A/N: I'm sooo sorry for my long absence! I've had writers block! But hey, I'M ALIVE PEOPLE!
I have not been hit by a bus, or a car, or a train, or an...Over sized eighteen wheeler driven by six golden retriever puppies wearing sunglasses while someone in the passenger seat takes their picture driving down a busy highway in the middle of July with an oil slick trailing behind them because we all know, puppies can't drive an oversized eighteen wheeler while wearing sunglasses and getting their picture taken by someone in the passenger seat while driving down a busy highway in the middle of July with an oil slick trailing behind them! HA! Try to say that really fast.
Uh in other news I woke up to cat barf on my desk...so I had to clean that up...yay...good thing it missed the laptop, eh?
One more thing...Somehow...by the grace of God, or lack thereof, I developed a knack for poetry and I actually wrote out the lyrics for Just Stay. I know! Amazing! I actually like the way it turned out! Sorry, you have to wait until next chapter :).
This chapter is dedicated to chuchuthepichu, EmeraldHeart12, The MysteriousRed, LadyUchiha1994, SnowStar145, chibi-princessa, Katarina Wolffe, rosesecret02, mizzgirlygirl10, Waymirec, Sasukesbiggestfan, Ceri Siracha, ChibiTennie-Chan, Angelwings228, SparkDazzleDuez (Thanks for helping me again :D), Rixclassa, queen of earth.X (You little cheater :P She copied and pasted from my story! Don't do that people! It's CHEATING! XD I was actually waiting for someone to do it, and here it is! XD), Deidara-is-Beast (WHO DREW ME THIS EPICALLY AWESOME PICTURE! I'll post the link at the bottom ), and sumbunnyluvsu77. THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS! They're like...energy shots! I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY KEEP THIS AUTHOR ALIVE! They keep those creative arteries open in my brain, and they feed oxygen from my real arteries to said creative arteries, and BAM! You get insanity!
Thanks again to SparkDazzleDuez for getting me out of that pinch of a Writer's Block...And thanks to Deidara-is-Beast for giving me suggestions on what to do at the concert.
BUT THANK YOU EVEN MORE FOR THE PICTURE! Here's the link: deviantart ?qh=§ion=&q=the+fifth+element+on+tour#/d2v015q Just remove spaces. It's a picture of the band in their outfits from Chapter 12 of The Fifth Element: On Tour! Have I mentioned how much I cried when I saw that picture? I will look at that picture whenever I need a good dose of confidence! HUGS! (and trust me...I don't give those out easily!)
ENJOY!
Chapter 26: Difficulties
Tenten opened her eyes and yawned. She looked down at her attire and realized she was still in that outfit she had worn the night before. Nobody in the band had changed when they went to bed.
The band was psyched to have a new rival. They had made that clear really fast. They had seemed nice as well. Except for that Aria girl. She was a bit of a...jerk, if you catch my drift.
Tenten stood up and headed downstairs. Neji wasn't around, so she assumed he'd be downstairs.
"Morning, Neji." Tenten greeted at the sight of Neji still in the tank top from last night. He had taken off his jacket from the night before, so he looked like Zeus all over again. Tenten had to use all of her willpower to keep from swooning.
"Morning." Neji greeted. He was mixing pancakes as usual.
Tenten stood beside him. "Is that all you can make?"
"What?" Neji looked at her.
"Pancakes. It seems to be the ONLY thing you can make."
Neji put down the bowl. "I can make other things. It's just that pancakes are the only thing that keeps this band awake." His arm slid around her waist.
"Fine. When we get off this tour, I want you to make me a nice dinner." Tenten smirked.
Tenten's face went hot as he pulled her close.
"Deal." He murmured. His lips met hers as he pushed her against a wall. She moaned as he deepened the kiss.
She didn't know how long they made out for, but eventually Neji broke it and proceeded to make breakfast.
The band never got much alone time since they've been on tour. Neji would always take advantage of the fact that anyone other than him and Tenten waking up before eight o'clock in the morning was about as foreign as the Mona Lisa with eyebrows. (A/N: the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.)
Naruto and Hinata had come down the stairs the moment Neji began taking the first pancakes off the griddle.
A good five minutes later, Temari and Shikamaru tore into the room laughing like maniacs.
"What happened?" Tenten asked.
Shikamaru shook his head. Temari couldn't stop laughing.
"Pity the Uchiha brothers." Temari finally gasped.
Shikamaru burst out laughing again.
"What's happening?" Neji asked, now interested.
Temari snorted. "Azimora and Itachi are wrestling on the floor, and Sakura won't let Sasuke get up."
There was suddenly a loud crashing noise that seemed to come through the wall in front of Neji.
"ARGH!" A voice cried.
"Itachi?" Renji chuckled. "Did you just fall down the stairs?"
"No..." Itachi groaned. "Azimora pushed me..."
"I didn't push you!" Azimora cried.
Tenten went to see what had happened and found Itachi lying on the floor, cringing in pain, Azimora and Renji standing over him.
Sasuke and Sakura came down the stairs at that moment. Sakura was clinging to Sasuke's arm. Sasuke looked slightly concerned for his brother.
