(A/N- Here's one of my favorite chapters.)
Chapter 9- Silence
(Thursday)
"Hey, Sasuke! Where are all the girls? Do you know?" Naruto asked.
"Of course not. I just woke up like you."
"Oh yeah."
Senseis
"Where are the girls, I wonder?" Kakashi said from behind his book.
"Well, if you put your book down, you'll see them!" Kurenai said.
"Oh really-hey they're not here."
"No, I just wanted you to put the book down."
"Well, can you just answer my question?"
"Well, it's really a no-brainer. Since all the girls were hurt, they'll probably stay holed up in their rooms all day, feeling sad after they all talk about what they'll do or if they'll ever talk to the boys again, etc. And everybody knows that when a girl feels depressed or sad, they get a box of their favorite snacks and eat away their sorrow. So they won't be coming to any meals today."
"Is that why you gained 15 pounds over two days when your boyfriend dumped you?" Kakashi and Asuma asked, so naïve. Their eyes widened, as hers seemed to fill with fire.
"WHAT!! You bakas! Get back here NOW!!" Kurenai yelled as they ran out of the room.
"To tell you the truth, I think it's just her," Kakashi said in an undertone to Asuma.
"Look at my fellow jounin run! So full of youth!!" Gai exclaimed. "If only Lee was here. Oh LEE!"
…Silence
"It's just not the same without my cute little chuunin. Oh Lee," Gai said sadly as tears streamed down his face. (A/N- Idiot.)
Boys
The boys were back in their rooms, all just lying around.
"I wonder what the girls are doing."
"You heard Kurenai. They're all in their rooms."
"Actually, I wasn't paying attention. Tell me what she said."
"No, Naruto. It's too troublesome."
"Hey, I am reeeally bored. Let's do something."
"I don't feel like it," Neji said.
"Hn," Sasuke gave his usual answer, if you could call it one.
"Alright, fine, I'll think of something that all of you wouldn't mind doing," Naruto said, pausing to think. "Let's keep the ball in the air. Shikamaru doesn't have to do much since he's lazy, Sasuke will do it because it's challenging, at least against me and Neji, and Neji will do it for basically the same reason. There, I thought of a at least half way good game."
"Fine I'll play," Sasuke and Neji said.
"I'll just hit it to one of you when it comes near me. I am not moving from my spot on my bed," Shikamaru said lazily. He was currently lying on his back.
"You're no fun," Naruto said as he stuck his tongue out.
"And you are?"
Girls
Tenten had woken up late and found that Sakura wasn't in bed, so she went to Ino's room. They were all sitting around a TV on the floor that was plugged into a nearby wall.
"Sakura, where'd they get the TV?"
"We found it on top of a shelf in the closet. There's one in your room too," Hinata answered for her.
The show or movie went off and they all got up. Sakura and Hinata put the TV on a desk they found somewhere and hooked a DVD player to it, while Ino walked out the room to do something. Ami woke up and stuck her head out over the girls. She looked down and saw them.
"What's going on?"
"We found a TV and a DVD player and we're going to watch a movie since it's raining. Ino went to get some things," Sakura explained. "We all missed breakfast and we thought we'd just stay here the whole day doing nothing."
"Oh."
Ino came in a little later with three big bowls, a bag of popcorn, a bag of potato chips, and a bag of cookies. She also had a box of Cheez-its. She dumped the snacks in the bowls and sat them down.
"Hey Ino, where'd you get those snacks from?" Tenten asked.
"I got them from the kitchen behind the food hall," she replied. "Except for the Cheez-its."
"Where'd you get those?"
"Kakashi's stash in a secret room behind his closet," she said simply. The girls stared at her wide-eyed, except Tenten.
"How did you know that it was in there?"
"My nose, duh!"
"A-are you serious?" Ami asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Nevermind."
Senseis
"Has anybody seen my Cheez-it's?" Kakashi walked into their hangout. Gai and Asuma looked up with wide eyes.
"Ino probably took them!"
"Tenten probably took them!" They said at the same time. Kakashi and Kurenai looked at them.
"She's so obsessed with them that she can smell them in a closed room," they said simultaneously.
"That must be how they found the room behind my closet."
