Author notes: Thanks for the kind reviews and support!
Iyaaaaa….lol, I'm getting a little bit rusty on writing those stuffs. Seriously, finally my inspiration muse had gone down. Perhaps if anyone could review to me it'll come back bit by bit? (readers: Are you trying to coax us to bribe you? Me: Maybe…)
Jokes aside, college here is getting a little bit more hassled, so I might slow down the updates. (sorry!) But first, I'm going to answer the anonymous reviews here:
To ddd: thanks for the review! I'm glad that you liked my portray of Sai, and as a present, Sasuke's first signs of jealousy is going to be displayed in this chapter. Fufufufufu….
To tysonandkai: I'm glad that you'd liked my story! I hope what you've being speculating is true…but, seriously, I'm pretty sure that I don't bite, don't have a third eye attached with GPS trying to find all the reviewers, and I'm a tamed human that will feel pretty content with any kind of answer, small or big. I'm happy that you've read my author notes, most of the time I've always asked myself if anyone is reading them. (on the other hand, I think that maybe not reading it is a good idea….I write a lot of nonsense stuff, lol) I'll try to keep the good work, thanks for your support!
Disclaimer: Kishimoto is the one who had the great idea of making jumpy fluorescent ninja boy. I'm the one who's using this material to convince that he should change to jumpy fluorescent horny-gay ninja boy. We're almost there, believe it…
Warning: I think that if you still continued to read this fanfic, despite the previous warnings I posted before, then you probably are sasunaru fan, or at least a sasunaru fan in denial. Admit it!
To the story, my victims!
Lesson 09 – Our Friends – sub-title: Strange coincidences Doesn't Exist
The faint scattered spotlights illuminated the usual silent mansion in this night. The fountain in the middle of the garden dimly reflected its full moon, permeating the scenario with its artificial dim glow. Around the enormous house, clinks of crystal champagne, animated chatter in different kinds of tones, voices, rustling of luxurious fabric, clicking of expensive shoes. Waiters walked around from group to group, offering exquisite appetizers, wondrous and fine smells coming from strategically well placed tables, it's subtle aroma drawing gracefully at every present expectant.
"RAAAAAAAAAAMEEENNNNNNNNN!!" …or not.
Ohmygod. Oh. My. God. His ramen-detector swore that there was his oh-so-wonderful favorite meal in…..(Naruto inhaled deeply) oh! 3 meters from here at 5 o'clock! RAAAAMMEEENNNNNN………..ramenramenramenramen. He was getting FAMISHED!
His obvious ramen-induced mind forgot to remind that in such high-class event, normally, they wouldn't cook something casual like ramen. Yeah, that succulent noodles, filled with delicious miso soup and all of his favorite toppings…pork, naruto, nira(1), seaweed…..oh god, he's not watering now, is he?
Quickly going towards the source of that aaaaawwwesome smell, he failed to see a pink form coming onto him. All of his vision was focused on one thing, one food, and no one is going to stop him till his hands got the hold of that bowl!
"OOWW!!" Aaah….interruptions, interruptions, God doesn't fare with him at all….
"Stupid Naruto, I've been calling you for AGES but you didn't answer me in ANY moment! How could you ignore your friend huh, dummy!!"
"Ah! Sakura-chan!" Naruto didn't even need to recognize the person behind him, he knew her punches far too well (even better then her glass-creaking voice).
"Hmph. Now you're talking to me. What's with you, it's almost looked like you've been hypnotized or something!"
"Usually, Haruno-san, when he's like that, it meant that ramen is involved in some way." Answered a young man who had a strange style of hair, cut cleanly in horizontal manner, resembling a chinese bowl.
"I though' so. Hah, Naruto 's only moved by ramen and piano. His life only consists on these!" Snorted another guy, a ruffian with triangular tattoos.
"Heh. So stupid. Naruto's dreamland must be pianos Steinways and Ramen with all kinds of flavors…" Chuckled a blonde woman with four pigtails.
"Hey, that's really a not bad idea…" Naruto beamed at their friends.
