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Me: Ok people for this chapter...I will do the disclaimer for I wanted to get this out as soon as possible so, yeah. I do not own Naruto or any of the characters except my OC, Mai, and Shiro.
Chapter 8 (festival part 3)
Sonya POV
I walked throughout the festival trying to calm my nerves, wasn't helping at all for some weird reason. My mind wondered to the recent conversation inside the ferris wheel. Shiro, the little idiot thought he could reconcile with me now?! No, not that easy. Its been eight fucking years, and he just now decided to look for me. I took my hair out of its bun and ran my fingers through my tousles. This could be a problem in the future if he persists. I suddenly felt a hand grab my wrist and jumped. Turning around I find Naruto looking at me with look I have never seen before, and believe me when I say I have seen a lot. "Naruto? Is something wrong?" his face turned slightly pink as he stared at me before he finally pulled out of his trance and cleared his throat. "Um yeah, its just um, well you see..." he kept dragging on the sentence. I cocked an eyebrow and was about to say something, when I was pushed towards Naruto, losing my footing and ultimately falling on top of him. What is this warmth against my lips?
Since my eyes were closed I had no way of knowing until I opened them. I slowly opened my eyes, only to have them widened with shock. Naruto and I were kissing. What...the...fucking...hell?! My eyes were definitely about to pop out of my sockets. I got up, gave a quick and quiet apology, before running off.
That was my first kiss...I am going to kill whoever caused me to fall into Naruto. I wasn't going to blame Naruto for something that was not his fault. I suddenly bumped into someone, or...something. Was that a giant gourd? I looked up and saw a patch of red hair and next to him I saw long blue hair. "Mai, is that you?" She turned around and I swear her smile was showing all of her teeth. Every single sharp canine. "Sonya! whatcha doin on the ground? And...whats with the kimono?" she looked at me in a very confused manner. I gradually stood up, patting down the kimono as I did so. "Its the Sakura festival Mai, as you can see, everyone is dressed like this. With the exception of you two, of coarse. Who is your..." I stopped as I saw who it was, memories of that night were now beginning to flow throughout my mind. "ne ne Sonya-chan? Is there any good restaurants in this village? Im hungry again..." she put her hand in her abdomen as it began to growl. "again? when did you eat?" I asked a bit curious. She, once again, gave a huge grin. "A few hours ago we had barbeque, well for him it was barbeque,but it was fresh raw meaty goodness for me!. Although I feel bad because he had to pay." she looked at him and I followed. He simply shook his head while saying "As I stated before, it was my treat." He then looked at me. "Who might you be?". I stood there for a moment , letting his question sink in. He doesn't remember me? Thats when I heard a voice behind me. "Gaara?" I turned around to see Naruto, but he wasn't alone, TenTen, neji, Sakura, Lee, Hinata, and Shiro too. Once Naruto looked at me he blushed and looked down, I only averted my eyes, but then went back to the topic. "Mai...how much did you eat?" She looked at me again. "Umm...about 7 family servings..." My mouth dropped open. "SEVEN FAMILY SERVINGS?!" I punched Mai in the back of the head and screamed "Baka!" Everyone was shocked by my reaction, even Shiro.
Gaara's Pov:
I looked at my escorts friend, something seemed familiar about her, but I would need time to figure it out. I smiled as the subject of our recent meal was brought up.
Flashback:
-pair arrive at a small village before Konoha-
We stopped at a nearby noodle shop to get some food. "we will stop here so you can get something to eat." she gave me a weird look. "eh, isn't this a noodle shop" I glanced over at Mai and responded. "Yes it is, do you not like noodles?" I asked. "I only eat meat. Sorry Gaara, but i'm a full fledged carnivore.". I sigh. "yes, but is it...healthy" This time she gave me that look of annoyance. "What are you, my mother?" I give up. We stepped out of the noodle stand and headed to the east part of the village, stopping in front of a barbeque restaurant. "Sorry about earlier Gaara-kun, my mouth tends to work a little bit faster than my brain haha.". We both found a place to sit and the waitress was very kind, although I felt as if she was coming on to me. I had no idea what Mai was going to order but I definitely wasn't expecting her to order so much...for herself. "One family serving of pork please! what will you order Gaara-kun?" I looked at the menu. "One serving of pork with vegetables please." She reminded me of Choji, although , the Akamichi never ate his meat raw. I watched as Mai's mouth watered as the meat was placed in front of her. "Mai-san, we should probably head out soon before-" I couldn't finish due to Mai cutting me off. "You better hurry up and eat Gaara-kun, or else there will not be enough left." I paused and then looked down, and my meat and vegetables were already placed in front of me, I then looked over at Mai and she had already ordered another family serving. I could swear she either had Akamichi blood in her or Naruto's blood, but she was closer the the Akamichi line. "By the way Gaara-kun, how much longer until we reach