"Did it have kunai marks?"
"No."
"Then it was Ino. Tenten will go crazy and cut an unlocked door to get to them. She's so irrational when it comes to Cheez-its."
"You know, if Tenten asks Ino for some, Ino would fight her rather than give some to her," Asuma said.
Girls
Ino opened the box and popped a Cheez-it in her mouth, oblivious to everyone else. Then she did something that resembled Naruto when he scored a touchdown in football.
Tenten tilted her head. "What are you doing, Ino?"
"She's doing her little Cheez-it dance. She does it whenever she first opens the box and eats the first Cheez-it," Sakura explained.
"Ino, let me have some," Tenten said as she reached towards the box when Ino had sat down. Sakura, Hinata, and Ami looked over and then went back to the movie.
The box was snatched away and she could have sworn she heard a growl. Sakura looked over again, a worried look on her face. Oh no, she thought. She's going to get all territorial now. I guess Tenten's never heard of her obsession with the things. No one has ever managed to get even one Cheez-it from Ino, not even Chouji and he's the greediest thing I ever saw!
"Don't. Ever. Touch. My. Cheez-its!" Ino growled. She moved from Hinata's bed where her and Tenten were sitting to hers. She pushed Sakura off.
"What is wrong with you!" Sakura exclaimed.
Ino narrowed her eyes not taking them off of Tenten. "She's trying to eat my Cheez-its."
"Oh, fine." Sakura went to sit on Ino's bed with Tenten.
"Let me have some!" Tenten said.
"No," Ino turned the box around to the backside. "Read it. It says 'GET YOUR OWN BOX'. So do me a favor and GET YOUR OWN BOX!!"
"INO, GIVE ME SOME!!"
"TENTEN, NO!!"
"INO, TENTEN, SHUT UP!!!!!" Sakura yelled. "Tenten, you'll have better luck getting ramen from Naruto than you will with cheez-its and Ino. Chouji never even managed to do that. Now come on," she grabbed Tenten's hand and dragged her to the doorway.
"Where are you going?" Hinata asked.
"We're going to steal more cheez-its. Pause the movie!"
Sakura and Tenten walked towards the senseis' rooms.
"Who's room should we hit first?" Tenten asked excitingly.
"Ino took some from Kakashi, we're not going to steal from Kurenai-"
"Why not?"
"Because, you never take snacks from a woman. Are you a crack actic? Now, does Gai eat them?"
"Nope."
"Fine, we'll go to Asuma and then back to Kakashi to see if he has more than one box."
They got to Asuma's room. Tenten bounced excitingly and turned to Sakura.
"Search and destroy?"
"No!!! We're just going to sneak in. Goodness Tenten, put the kunais away!! Now use your nose and find the stupid things and let's go."
"Found 'em," she said 5 seconds later.
"You found the stupid things that quick? Alright, let's go."
"Sakura!!! They're not stupid."
They went back and started the movie, the whole of which Tenten and Ino glared at each other while holding their boxes as if the other was going to steal it.
Boys
"I'm not playing this anymore."
The game lasted for less than a minute.
"Fine, let's think of as many insults as we can for each other."
"Whatever."
Naruto's paper
Shikamaru: Lazy bum, cloud-watching sloth, pineapple head
Neji: White-eyed freak, blind freak, emotionless ice-block
Sasuke: Tomato boy, ice-jerk, self-absorbed block of ice
Shikamaru's paper
Naruto: corn head, fox-boy, troublesome and loud
Sasuke: troublesome, egotistical ice cube, too emotionless
Neji: troublesome, egotistical ice cube, too emotionless
Sasuke's paper
Naruto: ramen-infested fox, hyperactive ninja, dobe
Shikamaru: lazy bum, pineapple hair
Neji: ice-cube, egotistical
Neji's paper
Naruto: fox-boy, ramen-obsessed ninja
Shikamaru: lazy bum, sloth
Sasuke: ice-block, egotistical
They all looked at each other's papers.
"Neji, you're not so good with insults."
"Well Naruto, you see, I have a life and don't spend it trying to think of insults for my friends."
"Whatever. Shikamaru, you put the same thing for Sasuke and Neji."
