Sorry I didn't update last night, but school starts tomorrow, and I'm supposed to be doing a geography essay on Pirates. So…Really? I'd MUCH rather be doing this. (Now you can see why I understand how Temari is such a badass at school. I live it.) xD
BY THE WAY! THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVELY REVIEWS! =D ^_^ They made me SO happy…^_^,
Instead of a flashback. I'm diving straight in, so, continue please…The curtain is ascending…;)
Chapter 19.
Dat(t)e-bayo.
Kakashi's book was returned to him by Temari, only after she had fished it off of Gaara when he had glared at her until she produced the promised cookie. Kakashi was now very suspicious. And her had every reason to be.
Everyone was seated for Maths. Except for four.
"Well…I guess we can begin. They won't be too late I presume." Kakashi said with a sigh. Temari grinned at Kankuro who patted his bag quietly with a smirk, causing Temari to hide her bout of laughter.
"Temari?" Kakashi suddenly called out. She looked up, struggling to keep the smile off of her face.
"Y-Yes?" She asked in a voice strained with laughter.
"Work please." He reminded her. She nodded and immediately put her head down onto her desk, albeit a little too fast, causing her to whack her head on the desk.
"OW. FUCK." She said, making everyone around her laugh, so as she could let out her own pent up laughter too.
"TEMARI." Kakashi roared, yet with a slight twinkle in his eye.
"I'm on it!" She yelled, putting pen to paper as she worked steadily through the algebra equations.
Halfway through the lesson, the door banged open.
"WHERE IS SHE!" Ino's scream erupted from the doorway as she glared around the room as Neji, Sasuke and Karin followed her in and sat down in silence. Everyone was quite suddenly, out of shock mostly.
"INO. SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN." Kakashi roared, pointing to her seat. Fuming she sat and got on with her work.
Immediately whispers started, making it seem as though the room itself was alive.
"Sasuke, Neji and Karin are all covered in bits of sand!"
"What on earth happened?"
"Have you SEEN the burns on Ino?"
"She looks like she's been left in an oven too long."
"She probably was."
"It matches up to her temper, serves her right."
However, the four girls felt suddenly guilty. Something just didn't seem…right…about it. Normally, Ino would NEVER have just sat down when she was told in a situation like this.
A storm was brewing.
Later that day after a few costume fittings for the oncoming play rehearsel were called.
"We'll NEVER be ready…"Sakura groaned to Tenten as they went to go and find her a smaller size for Sophie's bridesmaid dress. Tenten smiled at her with mischief.
"Of course we will Sakura! Believe in yourself. You gotta save me though. I'm the one who's doomed in a second."
"Huh?" Sakura asked in confusion as the drss was handed to her and the curtain drawn.
"Don't worry, I'll put on a jolly good show for you!" Tenten called, scampering away with a smirk.
"WAIT. TENTEN. WHAT!" Sakura yelled, poking her head out from the curtain to find that Tenten was gone.
Ten minutes later and they were all waiting in their miniature audience as one of the last scenes of the play came on.
(A/N: Chapter 6 to find out who plays who. =P) Anko, Asuma ,Kakashi, Kurenai, Kiba, Sasuke, Sai and Shikamaru were all gathered around a long winding table which wound its way across the stage. Little lanterns were suspended from the ceiling. Jiraiya (Bill) sat at one end of the table, and Tenten (Rosie) next to him, with all the other characters each facing each other on the table.
Yet Sakura, Temari and Hinata, who had been variously placed along the table, were still confused as to what was going to happen. Shikamaru, who was seated next to Temari as 'Skye', suddenly smirked as some music filtered out and Tenten also smirked.
"C'mon, tell me." Temari whispered to him.
"Hmm?" He murmured
"You've figured out what's going to happen. Please tell me."
"Ohh no. You can sit back and watch this one. She's been practising." He whispered back, that infuriating smirk still on his face.
Temari didn't have any time to press the question further. Jiraiya was saying his next lines. She listened intently.
"-not for me. I'm a solo rider…A lone wolf." He said, tossing his head back proudly.
Tenten frowned and turned towards him. Already possessed by her character. Her voice lilted as she sang brokenly. But it was ok, as it was supposed to be, and she had an average voice which could kind of sing.
"If you change your…Mind…I'm the first in line…"
Jiraiya turned to look at her with a puzzled expression on his face.
"Honey." Tenten said normally. "I'm still free," she sang quietly, "take a chance on me."
"Sorry." Jiraiya said shortly, getting up and walking down beside the length of the table. Tenten frowned and scrambled up after him.
"If you need me…let me know…I'm gonna be around…If you've got no place to go…IF YOU'RE FEELING DOWN!" Tenten cried gleefully at the end, flinging Jiraiya forcefully into his chair back at the end of the table. She spun around and flicked a glass, making it ring loudly.
