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Pets Of The Underground.
Chapter Eleven – Pure Morning.
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When Suigetsu sped the van into the hospital car park, Naruto and Deidara jumped out and ran towards the building while Suigetsu parked the van expertly into the only parking space he could find. Sakura and Sasuke opened the back door, while Juugo gently picked up Kimmimaru. Naruto and Deidara came running back with a couple of paramedics, pushing a trolley along. Juugo laid Kimmimaru down on the trolley and they saw the paramedics take off, already working to save Kimmimaru's life.
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Itachi pulled into the hospital car park to see Paramedics wheeling away a boy with silver hair. Then he saw Mizuki. A trashy lawyer that Itachi knew worked for Orochimaru. Itachi parked quickly and got out of his car, before the man could reach his brother and the other teens standing there.
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Sakura jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She calmed down when she saw that it was Sasuke's brother, and that he also had a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. He pushed them behind him gently and soon Sakura saw the reason why. She recognised the other man that came towards them as the lawyer who had represented her parents at the custody hearing.
"Mizuki. What are you doing here?" Itachi asked bluntly.
"I'm acting in the best interests of my employer Itachi. You should know that by now." Mizuki replied. Obito arrived outside then.
"Mizuki-San, I don't believe you have any reason to be nosing around my cousin, or my friend's daughter and Nephews." Obito quipped.
"Uchiha-San, those two boys there are the responsibility of my employer." Mizuki stated.
"Actually, Mizuki-San, these boys have no guardians or relatives. Would you perjure yourself to say otherwise in court?" Obito stated. Mizuki glared sourly and then stalked off. As he got into his car he looked at Obito.
"I hope you realise what you're doing Uchiha. You surely know who you're dealing with, right?" Mizuki stated. Obito sent a hard look Mizuki's way.
"I know exactly who I'm dealing with Mizuki. Have you and your employer forgotten who you're dealing with?" Obito questioned icily. Mizuki glared.
"This isn't over Uchiha." Mizuki said acidly. Then he slammed his car door and was gone within moments.
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Yugito, Kankuro, Deidara, Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto all waited in the corridor, while Suigetsu and Juugo were checked over, and Kimmimaru was seen to. That was when Naruto and Yugito's parents came down the corridor with Kakashi.
"Ma, how's Kyu?" Yugito asked.
"Please Ma, Dad? Is Kyubi okay?" Naruto added.
"He will be okay. It'll take a while, but he will be okay." Minato replied. Yugito and Naruto hugged each other tightly and Yugito wept tears of joy at the news.
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Naruto and Sakura were finally going to school by themselves. Not exactly by themselves though. They were to get on the DLR, meet up with the rest of their friends, and travel to school in a group. As Sakura and Naruto made to walk out of the door, dragging Suigetsu and Juugo with them, they saw a car pull up, and Sasuke, Neji, Sai, Hinata and another boy got out of the car. Naruto and Sakura stared. They had never seen this boy before.
"This is my brother Haku." Sai stated.
"He'll be in the year below us." Sasuke added stoically.
"What are you guys doing here so early?" Naruto asked.
"I've decided that the more of you travelling together, the more protection for all of you. So Sasuke, Sai, Neji, Hinata and Haku, will be joining you on your trip to school. It'll be the first time they've ever gone on public transport." Itachi said, out of the window.
"We'll look after them." Naruto replied cheerfully. Itachi nodded. That was when Yugito came out of the house.
"You guys are so loud. You're lucky I had to get up early today." Yugito quipped irritably. That was when the group took notice of Temari riding down on her bike. Gaara walked behind her a few minutes later at his own pace.
"Hey Temari. Hey Gaara!" Naruto called out to the red head. Gaara lifted a hand and waved it slightly before just walking down to them. Yugito also had her own bike.
"Do you guys ride to college?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"Mostly, but we still have to take the DLR right down into London before we get to use our bikes. It'd take us hours to ride all the way to Saint Anne's College." Temari replied.
"You guys are lucky. You've only got to take a couple of stops on the DLR to get to school, and Kyubi just takes the DLR to Cutty Sark to get to Greenwich Uni. I mean before it was a pain for him, but now we live in South Quays, it's only a few stops." Yugito stated. Naruto nodded as Gaara caught up to them.
"Is Kyubi gonna be able to go back to Uni yet?" Temari asked Yugito. Yugito shook her head.
"He's still got to recover. He hasn't healed internally yet. Once he's okay he'll be allowed to run around." Yugito replied.