"Remind me again of the reason you date her?" Sasuke said to Itachi.
Itachi gave a weak chuckle. "A question I am now asking myself at this moment."
Renji held out his hand. Itachi took it and Renji helped him off the ground. Itachi limped into the television room, clutching his side and cringing in pain.
Sasuke was still watching his brother with concern.
Flashback...
"Itachi, wake up!" A voice teased.
Itachi opened one eye and looked at the girl beside him. "Let me sleep." He told her, closing his eye again.
Azimora jumped on top of him.
"Hey!" Itachi cried. Azimora pressed her lips against his. Itachi groaned in annoyance. This was NOT the time for this. Itachi turned his head away from her. She took advantage of that to start nibbling the side of his neck.
"Oh, get lost, Azimora!" Itachi tried to push her off of him.
Temari and Shikamaru were laughing behind their hands.
"Well then don't wear muscle shirts, Itachi." Azimora murmured. She unzipped her leather jacket slightly.
"Aw, great, you're not even wearing anything under that!" Itachi cried. He tried to shove her off again. It didn't work.
Shikamaru was now laughing into Temari's shoulder. Temari was almost in tears.
"Sakura, if you don't let me get up now, I'll kill you." Sasuke's annoyed voice groaned.
Shikamaru lost it.
Itachi managed to roll over and pin Azimora to the ground. Azimora merely grabbed his ears and pulled his mouth on top of hers. Itachi pulled away from her, but Azimora tackled him to the ground.
Shikamaru and Temari laughed and left the room.
"Azimora, leave me alone!" Itachi cried.
Azimora only giggled at him. The two practically rolled around on the floor. Itachi managed to break free and run for the exit, but here comes Azimora. Itachi fell down, and immediately rolled all the way down the stairs, landing in an ungraceful heap at the bottom.
Sasuke forced Sakura off him and ran after his brother.
Flash-forward
Itachi was now sitting on the couch with an icepack on his head.
"I'm sorry, Itachi..." Azimora said honestly.
Itachi groaned. "Say it all you want. I'm not going to forgive you for awhile. I'm still not impressed with you."
Azimora gave him a playful pout. "Aw, come on Itachi."
"Start acting like that and I'll start hating you."
Azimora looked hurt. She walked away from him and sat on a different couch.
Neji handed Itachi a plate of pancakes.
"Thanks." Itachi murmured. He began eating them one handed, tearing the chunks off with his fork instead of cutting them while he held the icepack to his head.
"Where does it hurt?" Sakura asked. She was now out of her morning craziness routine.
"Everywhere." Itachi sighed.
"I'm sorry!" Azimora cried.
"Yeah well, you know what? You need to learn when to get out of my face!" Itachi spat bitterly.
The group was now giving them a huge area to scrap in. They hoped that a dramatic breakup wasn't about to occur. I'm sure Azimora's done bad things to Itachi before, but considering how ticked he seemed at that moment, this was the worst one by far.
"I didn't mean to push you down the stairs..." Azimora sighed. She looked like she was about to cry.
"Just...Leave me alone, okay?" Itachi growled. "I'm not in the mood to take your apologies."
There was a sudden knock behind the group. Neji turned to see Kankuro on Ryuu's shoulders knocking on the window.
"What the bloody hell are you doing?" Neji cried. He opened the window to see the other members of Celestial Envoy minus their agent.
"Hey! What's happening?" Kankuro asked.
"Give it a rest, Kankuro." Ryuu grunted. "Ask what's up later. Get to the point!"
"What are you doing here?" Neji asked.
"We've come to say hi!" Kankuro cried. "Can we chill out with you for a bit?"
"What exactly do you mean by that?" Neji asked.
"Can we come in for a bit?" Kankuro asked.
"How did you know this was our bus?"
"Well, the element pictures just screamed The Fifth Element, so we decided to see if it was you." Kankuro explained. "Then I saw you and-WHOA!"
Ryuu collapsed onto the ground. "Damn it, Kankuro, you're heavier than you look!"
"Did you just call me fat?" Kankuro asked.
"Fine. Get in here. We're in the middle of breakfast though." Neji stated.
"Sick, can we eat too?" Kankuro asked.
"Kankuro, you just had twenty waffles!" Ryuu cried. "How are you still hungry?"
Neji closed the window. "Celestial Envoy is here. They want to hang out for a bit." He walked to the front of the bus to open the door for them.
"-Growing man," Kankuro was saying. "I need my nourishment."
"Twenty waffles plus in the morning?" Ryuu asked. "A freaking elephant eats less than you!"
Aria laughed. Neji didn't think that was possible.
"So, hey, you coming in or what?" He asked.
The band filed into the bus.
"YO!" Naruto greeted.
"You didn't bring Mitarashi with you, did you?" Renji asked, a petrified look on his face.
"No." Shino said simply.
Renji sighed with relief. "Good. I get hell from these guys in the morning I don't need it from that chick as well."
The group piled into the crowded television room.
"What happened to you, Uchiha?" Ryuu asked Itachi when he noticed the icepack.
"Don't ask." He spat.