"It was too troublesome to think of two different things. They're pretty much the same anyway."
"Hey, Naruto let's talk about you. Why'd you call Sasuke 'tomato boy'? I hope it's not because of his sharingan."
"It's not. The guy's obsessed with tomatoes. I went over his house one time and he had a whole room dedicated to tomatoes. He even painted all the walls red."
"Naruto, I told you a million times, that's a guest room!!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Who decorates a guest room with photos of tomatoes?"
"…"
"He's right, Sasuke."
"And what about that poem about tomatoes that I saw?"
"That was about the sharingan. Remember it said 'as red as a tomato'."
"Well, even if it did, you only got it because it had 'tomato' in it. And anyway, it can't be a guest room because there's no bed."
"Well…"
"And, I almost forgot but you painted a picture of a tomato on the door."
"Can we-"
"And while I'm at it, you have tomatoes for breakfast all the time."
"Can we get-"
"And you also bring a whole bag of tomatoes when we go on missions longer than a day."
"Can we please get off the subject? Goodness dobe, you're so annoying!"
"Whatever, tomato-boy."
"I didn't think about calling you 'ramen-boy'!!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means you're obsessed with ramen!!"
"Well, at least I'm obsessed with something good!!"
"You're arguing about what you're obsessed with. Anybody else think they need to find a new topic?" Shikamaru had a bored expression on his face.
"He's right," Neji said. "You need to get out more."
Girls
After the movie, the girls were trying to decide on what to do when, completely out of nowhere, a silver cat came in with four slips of paper in his mouth.
"Aww, he's so cute," Tenten picked him up and was about to hug him when…
"Don't do that!! That's Kakashi and the pervert only changes into a cat so girls will hug him."
"Acck!!"
Tenten, who was currently standing up, threw the cat down at Sakura's words. And I mean literally threw. She threw him like one of her weapons and he landed flat on his face. And Tenten being, you know, the weapons specialist and all, had to throw him pretty hard from only 2 feet above the ground. I think it's safe to say that it hurt
"I guess all cats don't land on their feet. Oh well, it's what you get."
Kakashi staggered to his feet slowly, fell down twice, and finally managed to stand up. Sakura picked Kakashi up, got the slips of paper from him, and proceeded to then throw him out the window. The girls looked at her like she was crazy.
"What?"
"He didn't even come from the window."
"So? Your point being…?"
"…"
"Whatever, here's your papers," Sakura handed the papers out. "Mine says I can't talk to Sasuke until he apologizes."
"Mine says the same thing about Shikamaru."
"Me too," Hinata said.
"Me three," Tenten said.
"This will be so boring."
Boys
Kakashi delivered the boys' messages to them. They all said not to cry.
"Why would we cry? Unless one of my close friends or family members suddenly died, I don't think I'll cry."
"Well, they might try to hurt us so bad that we might cry," Naruto suggested half-heartedly.
"Um…no," Sasuke said. "I doubt that."
"Maybe they mean, bored to tears. Because I'm so bored I might just cry," Shikamaru said.
"You're bored," Neji stared incredulously at Shikamaru.
"Yeah," he said, uncertain at what he was getting at.
"Why don't you just cloud watch," Naruto said.
"Well, it's raining, so the clouds won't look nice. And anyway, there are no good cloud watching places here."
"Yeah right, you're probably just too lazy to look for one."
"Whatever."
"I'll be back," Neji said as he left. He went to the game room to find Tenten already there. Why me? He thought.
"Um…"
She looked at him, but didn't say anything. She turned back to the shelf, looking for a game. He walked over to the shelf and joined her.
"Um…hi Tenten."
"…"
"Tenten?"
"…"
She found a game and started to walk away, while Neji just stood there, looking like an idiot. Suddenly he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her back.
"Why won't you talk to me?" he let go of her but she didn't walk away immediately.
A blank stare was his only reply. Then she started to walk away.
When she was gone, he finally snapped back to reality.
Okay, now I feel just like Sasuke, like I've been slapped and lost all my fan girls.
He walked back to their room and put the game on the floor.
"Well…"
"Well, what?"
"What game did you get?"
"Um, I don't know. I just picked up one. I got kind of distracted."