"That must really piss him off. He hates missing his classes. He loves working with the computers and he loves his English Literature class." Temari quipped. Naruto went wide eyed, along with Sasuke and Sakura.
"Kyubi. Takes. English. Literature?" Naruto asked. Temari blinked and Yugito slapped her forehead in exasperation.
"Kyubi does have a sensitive side Naruto. He's not just all macho you know." Yugito snapped. Naruto still seemed confused.
"Okay let's go and get Shikamaru." Gaara said blankly. The others nodded.
"See ya later sis! See ya Temari!" Naruto called, as the two college students rode their bikes towards the direction of the DLR station. There were lopsided waves as Temari and Yugito balanced on their bikes, and were then gone round the corner.
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When the group got to Shikamaru's house, everyone heard the yells of his mother.
"Shikamaru Nara! Get out of bed! You're going to be late for school again! Do you want detention with Miss McLaughlin?" The group covered their ears at the sound of Mrs Nara screaming at her son. Naruto and Gaara were not affected by the yelling however. Naruto knocked on the door politely and the group heard the window to Shikamaru's bedroom open above them. A dark haired woman stuck her head out of the window, glaring furiously.
"Good morning Mrs Nara. How are you today?" Naruto asked politely.
"I'm very well, thank you Naruto. Shikamaru will be down in a minute." Mrs Nara said softly. Sasuke, Sakura, Neji, Sai, Hinata, Haku, Suigetsu and Juugo, stared at the complete change in mood, with wide eyes. Then the window slammed shut and they heard the yells begin again.
"I swear to God Shikamaru I'm going to call Temari and get her to get you out of bed! I don't care if you're in your boxers!" The woman yelled.
"Troublesome! I'll give you troublesome! You're way too much like your father!" They heard the continued yelling a minute later. Then they heard a thump and muffled yells from Shikamaru.
"She must be dragging him to the bathroom for his morning cold shower." Gaara quipped. Naruto nodded.
"Yeap, that sounds about right. Any second now we'll hear it." Naruto shot back.
"Hear what?" Sakura asked.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! TROUBLESOME WOMAN! GET THE COLD SHOWER AWAY FROM ME!"
The group stared. Naruto and Gaara just snickered to themselves.
"That is the most emotion Shikamaru ever shows, ever." Naruto stated. Gaara had a wide smirk across his face. Not five minutes later, Shikamaru was shoved out of the front door and he turned around just in time to catch his school bag in his arms.
"And don't even think you can come home for lunch so you can snooze. Try doing your homework for a change." Mrs Nara stated, as she stood at the front door. She wasn't very big, or very muscular, but she was extremely intimidating.
"But Ma, homework is too tr-" Before Shikamaru could finish his sentence his mother launched a tirade upon him once again.
"Don't tell me it's too troublesome! I don't damn well care! If your teachers call me to tell me you didn't do your homework again, I swear I will send you to work on the building site with your uncle, every afternoon and weekend for the next month!" Mrs Nara yelled. Then she went inside and slammed the door. Shikamaru pouted irritably. Suddenly the door opened again.
"I'm sorry Naruto dear. Oh and you too Gaara sweetie. You're both so good making sure to come and pick up Shikamaru in the mornings. I really appreciate it." Mrs Nara said kindly.
"It's a pleasure Mrs Nara." Gaara replied gently.
"We'll see you tomorrow Mrs Nara." Naruto added.
"Thanks again boys. You'll have to introduce me to your other friends here when you're not going to be late for school. See you tomorrow." Mrs Nara said cheerfully, before she closed the door again.
"Does your mother have a split personality disorder?" Sakura asked.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru replied.
"That doesn't answer her question Shikamaru." The group looked at Ino, who walked with Chouji and Kiba, towards them.
"His problem is lack of motivation. His mother's problem is his lack of motivation." Kiba stated.
"What does that mean?" Sakura asked.
"It means that because Shikamaru isn't motivated, his mother yells at him until he is. The trouble is that she spends most of her time yelling at Shikamaru because Shikamaru is never motivated." Naruto answered. Sakura didn't comment on that.
"Shino and Lee are meeting us at the station, and Ten Ten will be here in a minute." Ino stated. Sakura grinned.
"So we're all walking to school together then?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. Lee and Shino have to get on the train at the next stop though. Otherwise they'd never make it to school. We need to sit at the front of the DLR so that we can wave them on." Kiba replied. Not a minute later, Ten Ten arrived and the group were on the way to the DLR station to go to school together. They all hoped there wouldn't be any unexpected surprises on route today.
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Okay, that's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please R&R and let me know what you think. See you when I update next chapter.