"Anyone else going to answer?" Ryuu asked.
Nobody did.
"Thanks guys." Itachi said honestly.
"You're welcome." Neji told him.
"Why?" Kankuro asked. "Is it embarrassing?"
"No, it's personal." Itachi said simply.
"Got a hangover?"
"NO!" Itachi cried. "Now stop asking!"
"Leave him alone. He didn't wake up pleasantly." Sasuke told Kankuro.
"Did we come at a bad time?" Shino asked.
"Now is as good of a time as ever." Shikamaru muttered.
"What smells so good?" Kankuro asked.
"Seriously, think of something other than food, Kankuro!" Ryuu cried.
"Neji's pancakes." The group said all at once. They started laughing after that.
"Wow, you guys are synced." Kankuro observed.
The group laughed again.
"We're crazy that way." Naruto laughed.
"Hey, let's like...play some video games while you're here." Tenten suggested.
"Like what?" Ryuu asked.
"HALO!" Naruto cried. "We HAVE to play Halo again!"
"I'm in!" Itachi put up his hand.
The entire group soon put up their hands.
"Do you guys know how to play?" Tenten asked as she broke out the controllers again.
"I do." Ryuu said. "So does she." He pointed at Aria.
"Gaara and I know how to play as well." Kankuro stated.
"Shino?" Tenten asked.
"I've played." Shino adjusted his glasses.
Tenten handed out the controllers and the group sprawled out around the room. Celestial Envoy created their own characters. Everyone else kept their original characters.
Temari was 'Sand Dune'.
Hinata was 'Purple People'.
Sakura was 'Cherry Blossom'.
Azimora was 'Death to All'.
Tenten was 'Master of Disaster'.
Shikamaru was 'Planetary Confusion'.
Naruto was 'Orange Juice'.
Sasuke was 'The Fireball'.
Itachi was (wait for it) 'When Meatballs Attack'.
Neji was 'The Unstoppable'.
Shino made his black as basalt and named it 'Death Beetle'.
Kankuro chose black as well and called his 'The Crow'.
Gaara made his red and thought for a few seconds before naming it 'Shukaku'.
Ryuu turned his smoke grey and called it 'Rolling Thunder'.
Aria picked a flaming red colour and named it 'Burn in Hell'.
Ryuu saw it and snorted. "Really?" He asked her.
Aria gave him a look.
Ryuu continued to laugh under his breath.
Tenten chose 'Slayer' and they ended up back in Valhalla again.
The characters popped up all over the map again.
"Slayer." The television announced.
Neji immediately began hunting for his sniper rifle. Two shots were fired and his character went down.
"Gained the lead." The screen announced.
"What the hell?" Neji said to his screen as 'You have just been killed by Burn in Hell' appeared on his screen. "Whoever just killed me, you burn in hell." He announced.
Ryuu started sniggering.
Itachi leapt into a Warthog and began driving around in it.
"NO NO NO NO!" Naruto cried as he had a shoot out with a black Master Chief. He chucked a grenade and ducked behind a rock.
"SHIT!" Kankuro cried as he died.
"Nice language." Temari rolled her eyes and fired at 'Shukaku'. "Gaara, why do you always call yourself 'Shukaku'?"
"Because it's cool." He said simply. He shot at 'Sand Dune' and killed her.
"No fair." Temari pouted.
"GEH HEH! SHUKAKU!" Shino began to laugh manically as he murdered 'Shukaku' with an assault rifle.
"What the bloody hell was that, Shino?" Gaara asked.
"Geh heh heh..." Shino chuckled.
"He's lost it." Aria announced.
Shikamaru found his rocket launcher and began to hunt for targets. He spotted a very tough looking tank creeping across the stage and immediately fired at the top.
"AH!" Hinata cried. "I thought tanks were invincible!"
Neji found the sniper and jumped into a Ghost. He began to tear across the field, mowing down everyone in his path.
Azimora tore towards the moving Ghost in another Ghost and slammed into it. Both vehicles went flipping end over end into the air.
"HOLY CRAP!" Azimora cried.
Neji was howling with laughter. "Let's do that again." He flipped his vehicle over again.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"Everyone, get to the center. Watch what happens when you crash two vehicles head on." Neji stated.
Tenten laughed. "I know! It's epic!"
The group watched as the two ghosts tore towards each other. They crashed again and went flipping through the air. The group started laughing.
Next thing they knew the bus went dark. The television turned off, the lights went off, and it became dead silent.
"What just happened?" Temari asked.
Neji stood up and began to walk to the front of the bus. Renji, Kakashi and Yamato were nowhere to be seen.
"Renji?" Neji called through the dark. He went to the area where the drivers sat and went to the bus door. He tried to open the doors. They didn't budge. Neji began to bang on the bus door.
"HEY!" He cried.
"What's going on, Neji?" Itachi was behind him.
"Guys, I think we're locked in." Neji said simply.
Meanwhile, outside of the bus, Renji, Yamato, Kakashi and Anko were standing at the back where there were no windows sniggering with uncontrollable laughter.
"You are evil, Anko." Kakashi sniggered.