"SPEEEECCHHH." She yelled with a grin. Looking down at Temari who was watching with wide eyes, she winked, walking quickly up to the other end of the table as they all started to clap in time. Temari, Sakura and Hinata joined in, rather lost as to what was happening. Sakura narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Tenten. She wasn't known as Itazura-Farukon, the Mischief Falcon for NOTHING.
Then Sakura gasped.
Tenten was stood on the table, and was pointing straight at Jiraiya who was looking back in 'horror'.
"If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown," She started making her hands 'fly' either side of her.
"Honey I'm still free take a chance on me," She sang, waltzing her way down the table steadily.
"Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie,If you put me to the test, if you let me try," She said, now extremely close to where Jiraiya sat in 'astonishment'.
"Take a chance on meeeee!" She sang. Then she jumped down into his arms so that he found himself carrying her bridal style in his seat.
Sakura stood up and screamed with laughter along with everyone else.
Temari looked at her in disbelief and looked secretly at Shikamaru who was grinning at her. He winked at her.
Hinata, who was watching this, smiled to herself.
"Take a chance on meeeeeeee!"
He flung her off quickly and she stumbled up right as he stood up, but she grabbed him and made him face her, and started to dance slightly.
"We can go dancing…" She sang, putting a hand on his chest.
"We can go walking…" Jiraiya sang back, picking her up sideways and carrying her over to one side of the stage and putting her down. She started to mime being a DJ.
"Listen to some music…"
"Maybe just talking…" He sang back warily.
"You'd get to know me better…" She said with a cheeky smile, following him as he walked around the front of the stage.
"'Cause you know I've got so much that I wanna do!" Asuma suddenly sang out in the midst of it all, taking centre stage with Lee as he began shrugging off a smart black work jacket, and tossing his head proudly.
"When I dream I'm alone with you…" He continued, grabbing a very surprised Lee in a one-arm hug.
"It's maaaagiiiiic!" They sang together harmoniously with smiles. Everyone laughed and whooped.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Gai yelled.
There were cheers as Jiraiya and Tenten came back on stage and took a breathless bow, and Shikamaru put an arm in front of Temari as she rushed to go and congratulate Tenten on her 'surprise'.
"Uhh, Temari…" He said, nervous all of a sudden. Temari looked at him in confusion.
"Yeah Shikamaru?" She asked, wanting to go over to her friends as the cast started to file off stage.
"C-C-Can I see you tonight…Like…For dinner?" He stuttered shyly. Temari was astounded but she tried to make her brain function enough for a reply.
"Uh…Sure. I guess…" She said, blinking.
"Wow, uh cool. I'll, meet you outside Kakashi's at 7, if that's ok?" He asked her. Not trusting herself to speak, she nodded violently.
"Sweet, I'll see you later then." He said quickly, jogging after Sai and Choji.
Temari's legs all but turned to water as Sakura, Tenten and Hinata surrounded her.
"Thanks! But never mind that!" Tenten beamed.
"Yeah!" Sakura added with a nod.
"What just happened?" Hinata asked, getting straight to the point.
"I-I-I…Just got…asked on…a date…at seven o'clock tonight." Temari gasped, still not believing the news herself.
The four girls squealed in joy.
"WE'RE INVADING KAKASHI'S HOUSE!" Sakura screeched.
"Excuse me?" Kakashi said, catching the last bit from where he stood backstage. Sakura turned bright pink, almost matching her hair.
"Uhh…Uhm…Temari's…well…SHE NEEDS OUR PROFFESSIONAL HELP DAMN IT. WE'RE INVADING YOUR HOUSE SO THAT WE CAN GIVE HER SPECIAL TREATMENT BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK. KAPISCHE!" Sakura suddenly raged at him.
Kakashi's eyes went wide as he found himself being told what to do by a student, by he calmly accepted this fact.
"Sure. Just keep to her room, and the kitchen." He said with a smile.
Nawwww! Ok. This is where things start to get a bit…LAYERED. If you know what I mean. ;D The plot thickens…
Ok. Now.
This is a VERY. SERIOUS. PIECE OF INFORMATION.
You will most likely not get another update until perhaps Friday 29th or May the 2nd. This is due to the DOOM which we call school, and I will have a lot of pressure from Exams.
BUT, I PROMISE to update whenever I can. The plot is firmly in my mind, and I have all the evenings I need to write them and then when finished, to upload them. ^_^
If I don't on either of my two mentioned days then I WILL:
Let Aranya Maya Fenikkusu (My crazy ass cousin who SOME will recognise from the fic: Mess With Fire You're Gonna Get Burned) give me to Kakashi so that he has to tie me to a chair and reads Icha Icha Paradise OUT LOUD TO ME, and then he passes me on to Yamato who will freak the hell out of me for A WHOLE HOUR, and then to EACH. INDIVIDUAL. MEMBER of the Akatsuki for TWO HOURS to torture me however they please, and lastly to Hidan who can sacrifice my ass to JASHIN-SAMA ... I'm serious.
Kaitaru Seras Viktoria Hatake.
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