Title: A Game of Go Fish
Pairings: Sakura/Gaara, Sakura/Sasuke, Sakura/Neji
Summary: Six new students from two different schools transfer to Konohgakure high school expecting to stay for one whole year. Neji, Gaara and Sasuke arrive earlier already becoming infamous for their repulsive attitudes. Although their friendship is somewhat, respectable. Their motto is, 'stick together'. What happens when Haruno Sakura, another transfer, breaks them apart?
Genre: Humor/Romance
A/N: Sorry it took forever (again) to update! Like always, I had a lot on my mind, sorry. Yeah, that's basically it. This chapter is dedicated to the awesome reviewers who stayed by my side! LOVE YA ALL!
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Chapter Twenty-One: Orange Juice, Apple Juice, Grape Juice
"Gaara and Sakura-"
"Sitting in a tree."
"You know, that's getting a little too old." said Sasuke as he tried clamping Naruto's mouth with his fists.
Naruto shrugged innocently.
"Why didn't they just tell me?" Sasuke pondered.
"They didn't want to hurt your feelings." Naruto told him, as simple as that.
Sasuke snorted out loud. "Feelings? Me? Trust me, idiot. I don't have any."
The Inside of Sasuke's head:
"WAHHHHHH! NOT FAIR! NOT FAIR!"
The outside:
Sasuke's face was stone hard. No emotion at all. "See." he said, gritting his teeth. "No. Feelings." Any idiot could tell that it was a fake.
Naruto would've been concerned before, but seeing his face like this...he wasn't worried at all. "Okay! As long as you're happy."
"Sure." Sasuke muttered.
"Well, seeing how fine you are now that I just told you about Gaara and Sakura, I think I should specifically inform you of their make out session twenty minutes ago-"
"Shut up, okay, just SHUT UP!" Sasuke practically stomped out of the school hall ways.
Naruto looked after him and sighed. "From now on," he announced. "I will keep things to myself."
Everyone in the school halls stopped to throw him a weird, 'yeah right' look. Naruto looked from his face to her face.
"What? I will!" he promised.
They all just...stared at him.
"What are you people looking at! I said I would, didn't I!" he threw his hands in the air and ran in Sasuke's direction.
"That was the funniest thing I have EVER heard." said some student passing by the halls.
Sasuke laughed and laughed and laughed.
He slipped into his white lab coat and his hair was out of control. Wearing his protective goggles and some yellow gloves and continued to proceed with his experiment. He poured chemicals here and there, and finally, it was completed.
"It's alive...," he choked. "It's ALIVE!" his eyes swelled up in pride and astonishment.
Naruto stood by the door and shook his head. "He's finally cracked." he looked at him pathetically. "That jealous little fool."
As I have mentioned in the previous chapters, Sasuke tends to act out of character when he's outrageously jealous.
Sasuke poured his creation into a milk carton and took a sip. "Ah...," he wiped the substance off his mouth. "That's some good orange juice." he sighed.
"Hey, can I have some-"
"NO!" Sasuke wrapped his arms around his orange juice. "It is too precious to be touched by the likes of you."
"Dude, its orange juice. Get over it."
"I don't want to."
Naruto ignored his comment.
"Listen, I know that Sakura-"
"SHH!"
"...," Naruto paused.
It was like talking to a whole different person.
Naruto continued, "I know that you like orange juice a whole lot, but you have to get over it. Orange juice is with...er...apple juice. They were meant to be." he spoke wisely.
Sasuke wasn't listening though, because he had better things to do...
Like squeezing the life out of an apple. "How could you." he hissed.
"Um...I'm just gonna go-"
Sasuke pulled him back at an instant. "Oh, no you don't." he whispered sinisterly.
Naruto shook in his boots...literally, he had on those fabulous Italian boots-
"You're coming with me." he laughed, sort of in a 'Frankenstein' mood.
Gaara took his time to stare at the lovely face currently in front of him. He would never admit it, but it was truly the most cutest thing.
"Gaara, will you stop playing with that stray cat. It could be contaminated." Sakura sighed.
Gaara now took his time to glare up at Sakura. "It is not contaminated." he spat.