"Distracted with what? It was a game room. It's not like they were talking to you."
"Yeah, she sure wasn't," Neji said as he laid down in his bed, staring at the ceiling above him.
"She? What are you talking about?"
"Tenten wouldn't talk to me at all. When I pulled her back, she just stared blankly in my face and then left."
"So-" Sasuke started.
"Yay, Neji! You got Charades!" Naruto yelled, so blissfully ignorant to his surroundings, namely a depressed Neji. Oh well, that's Naruto for you.
"Tch…are we going to play?" Shikamaru asked.
"Hn." Sasuke er…replied.
"YES!!" Obviously that belonged to Naruto.
"Hn." Wow, everyone must be a social outcast today…
Girls
"What are we going to do now?" Tenten and Ino said. They glared at each other.
After the movie they had tried to play a game, but quickly finished it.
"What do you guys care? As long as you have your Cheez-its, you should be happy."
"Don't have anymore."
"Well, then we have nothing to do."
"Oh my gosh! We can go to the store-" Tenten suddenly exclaimed.
"To buy new clothes-"
"To buy more Cheez-its!" Sakura and Ino exclaimed.
"Yeah. How'd you know?" Tenten looked at Ino while Sakura fell down, anime style. "C'mon. We're going to talk to the senseis."
Boys
"A log!" Naruto exclaimed.
"No."
"A leaf!" Neji said, getting into the game.
"No!"
"Something dead," Sasuke tried.
"Noo!!"
"Then what are you?" Naruto and Neji finally asked.
"Hn?" Sasuke…asked.
"I'm a sloth," came Shikamaru's reply.
"A sloth! You didn't even move from the spot you were laying in the whole time! How the heck were we supposed to know?"
"A sloth hardly ever moves."
"Well, you could've moved your arms to make it look like you were hanging from a branch, you lazy bum!!!"
"Tch, troublesome," Shikamaru grumbled.
Senseis
"So please?" Tenten and Ino begged.
Kakashi and Kurenai sat in two chairs with their arms folded, Ino and Tenten bowed at their feet while Sakura, Hinata, and Ami stood in the background, shaking their heads.
"So…let me get this straight. You want us to let you go to the store to buy cheez-its?" Kakashi asked incredulously.
The girls nodded their heads quickly.
"So, you want me and Kakashi to give you permission to just leave for a box of cheez-its after everything even though your supposed to stay here for a month." Kurenai said, equally incredulous.
"Actually, it's two boxes," Ino said, holding up two fingers.
"And Cheez-its has a capital 'C'," Tenten said.
"What?"
"You said 'cheez-its', not 'Cheez-its'. See? Did you hear the difference?" Tenten said.
"No," Kurenai said while shaking her head. "All I hear are two crazy kunoichis who are obsessed with Cheez-its trying to leave this place."
"Sooo…is that a 'yes' or a 'no'?" Ino asked.
"It's a 'no'. Definitely a 'no'," Kakashi said.
Ino and Tenten sat there, stunned for a second and then they finally snapped (A/N- If they already hadn't).
"You will let us go to the store for Cheez-its, got it?" Tenten said as she and Ino grabbed Kakashi by his collar and held a kunai to his throat, maniacal looks on their faces.
"Yeah, sure," Kakashi gulped. I never knew these girls had such problems, he thought. And why didn't Gai and Asuma warn me if they were this serious?
"You better go with them," Kurenai whispered to Sakura and Hinata after the girls were out of earshot.
Store
"Cheez-its, Cheez-its. Oh, here we go. Found them and the aisle, Sakura," Tenten called.
After Tenten went crazy and decided that they should just cut down the place to find the Cheez-its, Sakura had to supervise her more closely, on some occasions actually holding her hand. Really, every time Tenten spotted a red box. And, after Ino went crazy and decided to get pumped up with excitement from Tenten's words and follow her with her kunais at the ready, Hinata had to take Ino a different way to look for the Cheez-its away from Tenten, she too holding Ino's hand every time she saw a red box.
"Which one should I get?" They both said happily, sounding like little three-year olds, when in reality they were at least ten years older than that.
"Really, I feel like a mother," Sakura said as she crossed her arms as she and Hinata waited for the two three-year olds. "And they call me Baby-Sakura."