"Oh man…and that's why you didn't even dignify on even saying a small hi to us. What, do your brains actually locate on your stomach Naruto?" The blonde's woman brother rubbed his forehead troubled.
"Boys…I think that you'd tease poor Naruto-kun enough. We even didn't congratulate his presentation today!" Beamed a chinese girl, wearing two sided buns.
"No problem Tenten! I'm also happy that you guys came here to see my performance! Thanks, Sakura-chan, Lee, Kiba, Temari, Kankurou!" The blonde grinned happily to them, their dearest friends.
"You welcome! You know, I was kinda having fun on coming here…High-class people sure are amusing! So edgy…don't they have better things to do in life?" Sakura teased, looking around the gazes concentrated on the group.
But that would be a given, naturally. The pink-haired girl was using checkered mini-skirt, chains pooling on her waist, layers of slightly ripped t-shirts and piercings on her nose and eyebrows.
Kankurou was using strange kabuki(2) marks on his face, and Japanese-ish clothes, but with old jeans with small holes on his knees.
Temari was using also used Japanese-ish clothes, but her upside cloth was draped on the sides while she used straps to cover her body, and fishnets, fit envelope skirt that ended on her ankles.
TenTen was using medieval clothes, a one-piece dress although the sides of her skirts were scandalously opened on the sides, revealing her long legs.
Lee was using green….all green, from upside down. His only salvation was the few chains attached on the pockets of his jeans.
Kiba probably was the most conservative of the group…if you consider a checkered vest, white blouse, bow tie, grey trousers and a crimson beret, a normal attire.
"Well, I don't mind it at all. Jeez, I'm sure that we live in a free world. Can't we dress up just like we want to?" Kankurou grumbled, staring back particularly to a wrinkled old-fashioned woman.
"I don't mind it too. I think you guys look pretty cool!" Naruto sincerely complimented his friends, earning a gentle smile from everybody.
"Oh really? For a moment, I thought that you ignored us because that we're attracting too much of attention." Temari smirked, taunting the young blonde.
"Nah…Naruto's too stupid to pick on these details. His simplistic mind wouldn't understand small things like being conscious of his ego. You know….orange jumpsuit?!" Kiba gave a loud taunting bark.
"Hey! What's your problem with the color orange?!" The cerulean eyes darkened, attempting to tackle the spiky brown head. A feminine (but powerful) hand interrupted abruptly with a swift encaging in his wrist.
"A lot. And I really mean it. I won't say it why now, because it's going to be a looong list. And lord, I'm thankful that you're using a regular tuxedo. Us, spectators can wear whatever we want, but you're inside of this biz, so you have to dance with their jibe. Or you won't be able to raise yourself in this place, sadly." The pink-haired girl shook her head exasperated.
"Not that we're complaining, really…Naruto-kun, you look really hot in this suit!" Tenten smirked.
"Yeah…not bad. You look pretty decent in this cloth." Sakura grinned knowingly at her friend, receiving a blushed Naruto in return.
"Aww…man, you guys are embarrassing me. But I know that, me, Uzumaki Naruto, can be the epitome of attractive man!" Kiba instantly rolled his eyes.
"Well, I guess this tuxedo did make you look like a regular blonde, and that's something inhumanely impossible. Not looking like an overactive, crazy, clumsy Naruto."
"Hey!" The blonde teen immediately protested.
"But it's kind of strange...although we've never saw you in such formal attire, somehow it doesn't feel weird seeing you like this. It's almost looks like you've been made for this life." Sakura lifted her hands to her waist, contemplating.
"Nah...I don't think that I'll ever get used to this society. You're right, they are too uptight." Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Like someone I know." he added as an afterthought.
"Oh!" He suddenly shouted in full lungs.
"Oh?" His friends gave questioning face.
"Ramen at 3 o'clock, fifty steps away from me!" And like that, the blonde nuisance suddenly disappeared.
They could only heave a resignated sigh, trying to follow the bundle of energy.
"Naruto never changes after all..." Their conclusive thoughts.
She searched everywhere his wayward blonde dumbass of a friend. How can he vanish into thin air in terms of seconds and she's having a hard time to find a blonde?! The people inside of this party were mostly brunets, so surely a spiky golden hair should be easier to find, right?!