Sakura merely looked at him. "Freak."
The red headed boy smirked and swept the pink headed girl off her feet.
"What are you doing!" she laughed.
"You'll see." his smirk widened.
Noticing that he was walking straight towards the janitor's closet, Sakura rolled her eyes. "Another make-out session? You know, I think Naruto's getting suspicious." she told him.
Gaara shrugged. "So what?" he opened the door.
And in there, was the freakiest thing they have ever seen. "AH!" Sakura shrieked and Gaara stepped back in surprise.
"Hi." Sasuke waved his hand.
"W-What are you...," Sakura pointed at him in astonishment.
"Just came to stop by...," he whistled, and folded his hands together.
Sakura raised a suspicious eye brow. "You came to stop by in a dark, cold, empty janitor's closet?"
Sasuke took the time to think. "Yeah."
"How long have you been here?" Gaara looked at him in frustration.
"Twenty minutes." he said. 'Just when you stepped in.' he snickered sneakily to himself.
Sakura nodded her head slowly. "Ok, well...continue." she closed the door shut and looked at Gaara.
Gaara seemed to be thinking the same thing. "He's finally cracked."
After about a few seconds, they decided...
Upstairs Janitor's Closet.
"Let's go!" Sakura rushed off, along with Gaara.
It was a long and exciting trip up the stairs, but they finally made it up.
"I can't believe all this time, there was an elevator." Sakura hissed.
"I didn't know, okay." Gaara rolled his eyes.
"Well there's the janitor's closet." she pointed at a rusty, nearly broken off door.
Opening the door, they found...
NARUTO!
and
SASUKE!
"What the...!" Sakura gaped. "How did you get up here so fast!" she poitned a shaky finger at Sasuke.
Sasuke shrugged. "I took the elevator."
Sakura glared at Gaara.
"And more importantly, what are you doing with Naruto...alone in a closet?" Gaara grew suspicious.
Naruto began to sweat. HE WAS NO FAG! "Er...," he gulped.
Sasuke cleared his throat. "Oh, him...uh...we were...," the palm of his hands were sweating to the maximum. "Just...,"
"I don't even wanna know." said Sakura. "Come on, Gaara. Lunch ends around twenty minutes. Lets get something to eat." she tugged on his shirt.
Gaara murmured curses. "Fine." he sighed in defeat. But he REALLY wanted to make-out. Damn that Sasuke.
Speaking of Sasuke, he pulled himself out of the closet and went in between the two lovers. "Hey, I have a great idea, why don't I join you?" he grinned.
Gaara was thinking otherwise, "Haven't I suffered enough?" he said, gritting his teeth together.
"No." a dark aura surrounded Sasuke's entire body. "Anyways," he suddenly got cheery. "I'll join you."
"Um, but-"
"But what?" Sakura was interrupted by Sasuke's quick tongue.
"I, uh-"
"What?"
"It's just-"
"Just what?"
"I can't-"
"Can't what?"
"There's not enough-"
"Enough what?"
Sakura stared deep into Sasuke's eyes. And that's when she knew, he would never give up. "Fine." she sighed. "This way." her voice was far from enthusiasm.
"Great." Sasuke patted both their backs.
And the three lovers of Konoha walked into the sunset, and into the cafeteria.
"But seriously, what were you doing alone in a closet with Naruto?" asked Gaara.
Sasuke shuddered. "None of your business."
Guess we'll never know.
Sasuke sighed and quitely reported himself to the school's psychologist for reason's even he didn't know. But he did know, that he needed help.
He opened the door reluctantly and laid himself in a chair.
"Er...help yourself." said the therapist. He sat in his own chair and pulled out a piece of paper and some pink sparkly pens. "Ok, my name is-"
"SASUKE!" Naruto, Sakura, and Gaara hastily slammed the door open. "Don't do it! It's not your fault that you've suddenly gone crazy-Yondaime?" Sakura stared at the man before her.
The man known as 'Yondaime' grinned casually. "Hey, what's up, hot stuff?" he wiggled his eye brows.
"And here I thought I finally got away from you." her eyes twitched.