"You're telling me," Hinata agreed.
While they were talking about how deranged their friends were, the said two girls were arguing over a box of Cheez-its.
"Why are we friends with them?" Hinata sighed.
"It's something I ask myself almost everyday," Sakura replied. "What's the problem, you two?"
"She took my box of Cheez-its." Tenten and Ino pointed at each other.
"They're the same as every other box. Just pick one," she sighed tiredly.
"They are not the same," they cried indignantly. "This one weighs the most."
"I hate this day," Sakura stated as she and Hinata moved forward to break the two apart.
"Remind me never to have kids."
Boys
"I am so bored," an obviously bored Naruto said to no one in particular. The others had kicked him out since he was being a loud, blissfully ig- basically himself. He was currently sitting by a small stream in one of the many gardens, scratching designs in the dirt for lack of anything better to do. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He looked up just in time to see a flash of white.
"Who's there?" he called. He crossed the stream and crawled under a tall bush. He looked around and was about to go back when he heard a small noise. It sounded like a whimper, but not exactly human. He turned around and saw a baby fox trying to hide itself inside a pile of leaves underneath a high root. He slowly approached, careful not to scare it away and then held out his hand. The fox sniffed it and then cautiously crept out, making sure to stay near the pile of leaves.
Since when are you so gentle and quiet, Kit? Kyuubi chuckled.
It's a baby fox for goodness sakes. You want me to be loud and rough? Naruto asked sarcastically.
You should try speaking to it.
"Um…hi," Naruto tried quietly. The fox stuck its head under Naruto's hand, asking it to pet him. "You know, you're pretty cute."
The fox made a small noise that was between a growl and a yip. (A/N-What sounds do foxes make?)
Wow, you're pretty good with animals. Probably just foxes, though.
That reminds me. Could I talk to that fox I summoned because of you inside me or were you allowing me to with your own power.
Well, it's kind of hard to explain. Just like you can summon foxes, it's not exactly my power, more like yours influenced by me. Think of it as a kind of a bloodline.
Oh, all right.
See if he understands you.
"Hey, can you understand what I'm saying?" Naruto said, still quiet. The fox made that noise again.
I think he can, Kyuubi.
Good. Now, concentrate and try and understand him.
"Are you all alone?"
The fox yipped. "Yes."
"What happened to your family?"
The fox yipped again. "I don't know. I got lost in a rain storm."
That's sad, Kit. You should keep him.
I was just wondering if that was okay.
"Well, do you want to stay with me?" Naruto said, back to his hyper self.
Yip! "Yeah!"
"Cool!"
Naruto busted into his room with his hands behind his back.
"Guys, guys!!" he exclaimed. "Guess what I got."
"A sore throat," Sasuke said, sarcastically.
"A ramen packet," Neji guessed.
"A troublesome voice," Shikamaru said.
"I'm going to ignore that since I have such great news! Sasuke, get off my bed."
"Why?"
"Because. It's important, now move!"
Sasuke sat on Neji's bed. They all looked over at Naruto expectantly who was turned the other way.
"It's alright. They won't hurt you. These guys are my friends, even if they are rude sometimes."
"Who are you talking to?"
From behind a grinning Naruto, a baby fox looked out at the three people he heard earlier. From his point of view, there was a boy who seemed quiet with black, seemingly cold eyes, a boy with long hair who looked rather serious with weird piercing white eyes, though still seemed nice. The third looked like a fruit he remembered seeing one time except it had a face and it was on top of a lazy body. His eyes seemed dark, but warm and the fox could tell that he was nice.
"That guy with the spiky dark hair is Sasuke. Even though his gaze is a little evil, he is actually nice…if you can get him to talk. The guy next to him is Neji and he's nice, but quiet, though not as quiet as Sasuke. Shikamaru is nice, but he's lazy and he's not that quiet unless he's watching clouds."
"Why did you just describe us to a fox.?" Sasuke asked.
"Because he can understand me. Any questions?"
"Yeah-"
"Not you. Him."
Yip. Yip. "I'm staying here?"
"Well, not really. We're actually only here for a few more days. Then I'll take you to my permanent home if you want to go. Now any questions," Naruto turned to Sasuke.