Konoha? Oi waitress lady, more meat!" I looked up at her once again. "As I was saying, if we head out of here soon, we should reach there by nightfall." She nodded and began to devour yet another order of meat, was that her fifth? I placed another piece of pork of the grill and watched it simmer. "eh? If you do that Gaara-kun, the flavor will go away." I ignored the comment, she was clearly talking about the blood. She's right boy, the blood is the best part. Shukaku. I suppressed the tailed beast to the back of my mind. I didn't have time for him. "Oi, Gaara-kun, I think your meat is burning, and I hope you don't mind if I order one more serving" I looked at her as I removed the crispy piece of meat off the grill and placed another in its place. "Not at all, I want you to eat until your satisfied." Mai giggled and replied "Don't say that, or your wallet will regret it, Gaara"
We exited the stand and I slowly trudged my feet. "Broke..." I wasn't expecting to spend so much on food alone. Mai sighed "I told you, your wallet would regret it. I guess it was a good thing that the owner gave the Kazekage a discount huh?" I nodded. "well I guess its another good thing that we left Suna early, after being lost 3 times, I was sure you would be late. I guess I really suck at this escort thing huh?" I shook my head 'no' as we proceeded towards Konoha. "Even though I could have come to Konoha by myself, I actually like your company." she looked at me with a questioning expression. "even if that escort got us lost 3 times?" I nodded 'yes'."Even if that escort beat you at the hunting game?" I again nodded. "Even if they made you spend all of your money on food?" I chuckled "It was my treat so yes." There was a slight silence."Even if they cracked your gourd?"
"Yes-wait what?" she smiled and burst out laughing. "Kidding, kidding. Remind me to never touch the thing, i'm not so good with stuff that breaks." with that we headed to Konoha.
End flashback
My attention was brought back to the girl in front of us, I think Mai-san called her Sonya. I looked behind her and saw everyone, with the exclusion of a stranger. "Baka!" I looked back at Sonya hitting Mai-san in the back of the head. "oww! What was that for!?" Sonya gave her a hard glare. "For being a glutton!" Sonya started laughing, helping Mai-san up. Lee laughed as did Neji, Naruto, Sakura and Neji's cousin Hinata. I found myself doing the same before Mai brought something up, pointing to a poster. "Oi...theres a singing contest! You should TOTALLY enter! Look theres even 10,000 yen prize for first place! dragging Sonya to the panel where they were taking in new contestants. I heard Sonya groan before sighing in defeat and took her number.
Sonya Pov
I am going to butcher Mai after this mission, I'm sure Fishy won't mind, I don't think...
Taking my number I head to the back to where everyone else was, and to my surprise, TenTen of all people, "TenTen?" She looked over at me with a look that stated 'enemy' all over her face. As the time passed everyone was called and I was the last one. I walked up to the front of the stage and sang a song that was in my head for the longest. (A/N: Remember that on song she sang for Gaara in his dream...that one!) Once I started I couldn't stop the flow of tears beginning to form in the corners of my eyes. Once I had finished , I opened my eyes and bowed, not caring about what the judges said. Ok maybe a little. I walked past TenTen and heard a low whisper "showoff". If she wants a showoff, I don't think she has met Naruto! I only whispered back "Listen brat, I don't think you get any understanding as to what a showoff is. I merely sang because I love to sing. Now, if you would like me to demonstrate 'showing off' then by all means, I will" and with that I walked off to take a seat in the corner. The judges called us back to give us our results and pick a winner. "We would like to say that all of you did a fabulous job, tuning your voice, but unfortunately, there must be only one winner." There was a long pause as the other judges handed the announcer the winner's name. "Miss Sonya!" The crowd cheered and I was handed the prize money and a small flower. I walked back off the stage and towards the others. "So? Now that thats done...ah!" I hissed in pain as my right forearm surfaced. damn, it's acting up again... Lee looked at me with much worry. "Sonya-chan? Whats wrong with your arm?" I shook my head and dismissed the worrisome question. "Mai? Do you happen to have that cream with you?" I asked and she looked up and nodded, rummaging through her bag and pulling out a vial of green cream. "Ah! Thank you!" I gave her a hug and a small noogie. "Hey! heheh stop that! and he said you would need it!" I looked at her and proceeded to give her a huge hug. "Your voice is even more beautiful than when you were younger Sonya" I turned around to face Shiro. "Thanks I guess. When will you be leaving?" he gave me a feint smile before answering "I'm not going back without you"
Gah! damn it I cant believe I wrote all of that! Sorry about the hold up...life again...and a very bad laptop charger, finally gave out! thus I had to wait for another one then wait for this baby to charge then type the rest. Now if your wondering, I will bring the Akatsuki in the next chapter...and hopefully a bit more action...time skip too... :P and plz R&R flames are welcome, and I dont know how long this story will be.
Peace out!
Katrina ^_^