Anko shrugged. "I have my ways."
"They're not going to be getting out of there are they?" Renji asked.
Yamato shook his head. "I turned off the hydraulics."
The four adults howled with laughter at the success of their prank.
Flashback...
Renji left the kids to play Halo in the television room. Outside he came face to face with Anko. He almost turned and went back into the bus.
"Are my maggots in there?" Anko asked.
"Yes they are. They're having a grand old time with my band." Renji told her.
Anko smirked. "What do you say we lock them in there?"
Renji raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Yamato and Kakashi stepped out of the bus.
"Why don't we...kill the power so they can't get out?"
Yamato snorted.
Kakashi looked up from his book.
The adults looked around at each other.
"Let's do it." Yamato chuckled. He lead the now sniggering adults around to the back of the bus where the engine block as well as various other necessary things were kept such as the battery that kept everything working...
Yamato opened the hatch and reached for the battery. "Hang on..." he crawled inside and flipped a few switches. There was a tiny clicking noise from all the windows on the bus.
Renji snorted and laughed. "Did you just lock the windows?"
Yamato nodded with a smile on his face. He flipped another switch and there was the sound of escaping air as the hydraulic systems were turned off. It would take only five minutes to get them up to shape again, so it was well worth it.
Yamato climbed out of the bus and went for the battery. He put his hand on the switch.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Do it." Renji, Anko and Kakashi said at the exact same time.
Yamato smirked and flipped the switch into the 'off' position. It moved with a sharp clicking noise.
The adults smirked at the cries of outrage.
Flash-forward...
"I feel bad, though." Yamato chuckled as he closed the hatch. "How long should we leave them there?"
Renji looked at his watch. "Their concert is at nine tonight...so..." There was a few beeps as Renji set his watch alarm. "And it's nine o'clock now...So we'll leave them in there for..." Renji began doing math in his head. "Approximately ten hours."
The adults howled with laughter.
"Come on. Let's go tour the city and leave them where we don't have to worry about them." Anko laughed.
"I'm into that." Yamato chuckled. He locked the hatch and they walked into the city.
Inside the bus, the group was sitting on the couches.
"Well this stinks." Azimora sighed.
"This is a prank. I know it is." Neji muttered. "How else could the windows spontaneously lock, the doors spontaneously jam, and the power to spontaneously go out at the same time and be a coincidence. Besides...They're not even BOTHERING to help us...They haven't even tried to get into the bus yet!"
"I know exactly what they're doing!" Aria whispered. "Anko's behind this."
"Ugh..." Kankuro sighed.
"She wants us to break. To go crazy." Aria sat back and crossed her arms.
"All right then. Let's play a game." Naruto suggested.
"Truth, Dare, Double dare, Kiss, Tell or Marriage?" Azimora suggested, her eyes glinting.
The room stared at her.
"Very well then." Tenten sighed. She stood up to grab the paper for the names.
"Oh! But this time, let's make a spinner for the options!" Azimora jumped up and down.
"You do that..." Temari murmured.
Azimora began making a spinner out of a pencil, a paperclip and a piece of paper. She stuck the paperclip to it was in the middle after making the spinner with six equal parts which she labelled with the pencil, and put the pencil in the middle of the paperclip, and flicked the paperclip to make it spin.
"Uh, what are your names again?" Tenten asked Celestial Envoy.
"Shino. S-H-I-N-O." Tenten scribbled the name down. She looked up at Gaara.
"Gaara. G-A-R-R-A." Tenten wrote it down and looked at Ryuu.
"Ryuu. R-Y-U-U." Tenten wrote it down.
"Kankuro. K-A-N-K-U-R-O." Tenten wrote it on the paper and turned her eyes on Aria, not really expecting her to answer.
She did. "Aria. A-R-I-A."
Tenten wrote it down feeling satisfied.
"All right, shall we begin?" Azimora asked.
"What's with the Kiss, Tell or Marriage part?" Kankuro asked.
"Kiss means you have to kiss someone. Tell means you have to tell something. Marriage means you have to say who you want to marry." Shikamaru muttered dully. "I can't believe they did this to us..."
Tenten pulled the first name from the hat. "Ryuu you get to go first."
"Oh great. What do I have to say?" Ryuu asked.
Tenten shook her head. "Nothing. It just means you get to draw first."
"Spin the spinner as well!" Azimora said with a smile. "That way, there's no worry when it comes to what you want to pick!"
Ryuu pulled the spinner towards him and flicked the paperclip. It landed on Tell. Ryuu drew a name from the hat. His brow furrowed as he thought for a few seconds.
"What the heck is the difference between 'Tell' and 'Truth'?" Ryuu asked finally.
"Tell is basically ask a question, they tell a story. Truth is usually a yes or no." Azimora said with a shrug.
"In that case..." His eyes snapped towards Aria. "Aria what's your most embarrassing moment?"
Aria rolled her eyes. "The day I got locked in a bus with a bunch of buffoons and got asked what my most embarrassing moment was during a game of truth or dare."
The group laughed.
Ryuu put Aria's name back in the hat. "Now what?"
