Authoress's Note: Hi! I apologize for such a long wait on the update, but I've got family down and things have been hectic. Anyway, I really hope you enjoy this chapter!! I hope to keep everyone in character. :) Anyway, this story's coming to an end soon, although I don't wish to see it end. So, without further delay, here's Chapter Eleven: Confessions and Laughter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or the characters it portrays. I own the plot, the students, and Legs. Nothing more. Thank you, and enjoy.
Confessions and Laughter
"Okay, Maggots, first thing first - who are you, and why are you here?" Anko asked, crossing her arms of her metal-meshed chest.
"To see you, lovely lady," Jiraiya grinned, a hopeful glint in his eyes. Anko stared at him, a look of disbelief and disturbance in her eyes. "No," she growled, before turning to Shikamaru. "We'll start with you. Why are you here, and who are you?"
"I'm nobody, here for no reason at all, other than to get bored and fall asleep during this thing," Shikamaru yawned, leaning against the back of his chair lazily. His reason was the real one. He hadn't even been here on orders.
Sasuke shook his head. What an idiot. If the man had wanted to go to sleep, he should have just gone to listen to one of Iruka's lectures. Didn't he know that?
Anko muttered something under her breath, obviously not pleased with Shikamaru's answer. "What do you mean 'I'm nobody', Nara?" she growled, staring at him sternly.
"Because I'm not really anyone of importance, therefore; I am nobody," Shikamaru replied.
Anko glared at him, but restrained herself from practically strangling him. She turned to Sasuke. "Okay, how about you? Who are you, and why are you here?"
"Uchiha Sasuke, and because I got snitched on," Sasuke replied boredly.
"Snitched on?" Naruto asked, looking at him. "For what – and who was it that snitched?"
"For yelling at Sakura, and Sakura," Sasuke stated stoically. Naruto's eyes flashed angrily.
"You yelled at Sakura-chan?!?! How dare you, Sasuke?!? I knew you were a jerk – but that's going too far!"
"So?" Sasuke asked, crossing his arms. "I really don't care. I just wanted her off of my back."
Naruto stood up furiously, pulling his fist back. "You need to learn–"
"Okay, that's enough!" Anko ordered, whacking Naruto with her 'behavior stick' that she had gotten earlier in the day. "We're moving on, now. So, Uzumaki," she stated, looking at the blonde, who was seating himself again. "Why are you here?"
"You're not going to ask who I am . . ." Naruto said questioningly, staring at Anko in confusion.
"Naruto, everyone knows who you are," Shikamaru muttered. "You always go around saying 'I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm going to be the next Hokage!' "
Naruto grinned. "Awesome! So everyone knows who I am?!"
"Way to blow up his ego sky high," Sasuke muttered. Anko sighed, seeing as this was going to take forever.
"ENOUGH! Now, Naruto, tell us why you're here!"
"Uh . . . Because Granny Tsunade said that I have too short of an attention span and I get mad too quickly; even though I disagree," Naruto reported.
"You disagree with that? You're a larger fool than I took you for," Neji stated. Naruto glared at him. "I am not a fool!" he shouted.
"Way to prove your point," Sasuke stated. Naruto pointed his glare at him.
"Oh, just shut your mouths, all of you!" Anko shouted furiously. "From now on, you are not to speak until I address you, do you understand?"
No one answered, earning a pointed glare from the woman. She found it obvious that this was a plan destined to fail.
She turned to Izumo and Kotetsu. "Okay. Why are you two here?" she asked sharply.
"The Hokage dropped another desk on Izumo," Kotetsu sighed. "And he got mad and stormed up to 'talk' to Tsunade, and he ended up getting sent here."
Izumo muttered something under his breath about the crazy Hokage. Anko ignored Izumo and instead stared at Kotetsu. "Then why are you here?"
"I came because Izumo asked me to come."
"They are gay!" Naruto snorted. Both of the Chuunin turned and glared daggers into Naruto's skull, as Jiraiya scribbled away on a piece of paper he had been so lucky to bring along.
"Naruto, shut it," Anko growled, tired of the boy's statements and questions.
Naruto gave Anko a pitiful stare. "I'm no—"
"I mean it," she stated.
"But—"
Anko pulled out the 'behavior stick' from her overcoat and cut Naruto off by whacking him in the head with it. "Shut it, maggot!"
Naruto whimpered painfully as he rubbed his head. "That really hurt– OW!"
Anko had smacked Naruto again. Naruto tried to comment, she hit him again. Naruto groaned and Anko whacked the poor boy again!
Finally, Naruto was quiet.
Sasuke smirked, and Anko turned towards him, an evil smile on her face. Sasuke's sense of security and safety crashed down like Naruto's head when he'd been dropped on it as a baby.