"I'm going to kill him when I find him." Sakura decided to herself resolutely.
The mansion was bigger then she expected, Naruto mentioned that his teacher had a big house but even she wasn't anticipating to be that enormous…long corridors, thousands of rooms, anyone would get lost in this maze.
And since she didn't have the ramen-detector like her oblivious friend, she could only count on her eyesight to find her stupid blonde teen. Ah….Naruto is an unlucky boy…Sakura also had Tae Kwon-Do classes with Tsunade and she's eagerly waiting to put in a good use all her new moves she learned this week. Roundhouse kick(3) surely sounded like a painful name to try it on.
She finally spotted someone who had a lighter color then the others. Not wanting to waste her time, she quickly dashed towards that head and punched heavily at it.
"Stupid Naruto! Do you really have to run all the way around just to get a stupid food?! Ramen-freak!"
"Ow!! What's your problem, Sakura-bigforehead?!" Screamed a very girlish voice.
"Uh…Ino…" The pink-haired girl gulped flabbergasted at her long lost friend.
"Congratulations Sasuke-san! You've played well, like always." A young man with…large horizontal stature spoke cheerfully.
"Yes…you've developed significantly. I'm fairly amazed from your growth." Another tall blonde man chatted calmly in the group.
"Well, Juugo, there's only one reasonable explanation for this. It must be the influence of Uzumaki Naruto, formally known before as "usuratonkachi"." Neji smirked already waiting for another dark Uchiha Glare ®.
"Hm…maybe you're right. I've never seen Uchiha-san that expressive before." Another brunet using sunglasses nodded absentmindedly at the Hyuuga's conclusion.
"Aburame…I'm pretty sure that any type of my growth in any form or word doesn't have anything related to the dobe." Sasuke has growled out.
"Dobe…is that your new pet name to your dear blonde?" The Hyuuga's leukocytes easily recoiled the dangerous imaginaries daggers his friend had fired at him. "Anyways, I'm pretty disappointed that you didn't introduce him to us earlier…Who'd thought that your usuratonkachi would look so cute?"
"Hyuuga-san, you've met Uzumaki-san before? Because from where we were sitting, we couldn't see their faces when they were playing the piano." The….rounded boy asked dubiously.
"I did meet him before. He was looking for Sasuke before the presentation and he asked to me if I seen him somewhere."
A glare. You traitor!
The long-haired man sighed. "And I've said that I didn't know where Sasuke was, so I pointed that he should look out for Hatake-sensei."
The glowering persisted. You're still a traitor, asshole.
The other participants of the debate couldn't catch the small battle of wits, therefore Juugo continued the conversation:
"To tell the truth, I'm also a little bit curious about Uzumaki…From what Uchiha had said, he must be quite the figure."
"Yeah, he must be rather the opposite side of Sasuke-san." The young boy cupped his hand to large baby-fat cheek, in pensive mode.
"In other words, he should be a talkative, friendly and humorous boy. The good kind to start a friendship, differently from our brooding pal." Shino added sarcastically, already on the move.
"Yeah…I'm pretty curious to meet Uzumaki-san myself. Say, Sasuke, maybe you could present him to us?"
"No way Chouji. I'm not in the mood to meet that loud hyperactive dumb monkey. Go find him by yourself." The Uchiha wasn't in the mood to receive another heavy headache. His bigger brother was already a heavy nuisance to him.
"No problem, Chouji. Since I've already met Naruto-san, I can find him easily. After all, his physique is pretty easy to find in this crowd." Neji smirked ignoring the gritting from his scowling friend.
"Are you sure you don't want to go with us and find your blonde classmate?" Juugo baited the Uchiha.
"No." His words surely sounded final, although Neji could sense a slight hesitant tone in his voice.
"Don't regret your decision later then." The Hyuuga tilted his mouth upwards sarcastically, before moving out with his companions.