"Give it to Aria." Tenten told her. "It's her turn now."
Aria took the hat, and spun the spinner. It landed on Dare. She pulled a name. She rubbed her face for a few seconds. Then she smirked.
"Neji! Go spray paint your hair blue!" Aria told him.
Neji's jaw dropped. "Are you kidding? I have a concert tonight!"
Azimora laughed. "Don't worry, I have washable hair spray! It comes out with a bit of water and soap!"
Neji groaned. Azimora skipped up the stairs and came down with blue hair spray. Azimora showed no mercy on Neji's hair. He barely had enough time to remove the hair tie before the bombardment began. When Azimora was done with him, he looked like a male version of Hinata without all the shine.
"It better come out..." Neji muttered.
Aria and Azimora shared a smirk before Neji took the hat and spun the spinner. He sighed in annoyance when it landed on Kiss.
He drew a name and chuckled.
"Sasuke, kiss Sakura for ten seconds."
"WHAT?!" Sasuke cried.
The room burst out in uncontrollable laughter, even Sakura, who was blushing madly. Ah, yes...Evil ran in his blood... He knew how big of an ego Sasuke had, and he so did not like showing his affection in public, if he liked to show it at all. Heck, he even put a time on it for added cruelty.
"Neji!" Neji looked up at Azimora's raised hand and knew she wanted a high five.
"That hairspray IS washable?"
Azimora nodded. "I promise you that."
"All right then." He high fived Azimora.
"Do it! Do it! Do it!" Naruto started to chant. Kankuro joined in followed by Gaara, Shino, Ryuu, Hinata, Tenten, Itachi, Azimora, Temari, Neji, Shikamaru, and Aria.
Sasuke's pale cheeks showed a definite blush as he looked away from the group. Sakura kept glancing at Sasuke, waiting for him to hurry up and do it.
Sakura leaned up against him. "Just do it Sasuke." She told him.
Sasuke blushed further. There was only one word in his vocabulary at that moment, and it wasn't a pleasant one. Finally, he decided to screw his ego and just get it over with.
The room cheered when Sasuke planted his lips on Sakura's. They began to count down from ten (in Ryuu's case, in Japanese).
"Ten (ju)! Nine (ku)! Eight (hachi)! Seven (shichi)! Six (roku)! Five (go)! Four (shi)! Three (san)! Two (ni)! One (ichi)!"
Sasuke didn't hang around. The moment they hit zero, he let go of Sakura and turned his head from the group to hide the blush on his cheeks.
"Aw, poor Sasuke!" Itachi taunted.
The group began to laugh. Sakura continued to blush. Celestial Envoy didn't see exactly what was funny.
"Sasuke has the biggest ego out of all the people I have ever known." Neji laughed, explaining what was so funny. "And if there's one thing he hates, its public displays of affection."
"You shut up, Neji." Sasuke grumbled.
The group laughed again.
Neji handed Sasuke the spinner and the hat. Sasuke, who still had a pink tinge to his cheeks flicked the spinner. It landed on Truth. Sasuke drew a name. He sighed in disappointment.
"Shino what's your favourite thing to do?" Sasuke asked dully.
"Sit in a cloud of mosquitoes."
Everyone looked at him like he was insane.
"Are you serious?" Itachi stared at Shino. "I spend my whole life, running away from those things, and you sit in clouds of them?"
Shino shrugged. "They need the blood anyway."
"I know. He's crazy." Kankuro rolled his eyes.
Shino took the spinner and the hat and flipped the spinner. It landed on Tell. He reached in the hat and drew a name.
"Itachi, what is your biggest fear and how have you lived it?" Shino asked.
"Besides mosquitoes?"
Shino stared him down.
Itachi sighed. "I can't stand heights, but these buffoons put me on Behemoth."
The group howled with laughter.
"You screamed like a girl!" Sasuke laughed.
"Shut up..." Itachi muttered. He snatched up the spinner and hat and spun the spinner. It landed on Kiss again. Itachi sighed. "Curse my luck."
The room laughed.
Itachi silently prayed for someone he could laugh at, and ended up with Tenten. He ran a hand through his hair and thought about it. Neji would be ticked if she kissed anyone else but him, as everyone knew their relationship, but would their reactions be comedy worthy?
Sasuke looked over Itachi shoulder.
"Get revenge for me, and make it a make out session." Sasuke whispered.
Itachi laughed.
Neji and Tenten meanwhile stood near where Itachi and Sasuke were plotting.
"He drew you." Neji whispered in her ear.
Tenten nodded. He had sharp eyes that could pick up anything. Tenten meanwhile had sharp ears that could pick up anything, and it just so happened that she heard Sasuke's suggestion. She whispered that in Neji's ear, only earning a smirk from him.
The fact was that Neji and Tenten were not ashamed of their relationship. Neji wasn't like Sasuke who had developed that love-no-one attitude right through high school and hadn't bothered to drop it due to his huge ego that he had always had. Neji was more open, but he still didn't like fan girls. Tenten on the other hand, he loved, and he wasn't ashamed of that fact, and neither was Tenten. If they wanted a show, they just had to watch.