"Don't mock the other patients," she said darkly, stepping towards Sasuke.
Oh God, she's going to kill me! Sasuke thought, his mentality trying to scope out a memorized exit.
"Or things will be broken."
No killing! You are not allowed to kill me! I am the only Uchiha left! You can't kill me!
"Things can also be bent."
What the heck is she talking about?
"And things will be cru–"
"Okay, okay, we get the point. Things will get hurt if we mock each–Ow!"
Anko smiled to herself as she realized she'd gotten to whack Shikamaru, who was quickly becoming a pain in her butt.
"Okay," Anko said, crossing her arms over her chest. "Your turn," she said, looking at Neji.
"Hiashi-sama said I have issues with rabbits."
"Do you have issues with rabbits, Hyuuga?" Anko asked, staring at him.
" . . ."
"Hyuuga, do you, or do you not?"
"I'm not at liberty to answer tha---HEY!" Neji screamed, rubbing his sore head.
"Do you or not?" Anko asked furiously, her stick practically steaming.
"Yes! Happy now?!"
"No. Now, what are these issues?"
Neji growled, glaring angrily at her. Anko smacked him again, trying to get her point across that he was to behave and do as she told him.
Neji growled. "Apparently, I seem to be experiencing the symptoms of seeing rabbits as pink."
"Pink rabbits?" Naruto snorted. "That's hi–OUCH!"
"Stop talking, Uzamaki!" Anko snapped, before turning to Neji. "Pink rabbits? That's hilarious, Hyuuga," she smirked. Naruto growled, considering that that was basically what he was going to say.
Neji groaned, cursing Hiashi mentally.
Sasuke watched with curiosity, before looking over at the others. Jiraiya seemed to be eyeing the lower half of Anko's behind, Izumo and Kotetsu were quietly conversing, Shikamaru was asleep, Naruto was half unconscious, and Neji looked offended and mad.
This is going to be extremely boring, he thought, as the next half an hour was spent by arguing with Anko. He was nearly asleep himself until he was shoved by Naruto and said it was time to leave.
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Holy mother of the higher power, this has been a terrible day, Sasuke thought grouchily as he wandered towards his home. The thought that Neji Hyuuga was afraid of bunnies certainly helped his ego, though, considering that now Naruto would be going around shrieking about that instead of him and his fear of spiders.
He turned a corner, ready to go inside, but was instead met by Ino and Tenten. He blinked, expecting them to move out of his way.
Neither of them budged an inch.
"What do you two want?" he asked boredly as he crossed his arms.
"You shouted at Sakura," Ino growled, glaring at him.
"And she's our friend – our friend that you just happened to yell at," Tenten added, placing her hands on her hips.
"So?" Sasuke asked stoically. "Leave me alone. She deserved it," he added, before going around them and opening the door to his house.
The next instance he saw nothing but darkness, and felt only the hard ground before he could sense nothing else.
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"Did we get him?" Ino asked, looking at Tenten in puzzlement. Tenten nodded, throwing the thick two-by-four aside. "I think so. He doesn't seem to be moving."
"Did we hit him too hard?" Ino asked as she leant down and pulled Sasuke up; the man's head lolling off to the side limply.
"Nah, he just didn't expect us to get him," Tenten replied, grabbing his other arm. "It's a simple process. Now come on, we're going to take him to that place."
A wicked grin spread across Ino's face as she recalled where 'that' place was. "Ooh, really?" she asked, looking at Tenten with a grin. "Sasuke-kun doesn't know what he's got in store for him."
"I still feel bad for making Neji-san our first subject."
"Don't worry about it, Tenten. Neji was the only one you could do it to that wouldn't cause suspicion."
"Yeah, but still," Tenten sighed as she dragged the unconscious Uchiha across the ground. "Do you think we'll be able to pull this off when he wakes up?"
"Did I think we could pull off cutting Neji's hair?"
"No."
"Did we?"
"No."
"Oh . . . Yeah. Never mind. Anyway, we'll pull it off!" Ino announced. "And we won't have any problems!"
"Uh-huh. Did you grab that tarantula from his counter?"
"No, why?"
"Because we can't just let it die," Tenten sweatdropped. Ino paused. "I'm not touching it!"
"I'll be back," Tenten sighed. "I'll meet you there . . ."
"Okay!" Ino grinned, as she dragged Sasuke towards their secret place.
So both girls went in a separate direction while Sasuke had disturbing dreams during his unconscious state.
They, for some reason, consisted of puppies, Itachi, and cats. It confused him, but he couldn't wake up to stop the nightmare.
Wherever he was going, with a dream like this, it usually meant it was going to end up badly.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry if it wasn't as funny as the others. I'm tired, and I'm having a difficult time right now with everything that's going on. I'll make the next chapter better. Please review!
Shebby
