Chapter 21- Rest in peace
Sasuke groaned loudly, and opened his eyes. What had been happening… trees… exam… snake… guy…
Wait, snake guy! What had happened to Naruto? Was he okay?
"N-Naruto?" he called out, still groggy from his enforced sleep.
At this point he remembered just how he had got her. Naruto, evil being that he was, had knocked him out just before the fight.
And since when could the blonde do that anyway?
"Sasuke-kun!" he heard a high pitched squeal, before his sleepiness turned to horror as he was man handled into a hug. Opening his eyes in a narrow glare (how dare they touch him) he found-
"I'm so glad that you're awake!"
-a pink haired menace clinging on to him.
"Gaah!" he yelled, most definitely awake by now.
"Oh good, you're awake," the Uchiha heard another voice from behind him. Swivelling quickly (a great feat when attempting to survive a hug from a fangirl) the boy found Naruto standing behind him.
"Naruto? Are you- I mean, how did a baka like you survive without any injuries?" Sasuke asked, almost asking if the blonde was alright.
Meanwhile, Naruto grinned like a Cheshire cat as she heard Sasuke's sentence. He had been about to ask if she was okay! Aww, she had known that he was good somewhere in that stone heart of his.
"By being cleverer than someone like you," a third voice interrupted their conversation (Sakura didn't count; she was too busy squealing like banshee).
A red head stood very closely behind Naruto, arms loose by his sides. Naruto registered him, and her eyes went wide as she realised how close he really was. She stood, still as a statue, as she noticed one of his hands was dangling centimetres away from her behind.
He was playing a dangerous game, being like this in public, but two could play at this game.
Barely noticing Sasuke behind her as she rotated around to face her smirking boyfriend, she casually asked him
"And where were you then?" Naruto demanded, mask coming into play too, at least for everyone around them as she stood with mere inches measuring the distance between her lips and his lips.
Only Gaara could see, from this close, how her eyes had darkened with challenge and her mouth was tempting him to try and kiss it; hands in pockets that so almost touched his leg.
He gulped.
Naruto was so much better at this game than he would ever be.
It had taken Gaara the entirety of half an hour, multiple death threats, standing extremely close to Naruto and a rather memorable chicken (don't ask) to finally corner his girlfriend alone.
For some reason, every single one of Naruto's 'friends' had decided to come and visit them at that moment when Gaara had decided to just sneak off to a dark room with Naruto, not to mention most of her guy ones as well, and they had just not let up.
Not once.
… Well, he lied. Fu had taken one glance at him standing possessively behind the blonde and blatantly laughed at their situation.
And then had stuffed an excitable hen down his back, but really, that didn't need to be brought up again.
Everyone else had just missed the aura emitting from the annoyed jinchuriki and continued chatting, but he had won in the end since he could now do this.
Leaning forwards aggressively, he captured Naruto's lips in his own rough ones, and kissed her. She made a small 'eep' of surprise (which Gaara found totally adorable) before smiling and kissing him back. They had been in their corridor a while now, both losing track of time, when a gasp of surprise (shock to be more precise) caught their attention.
There, at the other end of the hall, stood… many, many people.
Oh dear.
Temari stood at the front, her expression of shock mirrored by Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Kiba, Tenten, Choji, Lee, Kankuro, and Kurenai.
Behind them stood Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru and Shino. Neji and Sasuke were far too prideful to show an expression such as shock, whilst Shikamaru had guessed this outcome already and Shino… well, no one could see what he felt about it since he gave no sign of expression, like always.
Kakashi just froze to the spot, eyes wide in surprise at his energetic student.
Fu giggled as she rounded the corner and bounced past the stunned group, and towards Naruto.
Naruto sweatdropped at Fu's evil smirk and the Konoha shinobi's positions. She hoped Gaara had a plan for this; what the hell were they going to do now?
"Gaara-kun," she hissed warily. "Help!"
However, he seemed frozen as well and so Narutp turned away, rolling her eyes.
"Boys!" she mouthed to her green haired friend as she joined Naruto and linked arms, grinning happily at the jinchurikis' position. Really, she could be more supportive of Naruto, the girl thought grumpily.
"Kyuu-chan?"Naruto inquired hopefully.
"Sorry kit. Ganbatte!" the fox cheered sleepily, watching the drama from behind half lidded eyes. Naruto frowned as she finally turned to face the front.
"Ano… Hi?" Naruto said uncertainly.
Everyone was in sync this time as they face faulted onto the floor.
"So you and Gaara are going out? Like for real?" Kiba asked cheerfully (apparently he recovered well from shock; unfortunately for the peace and quiet of the tower).
"Hai," Naruto answered, uncharacteristically quiet in the light of one of her secrets being discovered; having had it dragged backwards from the shadows under the hedge, screaming about civilian rights, and unleashing the curse of the neon pink on them.
It hadn't quite worked out the way it planned (read: it had completely backfired and Naruto ended up hitting herself, Gaara and Fu with it instead of the intended targets) but it had been fun to try.
Talking of the paint…
"Fu?" Naruto whispered towards her best friend who sat behind her. The jinchuriki turned around quickly, narrowly avoiding Naruto's spiky blonde hair with her elbow, and grinned at her.
"Nani?" she questioned cheerfully.
"I just remembered…. We are still covered in pink paint…" Naruto trailed off, hoping for her friend to get the gist.
"Huh?"
However, let it never be said that Fu had a talent for subtle hints (relationships aside, the girl truly sucked at identifying them).
"Well… we are going to be teased mercilessly… or potentially killed for stealing Yugito's move," Naruto answered.
Fu's eyes widened almost comically in realisation.
"Oh no…" she breathed.
"She's GONNA KILL US!" They yelled together, the true horror of the situation catching up with them.
After the girls had been calmed down (and every male in the room sported a headache from the combined screeches of Fu and Naruto) Kakashi came up with a good idea to pass the time.
Never mind training- this would be more fun!
"So," the masked ninja started.
"Who wants to play truth or dare?"
Konichiwa minna-san!
I'm back! I have finally sorted out my irritating homework, and so I once again have time for my stories. Tomorrow, I hope to update another chapter of this one, or I might actually make a start on renovating my one-shot-that-will-be-multi-chaptered fic 'Naruto and an overload of Hyuuga'.
We shall see what the day brings!