Itachi and Sasuke shared a laugh before Sasuke went back to his seat. Itachi was now smirking, as was Sasuke.
"Tenten, make out with Neji." Itachi ordered.
There was a chorus of 'oooooh's from all around the room.
Tenten smirked. "That's it? There isn't a time limit or nothing?"
Neji snorted. He didn't expect that part.
"Twenty seconds."
Sasuke laughed and Itachi pulled out his iPod and set the timer.
Neji looked at Sasuke. "Is this some kind of revenge plot?"
"Maybe." Sasuke smirked.
"Well, I don't think it's working." Neji smirked and turned towards Tenten as her hand grabbed the back of his neck.
Their lips crashed together and Neji slid his arms around her waist, pulling her closer. Tenten leaned into him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She deepened the kiss, feeling Neji shudder as her tongue slid between his lips.
Neji's hand slid into her hair as he caressed her tongue with his. She unconsciously moaned in pleasure. Neither of them cared that the entire room had their eyes on them, and that some of them were now turning away, covering their ears as they tried to block out the passionate scene.
Neji slid his lips down the side of Tenten's neck and gave her a hickey before pressing his lips into hers again.
"Okay, that's enough!" Itachi cried at the thirteen second mark. He stopped the timer not wanting it to go any further.
Neji and Tenten broke apart smirking at the now red in the face group.
"Think we over did it?" Neji whispered in Tenten's ear.
"Nah," Tenten laughed.
Ryuu was pinching his nose. "I'm just going to pretend that never happened and move on."
Temari snorted and gave an uneasy laugh.
"That felt like I was intruding on something, man!" Kankuro chuckled.
"Just shut up, Kankuro." Gaara muttered.
Tenten spun the spinner and smirked when it landed on Marriage.
"Ooooh," the group hummed. They had used exactly the same note and the same progressions, so it came out like a synchronised rumble that made your chest vibrate.
Tenten pulled a name. "Ryuu! Who are you going to marry?" She asked.
Aria snorted. Then she laughed.
Ryuu had a definite blush on his face. He clearly had someone in mind.
"Come on, Ryuu. Just say it. Over half the people in here doesn't know who she is." Aria laughed.
"Yeah, but they do..." Ryuu grumbled, gesturing to his band.
"Ah, no way!" Kankuro cried. "It's not HER is it?" He laughed.
"Who's her?" Sakura asked.
"Don't say it." Ryuu growled.
"La la la la laaaa," Aria sang with a hand on her chest.
Ryuu blushed further.
"It's not you is it?" Temari asked Aria.
Aria shook her head. "I'd kill him if it was."
The group chuckled.
"Just come out and say it, Ryuu, or I'll say it for you," Aria sang in a teasing voice.
Ryuu grumbled something unintelligible, but it sounded strangely like an insult.
"Who is it Ryuu?" Kankuro taunted.
Ryuu seemed determined not to speak.
Aria giggled girlishly. It was kind of scary to listen to. "Ah, mee." She said in a high pitched voice.
Ryuu shot her a look.
Gaara looked at Ryuu with a twisted grin on his face. "Ami? Seriously?" He cried.
Ryuu grumbled again.
Gaara burst out laughing.
"Shut up...just shut up..." Ryuu grumbled.
"Who's Ami?" Azimora laughed.
"Don't say it." Ryuu growled.
"Ryuu's girlfriend." Kankuro laughed.
Now it was Shino's turn to look at Ryuu. "How long have you been dating HER?" He cried.
"Just shut up!" Ryuu cried.
Neji stared warily at Ryuu. His fists were clenched in his lap with a white knuckle grip and he was quivering slightly. Oh yeah...he was mad.
"About five years?" Kankuro looked towards Aria. "What do you think?"
"Five years sounds right."
"I didn't know you were dating Ami!" Shino cried. "Why haven't I heard of this?"
"Hey, I didn't know either." Gaara snorted.
"He's been dating her for awhile." Kankuro laughed. "Ryuu and Ami sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S GAH!"
He didn't finish his taunt as Ryuu had literally jumped him and pinned him to the floor.
"You shut your fucking mouth or I'll shut it for you!" Ryuu snarled.
Aria, Gaara, and Shino had jumped off the couch and were watching Ryuu warily.
"Ryuu..." Aria said softly.
"I'm sorry!" Kankuro cried, a look of fear on his face.
"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Ryuu roared. He raised his fist.
"RYUU!" Shino, Gaara and Aria cried at the same time.
Ryuu looked up at them, his face twisted with fury.
"Well FUCK YOU TOO!" He cried. He got off Kankuro and swung for Aria who just barely dodged it.
Neji reacted first. He grabbed Ryuu and put him in a choke hold before pinning him to a wall.
"Stop it...They were just joking around..." Neji growled.
"Joking my ass!" Ryuu cried. "How many fucking times did I tell them to fucking drop it?"
"They've dropped it now!" Neji growled. "Besides, a joke is no reason to attack your band mates!"
Ryuu's leg swung around and hooked Neji's ankle before kicking it slightly so he lost his balance. Ryuu took advantage of the momentary weakness to break out of Neji's hold and slam a fist into the side of his face.