Naruto gaped. "Uncle, I thought I told you never come to my new school again! It was bad enough I had to see you everyday at the old one, but here!" he cried.
"Relax." Yondaime rolled his eyes. "It's only temporary. Unfortunately, the old school therapist had to leave school eary due to the 'problems' he's dealt with." he glared at Naruto.
Naruto groaned. "How many times do I have to say it? That water balloon filled with crap had nothing to do with me!"
"Yeah, says the guy who dropped TWO crap balloons on MY head. You know, that smell stuck with my for a whole month!" he cried.
Sakura nodded her head. "I remember that."
"Wait a minute." Gaara put a hold onto the weird and exhausting reunion. "How do you know this guy, and what is he doing here?"
"My name is Yondaime-"
"Yondaime?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Weird name."
Yondaime twitched. "Er...my parents were famous circus freaks-"
He was interrupted by Naruto's loud snort.
"What?" he asked.
"Please...," Naruto responded.
"What!" he asked again.
"Your parents weren't circus freaks, they were bank accountants." he laughed. "I should know, they're my grandparents."
"That's it, you're grounded!"
Naruto gaped. "What? I didn't even-"
"Grounded!"
"NOT FAIR! NOT FAIR!" Naruto kicked dirt on him.
Sasuke and Gaara looked between Naruto's weird looking face to Yondaime's weird looking face. You know, there was quite a striking resemblance.
"Now then, where are all the hot chicks in this stuffy school?" he looked around. As soon as that was said, a whole bunch of love strucked teenage girls came rushing towards his door. "Ah, there they are." he snickered.
"I swear, he is just like Jiraiya." Sakura said...in a bad way.
"Wait, are you telling me that you were the Vice Principal for Iwagakure High School?" Gaara asked.
Yondaime nodded his head. "Yep, I was HEAD principal for a day." he said sadly. "That is, until that damned Orochimaru convinced the school board I was a womanizing pervert!" he shook his fist and threw a dart at a picture of Orochimaru's head.
"Which by the way, you are." Sakura coughed.
"I was demoted Vice principal again. BASTARD!" he threw a knife at Oro's head.
"Well, before you start throwing bombs at his head, I think you should be greatful that you weren't arrested or better yet, fired from your job as vice." said Naruto.
Yondaime put away his bomb. "Fine." he sulked.
After a few minutes of the reunion, the door suddenly slammed open! Surprised to find Kakashi at the door, Yondaime tried hiding behind Sakura's back, while trying to grope her at the same time.
"YONDAIME!" she screeched.
He laughed nervously and hid behind Gaara. He seemed tough enough.
"Sensei." said Kakashi. He seemed in a teary eyed mood.
"Er...hey, Kakashi." he said nervously.
"Sensei!" Kakashi wanted to run into the sunset with his beloved former teacher.
"Whoa, whoa. Don't sink into Gai's level now." he snapped Kakashi out of that weird 'Gai phase'.
Kakashi slapped his face once and sighed. "Thank god." he pulled up a hand. "Good to see you again, sensei." Yondaime took his hand and shook.
"AH!" Yondaime pulled away and felt his hand electrified.
"And that's payback for the time you told me Unicorns were real." he twitched.
Yondaime shrugged. "Yeah, I remember that. You searched everywhere for-"
Kakashi threw him a glare.
"Er...and now that I am older and wiser, I now realilze the huge mistake I have done by telling you such a foul lie. And I apologize for laughing at you three months straight." he replied nervously
Sakura, Gaara and Naruto left seconds ago, leaving only Kakashi, Yondaime and of course, Sasuke. Thinking that he'll get his chance to finally have therapy, he stayed a few minutes longer, despite Kakashi's rude interruption.
"Well, sensei. When I was younger, I had trouble getting hot dates. I still have no idea why, and that scarred me for life." said Kakashi in his dramatic point of view.
Yondaime nodded his head. "Well, I've know you for a long time, and it could possibly be that you were a pretty ugly lookin' kid." he said.
Kakashi thought about this. "Oh, yeah."
"So I hear you're married now."
"Yeah, she's sexy, but she ain't givin' me nothin'." Kakashi whimpered.
Yondaime nodded his head silently. "I see. Trouble in bed?"
