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11.
girl talk
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"I know I'm beautiful, but the staring is making me uncomfortable."
"I am not staring at you."
"Oh, Sasuke-kun, it's ok. You don't have to be shy."
"Do not call me that."
"Whoa. Cut the glare. Geez, I was just joking! And stop that - I am not a fangirl anymore, thank you very much."
"Hn."
"Really. I'm not."
"..."
"So... Are you going to continue to stare at the wall right over my shoulder or are we going to do something cool and fun and entertaining?"
"You're ridiculous."
"So I've been told. Wanna hear a story?"
"No."
"Well, too bad. I'm the one Sakura asked to come baby-sit you for the week, and thus am the one Tsunade-sama gave the mission scroll to and thus am the one that you have to listen to!"
"I'm not putting up with this nonsense."
"Why, yes, actually, you are. Because if you don't sit back down like a nice little boy and listen to my wonderful tale, I will scream and the guards will come and I will tell them you attacked me."
"Tch."
"Very nice. Alright then. Ahem... Once upon a time there was a fairy. And this fairy had a big... nose. A big, fat nose that wasn't really all that fat at all, to be honest, but you know how demonic kids can be. Anyway. People teased the fairy a whole bunch, because of her nose. But she had a friend that was a princess and the princess was beautiful and kind and brave, so she protected the fairy from the bullies. They were best friends after that. Well, they were, until they met the prince. See, he was so, so pretty - actually, he was almost kinda girly-pretty and - "
"Ino..."
"You know my name! Good for you! Now shut up. Ok. So this prince was really pretty and really strong and the princess and the fairy both fell in love - in like - with him. Which was bad. Because even though they were best friends, they were horribly competitive and awfully nasty to each other about him and - well - in the end they stopped being friends because of it. Something that the princess absolutely resents the prince for, be the way.
"But then something happened. The prince left. Gone. Poof. Just like that. And the fairy - oh, the poor fairy - it crushed her, see? Because not only did the prince leave her, but her... pet fox - I did tell you she had a pet fox, right? Because she did. - her pet fox left her too. But he came back pretty quick, so that wasn't too bad, but still. It sucks for her, right?
"Are you done yet?"
"No! I'm not. Stop interrupting. Right, the fairy was upset. But then she started practicing her magic, honing it, working harder and harder and harder to get strong enough to bring the prince back. And since he was gone, she became friends with the princess again, which was good, because they'd really missed each other. And the princess was so over the prince anyway.
"Ok. Now's here's the good part. One day, the prince came back. And guess what he was there for?
"Ino..."
"Guess!"
"No."
"He was there to kill them! The fairy and the fox! Kill them! So what do they do? Kick his ass of course. And then - Then they forgave him. Just like that. Can you believe it? The idiots."
"Don't call Naruto and Sakura idiots."
"... I never did! Gosh, Sasuke, reading into things like that isn't healthy."
"That was a ludicrous story."
"I thought it was beautiful, personally. So poignant."
"You're annoying."
"What? Seriously? Sakura said you didn't day that anymore - the liar!"
"Sakura isn't annoying anymore."
"..."
"..."
"Ahem. Well... It's getting dark now, so I can leave you and not feel guilty about it. Get some sleep though, ok? You look like crap and you'll need to be awake for story time tomorrow."
"No more stories."
"Oh yes. More stories. Hmm... I'm thinking next we'll move onto the happily-ever-after, ok? Yeah. That'll be good. See you tomorrow Sasuke!"
"Hn."
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note: Ino fails at subtlety. But I think that's why I love her so much in this chapter. This was fun :)