Neji grunted in surprise and fell to the ground.
"RYUU!" Aria cried. "Shit..." She pulled out her cell phone and dialled a number.
Ryuu grabbed Neji by the front of his shirt and lifted him off the ground to pin him to a wall.
"Listen, you little shit. You don't know anything about me..."
Neji had a trickle of blood coming out of his mouth, as Ryuu's punch had split the inside of his cheek open.
"You know nothing about me...So what gives you the right to tell me what's right and what's wrong?"
"Well, why don't we just sit down and get to know each other then?" Neji whispered through a mouthful of blood.
Ryuu's eyes flashed as he glared at Neji. He pressed his fist into Neji's throat.
Itachi, Naruto, Shikamaru and Sasuke reacted this time, taking a step forward to protect Neji.
Gaara stopped them. "You don't want to do that. Aria's got it covered.
Neji coughed a couple of times, the blood dribbling down his chin.
Aria suddenly held out her cell phone towards Ryuu, and a cry of 'RYUU STOP IT!' tore from the phone.
Ryuu's head snapped towards the voice. He narrowed his eyes at Aria.
"Don't you bring her into this!" He cried.
Ryuu...please... The voice came out of the phone. It was pleading and almost scared, and most certainly female.
Neji sighed as he felt Ryuu's grip relaxing. Still, he stood there, taking deep breaths to re oxygenate his body.
Ryuu finally let go of Neji and he walked away from the group and into the other room.
Aria sighed and brought the phone back to her ear. "Thank you."
Tenten and Sakura had rushed to Neji's aid, wiping the blood off his chin. Sakura gave him a cup of salt water to swish around in his mouth. He cringed at the taste and the pain it sent through the gash in his mouth.
"No, he's done it five times now. This is just the first time we needed to call you." Aria whispered.
Sakura examined the cut at the front of his mouth where his canine teeth had pierced his skin when Ryuu had punched him. He had a bruise forming on his cheek as well, which Tenten was a little annoyed at.
"Yeah, we're going to Airisu next...All right, I guess we'll see you there then?" Aria paused. Then she walked to where Ryuu had gone before coming back half a second later. "He's lying down now, so don't worry...all right, bye..." She closed the phone and sighed.
"What the hell just happened?" Itachi whispered.
Aria sighed and shook her head. "He's been like that ever since his family died. His family was murdered in their own house, and Ryuu fought and killed said murderer, though he was brutally injured. He survived, however but not without scars." Aria rubbed her face. "I'm guessing that when Ryuu fought off his family's killer, he developed that side of him. Now whenever he gets angry, or feels threatened, he turns into that and just..." Aria sighed.
"Loses control." Gaara finished.
"So who was that you were on the phone with?" Naruto asked.
"Ami." Aria said simply. "We didn't bring her with us because we didn't expect Ryuu to turn violent like that. Usually he just bares his teeth and spits profane words while we hold him back and drag him from the situation, but usually we could keep him under control."
"Wait...isn't Ami his girlfriend?" Sakura asked, trying to put two and two together.
Aria nodded. "She's the only one who can stop his rages dead in its tracks. I don't know how or why, but all I know is that hearing her voice stops his rage." Aria looked towards her band. "She's going to join us for the rest of the trip. She'll be meeting us in Airisu."
"Airisu?" Shikamaru raised his eyebrow. "But we're going there next."
"Oh really?" Kankuro blinked. "Well then I guess we get to stick together a little longer, eh?"
Sakura gave Neji an icepack to put on his swelling cheek. He had a bruise forming on his cheekbone.
"Are you going to be alright, Neji?" Itachi asked.
Neji nodded. "My cheek is just going to hurt for the next eternity. It sucks that people are going to think I picked a fight with someone."
"Technically, you did." Shino adjusted his glasses. "It's idiotic to try and stop Ryuu when he's in a rage."
"Well thanks for letting me know." Neji muttered bitterly.
The group chuckled.
"This better go away in time for the concert."
A/N: Sooo? Worth the wait? I decided to make the group get to know each other by playing truth or dare. As you can see, it didn't exactly end well. But now, you have seen Ryuu's demon. I adapted it so that his eyes don't turn red, and various other things. Demon Ryuu is more smirk and laugh at other people's pain, so basically, it was changed to fit the story. Instead of making him more evil, I made him violent and angry. In the story that I created Ryuu for, there actually is a character named Ami who has always been able to put Ryuu's demon at bay, and he falls in love with her because of that. As for Aria's 'la la la la laaaa' line earlier, Ami usually sings to get Ryuu to calm down. You'll get more about her later.
Hug Contest!
Me: and we're back,
Naruto: HEY SASUKE!
Me: *sweat drop*
Naruto: HEY SASUKE!
Sasuke: What, dobe?
Naruto: How was the hug from your fan girl?
Sasuke: I don't want to talk about it...
Naruto: OOooh, was that a blush I saw?
Sasuke: NO!
Me: *rotating wrists while watching the two duke it out*
Sasuke: DOBE!
Naruto: TEME!
Sasuke: DOBE!
