

"Why you bitch—" the pearlescent was about to hit the sunflower when a big boned guy stepped in between them.

"Stop this would you?" he said upon giving mild glare to each blonde. "We all have temper, but it's not right to throw it away like that and offend others." He stated, still mildly glaring at the blonds. "It's a wonderful morning and there you all are, ruining it and acting like children to top it all off. Aren't you all ashamed that passers-by will see you all fighting each other with no class at all?" The big boned guy was making sense. And he did calm all the blondes. "And you, Tenten, instead of stopping them you deepened your voice and imitated the ring announcer. You even imitated Adele's voice and sang her song." Tenten is now guilty, but she could not help it. They did say that if you cannot beat them, might as well join them.

"And Shikamaru, I know you're not that skilled when it comes to females, but..."

"Chouji..."

"—you could have stopped them. I mean..."

"Chou—"

"—you did stop them for seconds when you entered."

"Chouji stop that speech of yours before the cafe burns!" Ino yelled upon noticing the smoke coming from the kitchen. And off Chouji went, clumsily running towards the kitchen to turn off the range and save the kitchen, not to mention the half-burnt pancake.

Fifteen minutes later after the clash of the blondes, everyone grabbed their seat and waited patiently for their order.

"I'm sorry for how I acted earlier. I should have talked to Shikamaru first before blaming you for being ditched by this lazy Nara." Ino apologized to the sand seated opposite to her, and giving the brunet a short glare upon mentioning his name.

Temari giggled upon hearing the word 'lazy Nara'. She never thought those words fitted perfectly on her ex. "It's okay. If I were you I would have done the same thing."

Mendokuse… the brunet thought as he released a quiet sigh. He never thought that his best friend and ex-girlfriend would get along well after having a death match earlier. But he was quite happy though. He should have introduced her to them earlier. He might have avoided the scene earlier if the two blondes know each other.

Naruto, on the other hand thought the same thing too as he watched his sister giggled with the two other blondes. They were apologizing to one another and actually making jokes about it.

Tenten soon went out of the kitchen and served their food, followed by Chouji with another tray filled with food for him and Tenten, and joined everyone for their breakfast.

Everyone was happy. They even complimented Tenten's male announcer voice and Chouji's wonderful speech that halted the fight. Shikamaru finally explained the reasons for ditching the pearlescent and the latter accepted his apologies since all of them were rather exceptional. Naruto then explained Naruko's sudden existence and their relationship as twins. To conclude, everyone was happy, and everyone became closer to each other. Though Shikamaru is still bothered about his break-up with Temari, but he was glad enough that she still talks to him. Maybe it is not that bad to be friends with her for a while.

What a way to start the day, but at least there are more workers now in the café. And they all made new friends. It wasn't so bad after all.

"Hey Ino, thank you for the afternoon meal." Temari said as she patted the pearlescent's shoulder. "I have to go though."

"Alright. Take care." Ino replied with a smile.

Shikamaru was about to follow her by habit when he remembered that they just broke up this morning. He then sat once more and watched the butterflies fly around the flowers.

"Why are you still here?" Ino asked, a bit shocked that the brunet didn't even bother to bid farewell to the sand.

"Why do I have a feeling the two of you broke up?" Naruko asked thoughtfully, causing all eyes to turn and gaze upon the brunet.

"Well… I..."

"What the hell Shikamaru?! You're a man, act like one!" Ino said as she rose from her sit and dragged the brunette towards the door. "She's still there. Go chase her! Fix your problem." The pearlescent then gave him an assuring smile as she pushed him outside. He then walked towards Temari's direction. And to his surprise, she was somewhat waiting for him.

"I thought you'd never come after me." She said shyly while looking down at the ground.

The brunet then approached her and gently held her hand. "I don't know why you broke up with me." He said while absentmindedly playing her fingers. "But just so you know, I'll never stop loving you." He finished with an eye contact, making the sand's face turn into a shade of red.

Temari then closed the distance between him and gave him a peck on the lips. Shikamaru's eyes widened. True, they did kiss this morning because it's been a week since they last seen each other, but he never thought he'd miss her kiss this much.

The crowd inside the café cheered as they watched the two lovers held hands and crossed the streets together.

"Now that's a man." Ino said as she gave Chouji a high-five. The pearlescent then sat on her seat near the window and observed her best friend and her new friend walk away.

I sure miss that feeling, she thought as she allowed a small smile leave a mark on her face. I sure miss him, a lot. She then looked down as she remembered the happy times she had. Ignoring the person who walked passed by the window that she can clearly see from her peripheral view.

Speak or think of the devil and the devil will surely come. Who knows that phrase is quite true?


[Telephone rings]

"Hello?"

"You failed to call me earlier. Did an unfortunate event happen?"

"Nope, not at all. Just busy with stuff."

"I see." A smile grew on his lips.

"So, you called. I may assume that you have something in mind."

"Konan, you are as witty as ever."

"You wouldn't fall for me if I'm not. Think I'm correct with that."

"Hn, guess you are."

"So what's the plan? Before this conversation move on to where we left it off last night."

"So you do want to continue it."

"I guess so."

"Well then, send in the bomber and the puppet master right away."

"The two? Aren't they too young for this?"

"Well, seems like our little Deidara is getting bored with his daily routine. I want to give him a little adventure, so to speak."

"Adventure huh. Oh well, I guess I couldn't change your mind."

"Do me a favour, would you?"

"What is it?"

"When you pick them up, don't spoil them."

"You know my lips are always sealed."

"I know. Just make sure it goes the same with your wallet."

"What did you mean by—"

[bleep... bleep...]

I guess it cannot be helped.

100% done. Your file has been sent to _.

Hn, I guess I'm right.

-End of Part 7-


Author's Note: I'm kind of nervous right now because we're approaching the climax, I've been waiting for this day to come so yeah. What do you guys think about this fic so far? :) You guys might think that this chapter, or rather part is just a filler chapter, but it plays a big part to the following chapters. So be patient, and I hope you enjoyed reading this fic as much as I enjoyed writing it. Take care ya'll :D