Hinata hated all these worthless protocols. Whenever she has to go into any kind of presentation, orchestra or something that would show prestige to the Hyuuga, the shy girl had strict impassive rituals whenever she met any kind of relative. It innerved her to no end, though she couldn't have the courage to put a stop on it. All the pathetic lifeless eyes, fake smiles, doubtful actions…ever since she remembered, from childhood till nowadays, she couldn't find sincere eyes in that cursed clan she lives.
"Except him…but he hates me now." She temporarily got lost in her distant thoughts, shaking her head to concentrate again.
Normally, she wouldn't want to waste her time on all these rubbish if possible, but it was the first time Naruto had a recital (though he only played one music through all the presentation) she eagerly ended her violin classes and rushed to give him support.
While she did all the necessary bowing, idle conversation with innumerous faceless persons, Shikamaru stood next to her so she wouldn't feel helplessly alone. Of course, from time to time the lazy boy would mumble a "Troublesome" between the lines along with side-glances looking for a jumping heap of golden hair, he would patiently stay until he muttered:
"I think I heard an annoying "raaaameennn" somewhere."
Hinata chuckled. As expected from their friend.
"So you assume that he's nearby?" she softly spoke while she shook the hand with someone else.
"Who knows? From the previous experiences we had, he could be located centimeters or kilometers away from us. He moves too fast when his favorite subject is on his what-to-do list."
The young woman made another polite smile to the present people before changing her direction towards an emptier space. "Let's look for him then."
"If we're lucky, we'll find him in within one hour. That over-energetic dumbass probably is bouncing everywhere possible."
"Don't be so pessimistic…and we like Naruto-kun because he has such cheerful disposition…don't you agree?" She brightly beamed to her friend.
Shikamaru didn't answer though he did mumbled another: "Troublesome." in his lips.
A brief flash of blur yellow passed through the duo.
"Is that…was that…?"
"Yes, I think it is…was." Shikamaru rubbed the back of his neck, feeling quite sated already. "You think that yelling would do the trick?"
"I'll try it out." Hinata giggled after inhaling small amount of air.
"Naruto-san!" She heard a pleasant male voice behind her.
"Naruto-kun!" She spoke altogether with its sound.
From her family's reunion, she recognized that mature and stern tone, so many times. She'd never thought that he'd be there, in a different occasion besides the obligations inside the Hyuugas. Horrified lavender eyes slowly turned to see the obvious vision, even though her mind wanted to scream in denial. In some sort of twisted satisfaction for her, he had equalized shocked expression; as she locked her gaze into his.
"Neji-niisan…"
"Hinata….-san."
"I'm sorry! I didn't know…" Sakura words trailed off as she saw her former best friend looking at her with bewildered eyes.
Stupid! How could she mistake such obvious differences between the blondes? Ino had champagne color, champagne! Naruto had golden hair…argh…she's an idiot.
"Don't worry about it! Huh…" Ino also cursed herself to slip out the old nickname to Sakura. They had an ugly fight in their pre-teen years, was she entitled to call her with that affectionate tone?
Silence permeated between the young girls in contrast to the loud background chatter in the hall. The pinkette lightly smiled towards the blonde:
"Nice dress." Ino was wearing a typical Chinese fuku.
"Yours too." Who'd thought that shy Sakura would dress-up like a funky rock 'n roll girl?
A snort came out of nowhere and before they realized what they were doing, both of them were laughing hard, clutching in their stomachs.
"Why'd wear a Chinese traditional dress?" Her emerald eyes glistened with unshed amused tears.
"I've taken interest in Chinese culture lately and I've been playing pipa(4). And you? What's with all that piercing and stuff?"
"I've been playing the drums in a band with my friends. I've always thought it was pretty cool to have piercings and they helped me to gather the courage to do it."
"God…It's been a while that I'd laughed out loud so much. Who'd thought that we'd reverse our roles 5 years later? You used to wear that Chinese-ish cloth and I've always liked to dress-up with stylish cloth."
"Yeah…good times. And believe that eons before we used to fight over "Sasuke-kun"." Sakura almost smiled fondly at the memory.
"And tell you what…Sasuke-kun is here, in this party!"
"Whaaa?? Where?!" Though maybe she had enough of bad reminiscences…
"He was the one who played the entire recital! Man, I thought you read the program they were giving at the doorbell."