Naruto: TEME!
Me: SHUUUUUT UUUUUUUUP!
Sasuke, Naruto: *staring at me with wide eyes*
Me: *points at Sasuke* You, go...
Sasuke: *backs away in terror*
Me: GO!
Sasuke: AHH, *runs*
Me: *looks at Naruto*
Naruto: *flinches under gaze*
Me: *sweetly* Now let's find out the concert winner!
Naruto: *sweat drops*
Me: Today, we have ten contestants!
Naruto: In tenth place we have Katarina Wolffe with 118 words.
Me: In ninth place we have EmeraldHeart12 with 197 words.
Naruto: In eighth place we have SnowStar145 with 258 words.
Me: In seventh place we have chibi-princessa with 263 words.
Naruto: In sixth place we have Ceri Siracha with 330 words!
Me: She had this cute little skit too!
Naruto: *scratches head awkwardly and blushes slightly*
*please stand by*
Hinata: *blush* Um…H-here, Naruto-kun…I wrote a three-page review for you…
Naruto: Really? Wow, that's so cool, Hinata! You're the best!
Hinata: N-Naruto-kun…
Naruto: *hugs Hinata* Looks like you win!
Hinata: N-Naruto-kun… *faints*
Naruto: HINATA? Are you okay? HINATA!
Neji: *furious* WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY COUSIN?
Naruto: I didn't do anything! She just fainted!
Neji: …you really are a moron.
Naruto: *glare* Man, Neji, you're almost as bad as Sasuke-bastard!
Sasuke: I'm offended.
Naruto: I said ALMOST as bad, bastard! NO ONE'S as bad as you are!
Sasuke: *eye twitch* Loser.
Naruto: BASTARD!
*please stand by*
Naruto: SOMEHOW Hinata's virtual three paged review got beaten.
Me: That was the scariest part...
Naruto: O.O
Me: In fifth place with 376 words was The MysteriousRed.
Naruto: In fourth place with 383 words was rosesecret02.
Me: in third place with 525 words was Waymirec!
Naruto: In second place with a...holy hell WE HAVE A NEW RECORD!
Me: NEW RECORD! 1,052 words!
Me, Naruto: WOOOOOOO!
*Confetti popping everywhere*
*please stand by*
Me: *coughs up a piece of confetti* SO!
Naruto: In second place with *deep breath* one thousand and fifty two words is...Deidara-is-Beast!
Me: And in first place...O.O ANOTHER NEW RECORD?!
Naruto: REALLY?!
Me, Naruto: WOOOOOOOO!
*Confetti popping everywhere*
*please stand by*
Naruto: *looks like he's choking*
Me: *pulls the Heimlich manoeuvre on Naruto*
Naruto: BLEEEGCH! *a horde of confetti spews from his mouth*
Me: So! Our new record is...1,305!
Naruto: One thousand, three hundred and five? HOLY SH*Beeeeeeeeeeep*
Me: Naruto, you cannot swear on national television!
Naruto: Then why can Itachi do it?
Itachi: Because I'm badass.
Naruto: What are you doing here?
Itachi: I have yet to figure that out myself.
Me: ANYWAY! In first place with 1,305 words-
Itachi: Holy shit...
Naruto: See?
Me: *clears throat* ANYWAY! *glares at both Naruto and Itachi*
Naruto: *backs away in chair*
Itachi: *stands his ground*
Me: The winner in first place with 1,305 words, spanning over at total of FOUR count em, FOUR pages...ChibiTennie-Chan! Let's give a big hand!
Naruto: Aww! So I have to pay for her ramen?!
Me: If that's what it says on her review, than that's the way it is!
Itachi: Reviewers know all, Naruto. Reviewers know all. They're the gods who keep us alive!
Naruto: How do they do that?
Itachi: Well, let's just say...without reviews, the Manga known as Naruto wouldn't get publicity...then there would be no Naruto! No US! But with reviews, they can turn that Manga into an ANIME! And WHAMMO! A whole new generation of people watching our show. Then we end up on Fan fiction dot net, then we get even more reviews, especially in SilverEyeShinobi's story...
Naruto: Okay I get it.
Itachi: Are you sure?
Naruto: No.
Sasuke: Dobe.
Naruto: TEME!
Me: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BACK HERE?!
Sasuke: GAH! I'm SORRY! *runs*
Itachi: So why am I here?
Me: Because, Itachi-san, you're the last one left!
Itachi: Oh.
Me: Second, because I had three reviews from the last chapter telling me that they were going to go all out when you were the target.
Itachi: Hell.
Me: So now, you're going to be the next person that gets hugged.
Itachi: *blinks* NOOOOOOOO! *Falls to knees*
*please stand by*
Me: *coughs* Feeling better Itachi?
Itachi: *lying on the floor* oh yeah. Much better.
Me: Good. SO! LONGEST REVIEW GETS TO HUG ITACHI!
Itachi: Let's see if you can make it to TWO THOUSAND this time.
Me: Itachi...Two thousand words is too big to make it the minimum.
Itachi: *shrugs*
Me: Until next time! SilverEyeShinobi! Signing off!