"Nevermind, I know you're going to keep him now. So…what's his name?"
"Oh…I forgot all about that. What's your name?"
Yip. "Don't know."
"He doesn't know so I'll name him. Hm, let's see…I'll name him after Kyuubi."
"Kyuubi. Why him? Wasn't he evil?" Shikamaru asked.
"No. Not anymore. I'll tell you another time. Should I name him Kyuu or Yuubi?"
"Well…I'd say…Yuubi," Shikamaru said.
"So would I," Neji agreed.
"I don't care…he's just a stupid fox."
"WHAT!!" Naruto clapped his hands over the fox's ears. "Don't listen to him, Yuubi. You're very smart."
"Dobe! Why are you saying that as if he's a person? He's just a dumb fox and he can't understand you."
Yuubi bared his teeth and growled at Sasuke.
"Yes he can understand us. Why do you think he's growling at you? Don't worry Yuubi, I don't blame you for not liking him. I don't half the time either."
"Stop it!!"
"Whatever. I'm going to train him to fight with kunais or at least protect himself. We'll be the next Kiba and Akamaru except better."
"Oi, Naruto. What if Yukito doesn't let you keep him?" Shikamaru said, being the smart one.
"Yukito said it would be cool to have a fox and that Kiba shouldn't be the only one with an animal partner."
Girls
The sun was going down when Sakura and Hinata were bringing their three-year-old daughters-I mean Tenten and Ino home. Kurenai, Kakashi, and Ami sat outside, waiting for them. They took a good look at them. Sakura and Hinata had bruises and scratches on their arms and their hair was a mess but Ino and Tenten were skipping merrily along holding their boxes of Cheez-its.
"Where have you been?" Kurenai asked.
"I knew they didn't really go to get Cheez-its."
"We did."
"Well, what happened?"
"We went to go find Cheez-its and then they finally got them-" Sakura got cut off.
"Then what happened?"
"We had to separate Tenten and Ino after they were about to go on a rampage and cut the whole place down-" Hinata said.
"Well, it still wouldn't have taken that long."
"They both wanted the same box, so after three hours of arguing, they finally picked two different ones," Sakura explained as she glared at the two children busy munching happily on some Cheez-its.
"These are so goood!!"
"Tenten's not sleeping in my room tonight," Sakura said, still glaring at the oblivious kids.
"Yes she is," Kurenai said. "She's your roommate."
"I might murder her," Sakura ground out between clenched teeth. "And do you know what the news will say? They'll say 'Tenten and/or Yamanaka Ino were reported found dead, strangled to death by their former best friend Haruno Sakura. Apparently, Sakura had gone mad with rage after their other best friend Hinata and her tried to tolerate the Cheez-its obsessed girls. We are not yet sure if Hinata is connected to the crime as well but we will look into it.' That is exactly what they will say."
Kurenai and Kakashi shuddered as Hinata giggled. They were…disturbed to say the least. Tenten and Ino steal their Cheez-its, threaten their lives just to get more, and then argue in a store over the same box for over an hour just to end up picking different ones anyway. Then Sakura goes crazy and demands that Tenten sleep with Ino because she might murder her in her sleep.
"O…k. Tenten, you're sleeping in Ino's room and Hinata can sleep in Sakura's," They said at the same time, though for different reasons. Kurenai was scared Sakura would conveniently sleepwalk over to Tenten and murder her, while Kakashi was scared she would murder him because they didn't switch Tenten and Hinata.
"Thank you," Sakura said sweetly.
Boys
Naruto jumped up when he heard a knock at the door. He looked around for Yuubi but didn't see him. He must've left while Naruto dozed off. Shikamaru was lying on his bed, probably thinking about Ino. Neji was doing the same thing. Sasuke was…somewhere. Naruto went to open the door. He opened it and saw Tenten who didn't even look in Neji's direction.
"Hey, Naruto, Shikamaru."
"Hi."
"Naruto, what is this?" Tenten asked. It was more of a demand than a question.
"Heh, I'm pretty sure that's a fox."
"Haha," she said sarcastically. "I mean, is this yours or are you just helping a hurt animal? He's pretty cute and it'd be kind of mean to abandon him."