"Nah…I've just come here to watch…wait." The green eyes widened considerably when she reached her epiphany. "You're saying that anorexic, duck-butt hair, terminal patient color of skin and emo tendencies is that Sasuke-kun?!"
"Don't forget the scowling, arrogant and I-don't-need-anyone part you still need to mention." Ino sneered understandingly.
"Wow…" Her pink eyebrows were furrowed facing the bizarre conclusion. "Did I used to have such a bad taste back then?"
"Sounds to me that you've already overlooked on your crush." Her friend smirked though she inwardly heaved a relieved sigh.
"Hm…sounds like you moved on it too." Sakura's lips curled in to satisfied beam, their ties unified again.
"Yeah…I'm only in friendly terms with him. Oh! I'm dating someone else. Do you remember about him…Akimichi Chouji, chestnut hair, round cheeks…"
"Oh! That fa—" Her speech was quickly interrupted by a seething hand on her mouth. The icy blue eyes narrowed dangerously in an unfriendly way.
"He has big bones, Sakura. Big bones." Her voice was tainted with sweet poison.
"Okay…at it seems to me that you've also acquired his weird ways too." Sakura slapped away Ino's hand playfully. The blonde shrugged.
"Can't be helped. This is what will happen when you constantly live for 3 years with a guy." The pink-haired woman grinned warmly. At least her good friend had taken good care of her life while in her absence.
"Haruno-san! We can't find Naruto-kun anywhere! Come here help us!" Screamed an energetic voice on the hallway.
"Oh. My cue to leave for now." Ino waved her hand sympathetically, but with some kind of expectations in her eyes.
Sakura chewed her bottom lip, turning uncertainly towards Lee's direction. They weren't "buddies" anymore, nevertheless, it wouldn't hurt to try reuniting their broken ties, right?
"Hey, maybe we could…y' know, catch up our gossip, talk or something…Is your cellphone number still the same?"
The pastel blue eyes sparkled with joy. "Of course! But I thought you deleted the number before…"
The pinkette chuckled. "I deleted it…but I didn't forget it. Well see ya soon Ino-buta!!"
"Whatever, Big forehead!"
Sasuke was silently scowling their bad options of friendship. And there he was, greeting everyone with a forced smile on his face, alone, while their "pals" were looking for the Dobe. Not to mention that shark boy and hormonal girl were on the move, so he's been preventing himself to meet them as much as he could.
All the appraising people were trying to engage a fruitless conversation to the disgruntled Uchiha, lifting vain topics as the brunet could only grunt in response. He moved away from another groups of seniors, feeling a little bit annoyed and thirsty.
Moving towards the buffet table, he spotted the miniature of sunshine next to the soft drinks. Sasuke wasn't in the mood to talk to that bothersome dobe. Whenever they tried to engage any type of conversation, they would end up cursing and glaring to each other.
However, he had to admit that he was (slightly) pleasant surprised when Naruto uttered that words before their presentation. He wasn't expecting that. From all the people who knew Sasuke's dilemma, everyone would make fake concern and tears…he was tired of all that. But the blonde encouraged him to fight against it…asides Kakashi and Neji, no one ever did something like that.
In some sense, it seemed that he attained a new "war buddy". Someone who would remind him that he wasn't alone…not that he really needed someone by his side, of course. An Uchiha is completely capable on taking care of himself.
Anyways, moving on…
He observed as a stranger scooted over the dobe's back and lightly tapped over his shoulder, consequently earning a scared yelp from the blond.
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the stranger's face. Danzo Sai (5), from his contacted sources, the almost-white young man was renowned from having endless talent in playing violin. However, he was equally notorious for his abnormal quirks; dirty mouth, calling all kinds of bizarre nicknames towards anyone, overly sincere opinions and perverted inclinations. Naruto probably is one of his thousands of victims worldwide.
The man in question quickly took the startled blue eyes's hand and kissed it. After that, he moved impossibly close to the blonde's ears and whispered to him. It must be something incredibly awkward; as the tanned body got increasingly red, resembling a ripen tomato, glaring with all his might to the leering eyes but neutral mouth.
