Author's Notes: I'm on a streak now! I actually know where I want to go with this chapter from the jump. Good for me!
Warnings: Girl Fight! (don't the sound of that, sorry, not my problem!) Also, EXTREME Sakura bashing! (again, don't like that, sorry, not my problem.) Lastly, a little bit of POV switching.
On with the story...
Chapter 9 - Jealousy is Never Cute
I woke up around 7 this morning to find my bed empty. "What the-?" I ask out loud. Where did Kaede go? I jump out of bed to look for and I hear the shower. 'Oh, she must be in there.'
I relax and go back to bed. Shortly, I hear the shower stop and hear Kaede coming out of the bathroom. She walks into my room and smiles brightly at me.
"Good morning, Naruto," she said happily. "Did you sleep well?"
"Uh yeah I did. Did you?"
"Mm-hmm!"
I smile at her and she smiles back. We then shift into a comfortable silence. She starts fiddling her thumbs around and sighs heavily.
"Naruto, I wanted to ask you something."
Deja vu starts to kick in. "Hmm?"
"I just wanted to ask you, and hopefully you know, but with everything that happened last night, what does that make us?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"I mean, we already know a lot about each other, we've spent some time alone together, and we even slept with each other, but we've never really been on a date. So I just wanted to know what would that make us?"
Damn, that's a hard question. Since she put it that way, it makes us sound like sex buddies, but I don't think either one of us would like to be called that.
"I really don't know. I guess it sounds like friends-with-benefits to me." And those were some DAMN GOOD benefits, too [1]!
"Okay," she said. "Just wanted to know."
Our once comfortable silence turned into an extremely intense and awkward silence. She started playing with her thumbs again and I scanned the room for no particular reason.
Kaede broke the silence. "So...since things happened differently than I expected yesterday, how about we actually go out later on today, that is if you're not busy later on."
I keep myself from blushing. "Uh, I guess that's cool." I just hope I'm not busy like I was yesterday.
"Okay," she said. "I'll come back later on today."
"Okay."
She grabs her clothes and starts to dress. Since I was 'unintentionally' watching her dress, I was reminded of a question that I had last night.
"Kaede..." I call.
"Yeah, Naruto?"
"I might be a little out-of-place for asking this, but why don't you wear panties?"
She looks at me with a creeped-out and confused look. Then her expression softens and she starts laughing.
"What's funny?"
"Your question. That's a strange question to ask someone out-of-the-blue."
"Yeah, but I just noticed it last night, so I just wanted to know."
She laughs more. "Well, I guess it's 'cause they stopped being comfortable for me. That's pretty much it. There's not much to it, really."
I raise my eyebrows. That is pretty hot!
When she's finally dressed, she lays back on the bed.
Another question popped into my head. "Kaede, what did you mean when you said you had a lot to do last night?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, just before we-well, you know, you said that you had a lot to do. What were talking about?"
"Oh that! Oh, I just had to get some stuff for my new apartment."
"Apartment?"
"Well, yeah, I'm getting a new pad. Sweet, huh? But it wasn't that easy. Godaime-sama said she'd give me a place to stay if I answered a few questions for her, swear loyalty to Konoha, promise I would be her personal 'errand girl' or whatever [2] and agree to 24/7 surveillance starting from the minute I got settled. At first I thought it was a lot, but then, it's still better than what I had a few months ago."
I'm starting to think Baa-chan didn't like Kaede all that much. I decided not to worry about it. "So, is it far from here or what?"
"It's not far at all. Just a couple buildings down is all."
"Hm. That's good."
"Yeah, it is. Well, I guess I sh-" she stopped when there was a knock on the door. I put some pants and get up to go get it.
"Hey, Naruto," Sakura-chan said, walking in with Sai. Uh-oh!
"Uh, hey Sakura-chan, what's up?"
"Naruto, is everything okay? You're acting weird."
"Um..no I'm not!"
She glares at me. "What's going on?"
"Uh, nothing. I..uh...I gotta go to the bathroom for a few minutes."
I rush back to my bedroom and see Kaede still laying on my bed.
"Kaede!" I try to whisper/yell at her.
"What is it?" Thankfully, her voice was low.
"You have to get out of here. Now!"
"Why? What hap-Haruno's here, isn't she?"
"...Yeah."
"I figured. Alright, but you owe me for this!"
"Fine, whatever, jus-"
"Naruto!"
Damn, from the sound of it, Sakura sounded like she was closer to my room than I thought.