"He's mine and his name is Yuubi. You can play with him for a little while if you want."
"Oh, okay."
She took Yuubi who didn't seem to mind at all.
An hour later, Tenten brought him back.
He started yipping happily to Naruto.
"What's he saying?"
"He said he liked Hinata and Tenten the best and why. He says he likes you and Neji the best too."
"What about Sasuke?"
"He's too evil, Yuubi says," Naruto said. "I'm hungry. Come on, I think it's time to eat."
"I'm not going. I don't feel like it," Neji said.
"Fine, Shikamaru can come," Naruto grabbed Shikamaru before he could protest.
When they got there, Chidori and Ami were just leaving. Kiba, Hinata, and Ino were sitting at the table.
"H-hi Hinata," Naruto said.
"Hey, Ino," Shikamaru said, not really expecting an answer. Good thing, because he didn't get one. They didn't even look up. The rest of the meal was spent in tension filled silence, with Kiba trying to start some conversations.
"So how's the weather?" Kiba started awkwardly.
"Look out the window. I'm sure you'll figure it out," Shikamaru grumbled.
"I think it's supposed to be a nice day tomorrow."
"I doubt it," Naruto said.
"Um…h-how was your day, Hinata?"
"Well, it was fairly well Kiba," Hinata paused.
"Oh, that's go-"
"We all sat around in our rooms, depressed all day," she said sarcastically. (A/N- Hey, is that even possible? I guess that moment was a little OOC.)
"Well-"
"KIBA," Ino finally yelled. "Can you just SHUT UP already!!! Gosh, you are so ANNOYING. CAN'T YOU SEE NOBODY WANTS TO TALK?"
Shikamaru and Kiba who were the closest to her, felt their ears, temporarily deafened.
"Troublesome."
"Fine, I was just trying to start a conversation! Geez Ino, don't take your anger out on me just because you're pmsing," he grumbled as he left and headed for his room. Ino looked like she was about to kill him, but somehow, Hinata restrained her.
So after a while, they left and went to their rooms, where Naruto kicked Sasuke out and went to sleep, depressed, Shikamaru soon following.
"Get out Tenten," Sakura said.
"Why?"
"Hinata's sleeping in here tonight."
"Why?"
"Because you and Ino were getting on my nerves and I wanted Hinata to be here instead because when I get annoyed, I sleepwalk over to the person and hurt them...badly," she finished darkly.
"O…k."
Next Day (Friday)
"I'm going to train Yuubi since there's nothing else better to do," it was after lunch when Naruto said this to the others.
They didn't reply, but continued what they were doing which wasn't much. Sasuke and Neji were throwing a paper ball back and forth, while Shikamaru was batting at a foil ball he had hung from the ceiling earlier that day. So Naruto left and headed for the indoor gym because he didn't feel like going outside.
Girls
They were all lying around in Ino, Hinata, and Ami's room.
"So…" Sakura said from Ino's bed. "Are we gonna do anything today?"
"…Nope," the others shook their heads.
"So, you guys don't want to do anything?"
"…Nope," once again, they shook their heads.
"So you want to just sit around and do nothing?"
"…Yup."
"Well, that's too bad," she said finally. "Do you know what I think we should do?"
"What do you think we should do Sakura," Tenten asked, sounding bored.
"It was a rhetorical question. Anyway, let's play a game."
"So specific," Tenten said sarcastically. "What do you want to play?"
"I was getting to that," Sakura snapped. "Let's play 'I Spy'."
"There's nothing better to do. We might as well," Ino said.
"Are you saying that that's not a good game?" Sakura sounded shocked.
"Kinda," Ino said.
"Well, we're playing anyway. Let's see, I spy with my little eyes, something…black."
"Hm, you're seeing Sasuke's eyes in your mind," Ino said.
"How did you know?"
"I guessed and you're not supposed to do things like that. I spy with my little eyes something that reminds me of Shikamaru," she sighed softly.
"Clouds. My turn. I spy with my little eyes something that reminds me of Neji."
"A…bird?" Hinata tried.
"Yeah."
"Wait. How'd you know Hinata?" Ino demanded.