"Well-"
"Hey!" interrupted Sasuke. "I know you have problems." he said looking at his current sensei. "Lots of problems." he said examining him up and down. Kakashi glared. "But I have problems too. And I was here first!" he told them.
Kakashi snorted. "Ah, you're old enough. Figure them out yourself." he waved him off.
Sasuke glared. "Old enough?" he said looking at Kakashi, who was by the way fourteen years older than him.
"All right, all right. The kid has a point. He was here first." said Yondaime.
Kakashi paused and looked at Sasuke. "Its all about you, isn't it?" he glared.
"Yeah." Sasuke ignored him. "I have a problem."
"Don't we all know it." Kakashi muttered.
"There's this...er...orange juice." he coughed.
Yondaime blinked.
"And I think grape juice," obviously reffering to himself. "mixes well with orange juice."
Yondaime made a disgusted response.
"But so far, orange juice is sort of mixing with apple juice."
Yondaime felt like he wanted to barf. "That is the most disgusting combination."
"Exactly!" Sasuke exclaimed. "And I think orange juice is way over her head thinking that apple juice would mix better than grape juice, cause grape juice is WAY sexier." he laughed.
Kakashi was begining to think Sasuke had much more problems than he led on.
"I see. Grape juice is sexy." a confused look slapped its way across Yondaime's face.
"Really sexy. Orange juice is hot, and Apple juice is just freaking weird." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Even though Orange juice is with apple juice, Grape juice really wants to steal orange juice away. You know what I mean?"
"Uh...sure."
"But Grape juice is too afraid to confront it's feelings."
He paused.
"Ok, well. I think this situation is in deep need for a different kind of juice. Try passion fruit, that's a good flavor." he grinned.
Finally realizing that Yondaime had no idea what he was talking about, Sasuke quitely got out of his seat and left the room, wondering why he ever stepped foot in there in the first place.
Kakashi and Yondaime were left alone.
"What? Passion fruit is awesome." Yondaime shrugged.
Kakashi just...stared at him.
"You and Naruto are truly alike." he pulled himself up to leave.
-----ORANGEJUICE-----
Sasuke followed his feet to the depths of the school halls. It was dark and it before he knew it, his eyes met with green.
"Orange-I mean," he sighed. "Sakura."
Sakura looked down with a guilty look in her face. "Um, hi." she shyly looked away. "There's something I have to tell you."
Sasuke didn't need any other response. "Is it about Gaara?" he pretended not to care.
Sakura looked up to him in shock. "Yeah."
"If you were going to tell me-"
"He's my boyfriend."
"Than I already know." he sighed.
Sakura took her time to think. "Naruto." she shook her head. "I'm definitely going to beat him up."
Sasuke chuckled softly.
"So, are we still...?"
"Yeah, we're ok. I'm ok." he told her.
There was a brief moment of silence. "Seriously, what were you and Naruto doing in the closet?" she suddenly broke that silence.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and hung his arm around her shoulders. "None of your business." he smirked.
Finally, Sasuke was able to get over some of his jealousy, and was in perfect character. He knew he would break out into jealousy again someday, epsecially if it had anything to do with Sakura, but for now, he thanked god he wasn't.
The only thing he could think about at the moment,
was how Neji was doing...
"Who the hell said I wanted my room painted PINK!" Neji yelled in frustration.
Kurenai shrugged. "I thought it looked nice. Besides, your uncle told me to finish painting your room the instant I walked in. It was the only color on sale at the time-"
"I don't care!" Neji almost cried. Except he didn't, 'cause that would be sissy. "Where's my soup?"
Kurenai skipped off to the counter. "Here it is." she sang. "So you have enough strength to go to school tomorrow?"
"Whatever." he muttered and examined it.
"Then that means I'll have to go back to school too." she snickered. Thank god for her. Although, I don't think her students will be too happy knowing she'll be back.
Neji took a sip and choked. His face turned green and he instantly rushed to the bathroom.
"Oh, hell no." Kurenai cursed.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! There aren't many stories that add Yondaime in their chapters, so I decided this would be the time. Hope you're okay with it.
Updated: 9/03/06
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