"Naruto!"
Damn, she was definitely behind me!
I turn to face her and Sai. She glares at me.
"Naruto, what the hell is going on in here?"
"Uh...I-I-I...uh..."
Kaede interrupts. "I was just leaving."
"Why the hell are you here in the first place?"
"Well, I don't think that's any of your business."
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS?"
"Well, despite how close you two are, it's still rude to walk into people's houses and ask about why someone else is there."
"Damn you! I oughta-"
"Look, if it makes you happy and shuts you up faster, I'll just leave and no one has to do any ass-kicking like you plan."
Kaede makes her way out. Soon after, I hear the front door close/slam. Sakura turns her attention back to me.
"Why the hell was she in here?"
"She came over last night."
"She what?"
"She came over and took care of me a little bit since I was out of it."
"Then why the hell was she still here just now?"
It may sound strange to say this, but her screaming was starting to give me a headache.
"It's nothing of concern, Sakura-chan. Just let it go, okay?"
"Like hell I'm going to let it go! Naruto, stay aware from her!"
"WHAT? WHY?"
"Because, stupid, you don't know her, she's dangerous and she was an assasin, not to mention that she just got of jail a few days ago."
Sai finally speaks up. "Wow, you're really one to talk, Sakura."
"What the hell do you mean?"
"Well, you called her dangerous and yet you're the one with the bad temper. You're also the one who is constantly screaming at people and beating them up, Naruto especially. You told Naruto that he doesn't know her and yet he seems to know her a lot more than you do, which shows you really shouldn't talk about her. And on top of all that, you brought up the fact that she was an assasin and yet your 'precious Sasuke-kun' isn't far from that. So all-in-all, you really have no right saying all of that [3]."
"DAMN YOU SAI!" She starts beating him up, which in all honesty, proves his point. For once, I'm actually Sai said something.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile, with Kaede~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Kaede's P.O.V)
After I left Naruto's place, I start walking toward my new apartment. I couldn't help but be a little flustered by what happened back there, though. Damn that Sakura! She was such a RAGING BITCH! I sigh and try to calm down. I get so wrapped up in my thoughts that it takes me a while to realize that I ran into someone.
"HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" That stranger yelled at me.
'Great,' I thought. 'More yelling.'
I turn to face that person and am stunned to see that it was one of those guys that was with Kakashi-san yesterday. It just had to be the brunette with a crappy attitude that likes to yell. And I just had to run into him. Shows how lucky I am. I try apologizing.
"Oh, I'm sorry," I say, bowing and pretending as if I didn't recognize him. I look back up at him to see if he was buying it. He wasn't, not one bit! Shit, I'm screwed.
"You're that girl that was with Naruto yesterday, right?" he asked.
"Yes," I say back. "Why does it matter?"
"I wanted to ask you about that."
"Shouldn't you ask Naruto since you know him better than me? And don't you find it rude to ask about their business when you don't even know them?"
"Maybe."
"..." I sighed. He apparently wasn't going to let me leave so easily.
"Could I at least get your name first before I tell you anything?" I ask him, with an exhausted and slightly irritated tone.
"What's yours?"
He was acting like a straight-up douche on purpose, obviously.
"Ichiru Kaede, can you tell me yours now, please?"
"Inuzuka Kiba."
"Thank you. Now what do you want to know?"
"Only one thing."
"What?"
"What the hell do you see in Naruto?"
I felt like my whole face just dropped. Is that all he wanted?
"Are you freakin' kidding me?"
"No, why?"
I sighed. "Never mind. And to answer your question, it's complicated. [4]"
"What's so complicated about it?"
"Why do you want to know so badly anyway?"
"Because it's just so hard to believe."
"What is?"
"How anyone could ever, you know, with Naruto of all people?"
"Not to be rude, but has anyone ever, you know, with you yet?"
"THE HELL? WHY ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THAT?"
"The same reason you're asking me about that."
He quickly stopped talking.
"I'll take that last comment and your silence as a no. Can I go now? I have a lot to do now."
He still didn't say anything. I just decided to walk away. I didn't get very far before I feel someone pull me back. It didn't shock me to see that Kiba was the one doing that.
"What is it now?" I ask, completely irritated.
"What do you have to do?"
From what he was thinking, that question was obviously the best he could come up with. "Why?"
" 'Cause I might want to help you out."
"If 'might wanting' to help me is the best you can do, then you just save that."
"Look, I'm sorry, just let me help you out a little."