"Well…he always reminded me and Tenten of a caged bird." Hinata explained. "You know, how the main family could basically control him with the cursed seal. Anyway, I spy with my little eyes something that reminds me of Naruto."
"The sky," Ino said bored. "And before you ask, because of his eye color. I mean, I think I would know," Ino pointed to hers. "I spy with my little eyes a VERY RETARDED GAME that I am starting TO HATE."
"Ooh, ooh, I know," Tenten said with fake excitement. "This game. I'm going to go lie back on my bed," she said bored as she left the room.
Ino, Ami and Hinata followed her example and laid down on their own beds while Sakura stared at them.
"So, what? You're just going to lie down and do nothing?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah," Ino said.
"Pretty much," Ami agreed.
"Fine, I'm going back to my room to go do nothing since some people are being lazy."
"Okay," Ino said, uncaring.
"Bye," Hinata said.
"Oh, and close the door on your way out please," Ami said. They winced as Sakura stomped out of the room and slammed the door shut. Once it was shut, the girls all turned to face the wall to do nothing. Yuubi came in and jumped on Hinata's bed, where she petted him while thinking of Naruto.
So the girls did pretty much nothing except lie in their beds thinking about the boys that were really causing the whole thing. They didn't even go to dinner that day, the little anorexic things.
Boys
Naruto came in the room after about 45 minutes.
"Back so soon?" Shikamaru asked sounding bored.
"Yuubi's a very fast learner," Naruto grinned.
"Speaking of that, where is the little rodent?" Sasuke asked, oblivious to Naruto's glare.
"So anyway, Shikamaru," Naruto ignored Sasuke. "I'm back so soon because he learned how to use a kunai surprisingly well in only 20 minutes. Then I had him do training with the kunai attacking the targets that were there. Now he can throw kunai and attack with them and he learned that in only 15 minutes. Then I taught him how to fight with his claws and teeth."
"Naruto, foxes already know how to fight with claws and teeth. That's why they're there," Neji said.
"No, I mean, it's actually like taijutsu. We're going to work on jutsus like Kiba's later."
"Naruto! You never answered my question!" Sasuke said, not really upset, just without anything to do.
"So? Your point being?"
"Answer it!!"
"No. Because I don't know any rodent which you speak of."
"Fine, where is Yuubi," Sasuke said sarcastically.
"I don't know why you care but he's going to see Hinata or Tenten, one of them," Naruto said.
"I'm bored as heck right now," Sasuke said.
"And I like rice balls but you don't see me broadcasting it," Shikamaru said. "What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. Somebody suggest something," Sasuke said.
"Let's play…the name game," Naruto said.
"Why? That's a girls' game," Shikamaru said.
"No it's not," Naruto said.
"Yes it is. It's a hand game that you sing to."
"How would you know that?" They all looked at Shikamaru funny.
"Look, Ino used to make me play, ok! It's not like I used to play of my own will!"
"Well, whatever. I'll start," Sasuke said. "Naruto."
"Shikamaru," Naruto said.
"Neji," Shikamaru said.
"Sasuke," Neji said.
"Uh…Kakashi."
"…Kurenai."
"Asuma."
"Gai."
"Shino."
"Kiba."
"Chouji."
"Lee."
"Chidori."
"Konohamaru."
"Ami."
"Hanabi."
"Tsunade."
"Jiraiya."
"Iruka."
"…Shizune."
"Sakura."
"Hinata."
"Ino."
"Tenten."
"Thanks a lot, now I'm depressed all over again," Sasuke complained. He left to go to his room where he laid down and thought of Sakura and how he hated Kakashi…with a strong passion.
"Well that ends that game," Naruto said. "I think I'll just lay down and hope to fall asleep when it's gets late."
And so they didn't do anything. Nope, you guessed it; they didn't eat either because…well I guess they wanted to be hungry. Except for Shikamaru, he's just too lazy.
Girls and Boys
So you get it, they were all really depressed. They missed each other. So they were lonely like Akon.
They're lonely… (So lonely)
They were so lonely… (Really lonely)
They had nobody… (Had nobody)
To call their own… (To call their own)
(A/N- Yeah, I just had a moment. I'm going to end the chap. here.)