Sasuke almost wanted to growl at the situation presented in front of him. How dare that son of a bitch…only HE is entitled to embarrass the dobe!
…
Err…
Nevermind.
…
Now, where was he again?
Oh yes, that sneering asshole was distracting way too much the usuratonkachi. And the dumbass looked uncomfortable, as his head kept moving on the sides, trying to look for any kind of salvation.
Well, the Uchiha wasn't the type to randomly put his nose over any problem, but he also wasn't someone that soulless to deny any request of help. Not to mention that he did have a debt to pay…and Uchihas doesn't want to feel that they own a favor. Ever.
"Dobe." Naruto heard his oh-so-famous nerve-racking pet name his classmate always called him for. Moving instinctively towards the sound, the cerulean eyes amplified in slight awe at him.
"Sasuke?!" For some odd reason, the usual stony heart (slightly) melted by the sound of his name uttered from the blonde lips. Now that was a very strange reaction…better bury before it resurface again.
"Oh! Is he going to have a threesome with us?" a mocking voice suddenly cut out his train of thoughts. Sasuke glared at him.
"Huh…? What's a threesome?" Naruto was genuinely confused. Uh oh. Changing the subject seems to be a very attractive idea right now.
"Kakashi-sensei was looking out for you. Probably something about the recital. Let's go." The blond boy merely nodded with his head, walking in Sasuke's direction.
"Hey Sasuke, Naruto! Finally found you!" They saw a silver hair moving towards them and stopped to greet their teacher. "I've wanted to say that I'm happy with your performance. I hope you both will grow steadily for now on."
"Oh…thanks Kakashi-sensei! Was…that all?" Puzzled blue eyes greeted his mentor's words.
"Of course. What else would I say?"
"Damn stupid Kakashi! Now I've lost the only good excuse I had in my mind!" The Uchiha mentally cursed for the bad course of events.
"Ah, I've remembered…also, to celebrate your successful performance, I've told the chef to cook something special for you both. Ramen for Naruto and I've imported fresh tomatoes from Taiwan for Sasuke!" The room suddenly lighted up from all the imaginary sparkles coming from the teens. Kakashi chuckled.
"It's so easy to please those two…"
"At least he served for his purpose…" Sasuke thought, relieved from the resolution unwrapped.
Someone else called for the eldest of the group and he bid a small goodbye for his students. Naruto immediately perked up at the idea of finally eating "decent" food. Oh no, not only decent….God's greatest invention of the universe. The happy tanned face was almost moving in light-speed to the kitchen when an alabaster hand yanked his collar.
"What?!" Said a very irritated tone, vowing a very messy death if someone would take him too much of his time. No one should mess an Uzumaki when he's moving forward to his favorite meal.
He felt a cold and small object placed in his hands. Baffled, Naruto glanced to see that it was a golden key.
"I've booked for tonight a love hotel where we could properly celebrate and reunite our precious ties in this divine moment. Oh, and I hope you wouldn't mind that, since I don't know your preferences, I opted to the basic selection, the S&M one." His fake smile was bordering to a very leering one.
"S&M?" A furrowed blonde eyebrow acted in response. "Sailor Moon?" (author: that was sooo Naruto, cackles)
"Yes…they only have the usual standard toys ("Toys?" ) but I think they will do the work." Inner Sasuke began to panic fearing for the permanent scar on his classmate. "The set I bought have handcuffs, gag ball, leather binds…and oh! My favorite one is the—" Luckily, Naruto couldn't hear it anymore since Sasuke carefully stuffed his fingers in each of his poor virgin ears.
"Looks like we arrived in time huh?" Shikamaru was already in the scene blocking Sai's words with his hands.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata looked extremely appeased at the sight. "Sai-san…you should stop it." Her tone this time was stern towards the paled brunet.
"What did I do this time?! I was just innocently inviting Naruto-san to come with me and have pleasurable moments!"
"Sai-san…"
"What? Are you sulking because I've set you aside from the fun? Don't worry, ménage a trois will be on our next course."
The young woman just shook her head mortified. Although she could understand Sai's feelings, pushing it in this way was…somewhat disturbing.