I think about it. There's a lot that goes into moving in anywhere, I guess I could use all the help I could get.
"Fine," I tell him. "But just don't get in the way or irritate me."
"Okay, you got it."
I didn't know why, but I had a somewhat bad feeling about that.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Back with Naruto~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Back to Naruto's POV)
I get dressed after taking a long, long shower. I could tell today was going to be a long one. Not only did Kaede practically storm out, but so did Sakura, after she finished kicking both mine and Sai's asses. But I just couldn't help but think about what Sai said to her though. I don't know why it took so long, but I was starting to see that everything he said about her was true, though I'd never admit it.
I finally leave my apartment and start walking around. I'd been so worried about what was going on in the last 24 hours that I hadn't realized how hungry I was. I decide to go down to Ichiraku's.
When I get there, I sit down and order my favorite. I relax a bit until I hear someone screaming for me.
"Naruto, NARUTO!" Sakura was screaming for me, this time not angrily, but urgently.
"What is it?" I ask her, eating when I got my food.
"It's Kaede."
My eyes widen. "What? What happened to her?"
"I was walking for few minutes, looking for you actually, and I saw her..." she trailed off.
"Saw her what?" She nearly had me scared shitless.
"...With Kiba..."
"And?"
"...well, they were getting close and they even..."
"What?"
"They went into some apartment together."
What? I was immediately angry then I thought about it. Going by what happened just a few hours ago, I was wondering if I should even believe her. She does seem like she can be jealous of her.
"Sakura-chan, are you sure about that?"
"Yes, I'll show you if you don't believe me."
"...okay, I'll come with you if you really want to show me." That, quite frankly, was the only way I'd believe right now.
"Well then, hurry up so we can go!"
I finished up my meal and was upset that I only got one bowl. I paid and Sakura dragged me along with her. I could tell that I wasn't going to like where this was going to go.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In Kaede's apartment~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(back to Kaede's POV)
I finally get some furniture in the apartment and decide to take a break. Even though he had made me mad earlier, I had to admit that Kiba-kun was a lot of help.
"Kiba-kun, you can take a break now," I call out to him.
I decide to go back to my new bedroom and lay down on my new bed. I loved having new things! It was the best feeling in the world! Soon after I lie down, Kiba comes in my room. I look up at him.
"Hey Kiba-kun, thanks a lot for your help. It would have taken forever to get all this stuff in."
"Uh..no problem."
"Can I ask you a question, Kiba-kun?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Why did you want to help me all of a sudden?"
"I don't know. Is it so terrible to help someone?"
"No, it is if they treat you so rudely and bombard you with questions the way you did."
"Whatever. Do you need anything else?"
"Nope. You can go now."
"And I'm the rude one, according to you."
"Yep, you are, but I guess it's not your fault. Most doggies are, so you're not alone."
"HEY SHUT UP!" Him growling and yelling at me like that made me laugh hysterically.
"I'm just joking," I manage to say between laughs. I calm down and was about to say something until I hear a knock on the door.
"That's weird, I wasn't expecting anybody to come over." I still go and get the door. I was happy to see Naruto there, even I'm surprised how he found out where I lived so fast, but was also mad to see Haruno with him. That was really too good to be true.
(back to Naruto's POV)
"Um...hey you two, what are you-" Kaede tried to say before Sakura burst through her door and screamed at her.
"Ok, Kaede, where is he?"
"Who?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Kaede, I know he's in here somewhere! Where is he?"
"Well, you're obviously not talking about Naruto, so could you at least tell me who you're referring to?"
"Kiba, dumbass!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, no need for name calling and profanity. That's really rude of you." Wow, that really was kinda rude.
"Who cares about all that? Where the hell is he?"
"In the back. What's it matter to you?"
"See, Naruto, I told you she was with him."
"Wow, Haruno, you really do have problems. Do you have anger management problems or something?"
"What the hell did you just say?"
"Look, I'm not in a mood to fight with you. Is that all you wanted?"
I interject. "Sakura-chan, just calm down. It's probably not what you thought it was, so just relax."
Kiba walks into the foyer. "What's with all the yelling?"
Sakura starts up again. "Kiba, what the hell are you doing here?"
"Why do you care?"
"Answer the damn question!"
Kaede decides to chime back in. "Whoa, whoa, just relax for two seconds. He's only here to help me get some stuff into my apartment and will leave once everything's done for the day, okay? Nothing more, nothing less, alright? So just calm down! Your yelling is really annoying to hear after a while."
Thankfully, Kiba started pushing her out the door while leaving. He waved us off. We wave back. She closes the door, only leaving the two of us in the foyer. She goes over to the couch and lies down. She sighs and tries to relax.
"Naruto, can you come over here please?"
I creep over towards, unsure of what to expect.
"Can you explain to me what happened just now?"
I sigh then explain to her how Sakura apparently 'saw' Kiba and Kaede together and came rushing over to me and came over here. I start scratching the back of my head, waiting for her response. I hope she would be the one not to yell. I couldn't take anymore today.
"O-kay," was her response to my story. She gives me a serious yet softer look and say, "Look, Naruto, I have a really good feeling that this isn't going to be the last time she does that, so I just want to let you know this. I promise, wholeheartedly swear that I'll never in a million years do anything like what she was trying to imply. I care about you, Naruto. I can promise you now that I'll never hurt you in any kind of way. Okay?"
"Yeah," I said. With that, she gets off the couch and walks around so she could hug me. She gently kisses me on the cheek.
"Okay, I gotta finish up in here, so I'll see you later, okay?"
"You don't need any help?"
"Not any right now. I was going to do everything else tomorrow."
"Oh, okay. Well, I guess I should be going now." I give her a sweet peck on the lips, causing her to blush. I smirk at her and laugh. She was way too adorable when she did that. "I'll see you later."
She walks me to the door. "See you later."
I walk out and hear her close the door behind me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A few hours later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was on my back to my apartment when I was stopped by Lee.
"Naruto-kun, come quickly."
"Bushy-Brow, what is it?"
"You need to see this. It is Sakura-san."
Oh God! What did she do now?
"What's going on? What happened to her?"
"She is in a fight."
Just what I thought would happen.
"Where is she, Bushy Brow?"
"Come with me."
We rush over to where Sakura was. Damn, she really was in a fight. But it's a shame that she was losing, pretty badly, too. She had lots of bruises, a black eye and a swollen cheek. I started wondering who she fighting.
"GET UP, BITCH!" I heard that scream from my right. I look over and see Kaede as furious as ever. Oh shit! She was really scary when she was pissed!
"I'M NOT THROUGH WITH YOU YET!"
She picks Sakura off the ground and punches her square in the face, causing her to fly back. After a few moments, Sakura comes charging at her and swings at her, but misses. She then grabs hold of her shirt collar and punches her in the face. Kaede pushes Sakura off of her. She then throws Sakura on the ground and punches her repetitively in the face.
Whoa! This was getting really insane. I didn't know if I should stay out of it or try to break it up. And for some reason I couldn't understand, I started thinking that seeing the two of them fight was kinda hot. But I try to ignore my dirty side-comments. Not very long after, Kiba, Hinata and Shikamaru come.
"What's going on?" Hinata asked.
"Oh shit! Girl fight! Sweet!" Kiba exclaimed.
"Girl fight, huh? How troublesome," Shikamaru said.
Sakura and Kaede were still fighting. They looked as if death would be the only thing that would stop them. Now, they were on the ground, punching and pushing each other around.
"YOU BITCH! GET OFF ME, YOU STUPID WHORE!" Sakura screamed at Kaede.
"YOU'RE THE BITCH, YOU UGLY BAKA!" Kaede screamed back. Kaede pulled Sakura's hair and punched hard in the face, giving her a nosebleed.
They continued to keep hitting and screaming at each other for a few minutes.
"Isn't anyone going to stop them?" Hinata asked, concerned.
"Why should they? This is HOT!" Kiba exclaimed again. We all glare at him. "What? It's true!"
We ignore him and I was about to stop them but was stopped when I see Kakashi-sensei appear and break them up. He grabs them up by their shirts and holds them up in the air.
"Just what the hell are you two doing?"
Author's Notes: Chapter 9 is finished! Yay! For anyone who wanted some action, I hope you're happy, at least for now. I can promise you there will be more action later on in the story, I'm not sure when though. Just letting you know that. I hope you all enjoyed. (Review! Review! Review!)
The Numbers:
[1] I guess you could say that, Naruto! (hehe)
[2] Okay, for some people who think that Shizune is already technically Tsunade's errand girl, just bare with me. It won't be even close to the same.
[3] That whole paragraph has got to be my favorite paragraph that I've ever written in life! (teehee) It's sad, but hilariously true!
[4] The second reason why you'll see "It's complicated" under people's Facebook relationship statuses.
Adios friends!