"Naruto-kun…Tsunade-san and Jiraiya-san were looking for you, they want to say their congratulations. Maybe you should go look for them and greet them properly?"
"Nah…Baa-chan would probably smack my head so violently that I'll start to see stars and Jii-chan would probably suggest for us to peek on women's bath as a form of "celebration"." The blond sighed. "But I'll look for them…"
"And I'll go with you!" Sai chirped happily following Naruto's steps.
"Aren't they supposed to butt in and interfere this loony man going together with the Dobe?"
Almost as Shikamaru could guess Sasuke's mind he smirked: "Don't worry about it. Tsunade-san is a very tough cookie to swallow. And Sai does need some good spanking as a form of a lesson."
"Well, I'm pleased to meet you. My name is Hyuuga Hinata, Uchiha-san." Hinata bowed discretely and offered her hand.
"Hyuuga…?" The brunet shook her hand trying not to make a questioning face.
"Yes…we're related. I'm Neji-niisan cousin."
Oh. Hey, what the hell, are those two mind-readers or what?
"We just have good observational skills. You don't need to panic too much, your brooding mask is still intact for the rest of people." The pineapple-haired man just shook lazily his head when he met the Uchiha glare ® and continued. "I'm Nara Shikamaru, by the way."
Sasuke already read articles regarding him. Most of it described him as the lethargic genius, wide talent but very few attempts on making himself renowned. It also startled him a little bit to know that Naruto could have such important friends.
"So…Uchiha-san, you've decided to join the LPNVM?" The Hyuuga impish smiled at him.
"?"
"The League of Protecting Naruto's Virgin Mind. Hinata is the one who came up with this name, so Troublesome…"
"I'm not interested in helping anything related to the Dobe. Even more, I'm not interested in anything related to him."
"Oh? And I wonder, why have you covered Naruto's ear from Sai's dirty mouth?"
"To prevent incoming headaches trying to explain simple facts of life to the dobe." The Uchiha raised his nose, giving a superior look.
"I'm sure…" Shikamaru only smirked back, looking terribly smug. The paled brunet really wanted to wipe out that know-you-all expression.
"Hey teme! C'mon, let's go to the kitchen! Or you'll be missing your precious tomatoes!" Came another loud voice, pulling him out of their uncomfortable conversation.
It seemed that a lot of things have attained between them in this small night.
Explanations:
(1) nira: It's some sort of condiment that have some sort of onion smell. It's a long green leaves, used in Ramen, sukiyaki and all sorts. Kyou, from Fruits Basket hated this vegetable…
(2) Kabuki: it's a type of traditional Japanese opera. The actors have some kind of exquisite painting in their faces, helping them to perform certain characters designed; heroes, onis, etc.
(3) Roundhouse Kick: CHUCK NOOOORRISSS!! Ahem.
(4) pipa: Oh, finally the only useful information here. Pipa, is some sort of...huh...guitar, but arranged in vertical form? Though it has waaay more strings than the normal. Here, the link, remove the spaces, k?:
http: / / en. wikipedia .org / wiki / Pipa
(5) Danzo Sai: damn Sai….he doesn't have a surname!! I've chosen in the end Danzo, Sai's mentor, and I'll explain it…later...
Author notes: Looks at the document: 4600 words in this chapter?! #)#)!! Why the fuck can't I write a small story damn it?! That's it, the next one will have 1500 words at maximum! #)!!(#
And this chapter is the start of all sides stories I'm going to place. I did have some kinds of hesitant feelings considering that, well…I dunno...now that I've already constructed this small universe, I'm kinda hesitant to use them all...'cause if I use all the characters, the story will stretch and stretch aaaand stretch some more. Just the main part of Sasuke and Naruto is already pretty big, but on the other side, if I can construct them all I think it'd make the story more interesting...whatever.
Also, I was getting a little bit tired from seeing that most of the fanfic they portray Sakura and Ino as Sasuke's squealing annoying fangirls….not to mention that I've always longed for Sakura to scowl Sasuke a little bit, so do you mind if I innovate a little? Fufufufufufu…
