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Kicked out of the cinema with an hour and a half to go before the film finishes, what are two bored ninja to do?
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My Butterfly
The sun was high in the sky and the streets were clear. The rookies that had gathered together to watch a movie and celebrate a lack of missions were sitting comfortably inside the cinema building. Two however were not so comfortable.
"Sasuke! Now that you've got us kicked out, what are we supposed to do for the next hour and a half!?"
"Dobe"
"Huh?"
"It was you who once again got us kicked out"
"No, no last time it was that crazy lady with ferrets! Seriously who takes their pet ferrets to a cinema?"
"Someone who wanted to watch a movie in peace without a blonde idiot forming a riot in the seats behind them"
"Hmph…huh? Ooh Sasuke let's play that" Naruto pointed at two people walking past, they were both carrying a racket of some kind. "Hn, tennis? You want to play tennis?"
"Yeah why not, there's nothing else we can do!"
"Hn" Sasuke agreed and stood up from the place where he sat on the pavement. "One problem, dobe you have no idea how to play." Both boys started to walk to the training fields and courts by the stadium arena, in the opposite direction to the cinema.
"Sure I do, it's pretty simple to hit a ball with a tennis racket you know"
"Really now, where are you going to get the equipment from?"
"Er…I was going to say we borrow them off those guys but…"
"They've gone" Sasuke finished. They stopped walking and were stood opposite a field of flowers.
"Ooh, look its Kiba, Hinata and- where's Shino?" Naruto yelled and caught their attention. "Naruto?" Kiba wasn't wearing his usual furry anorak.
"Na-Naruto-kun?" Hinata too was also not wearing her anorak. Sasuke and Naruto would have been suspicious if the temperature hadn't been so high.
"We've just come back from our mission, but apparently everyone has gone to the cinema to celebrate, did you guys not get invited? Or were you guys too 'busy'?" Kiba laughed and picked up a bat next to him.
"Shut it Inuzuka, for your information we were invited, this dobe here got us kicked out again"
"Touchy aren't we today Uchiha? Haha, so what are you guys up to now?"
"We were gonna play tennis but we didn't have any tennis stuff" the blonde rubbed the back of his head.
"Well we were gonna play baseball or at least something with this bat…but we don't have enough players and Hinata confiscated our Frisbee" Currently Hinata was out of ear shot, playing with Akamaru to get her mind and thoughts away from Naruto.
"…" there was an awkward pause. "So…what does everyone want to do now?"
"I'm researching certain bugs and I need specimens" everyone jumped as Shino landed next to them from the tree above. Sasuke shuddered slightly, after the incident with the female bugs crawling all over him undetected during the chunin exams and the introduction to Naruto's household crawlers, Shino was definitely not one that he'd want to stand so close too.
"Nah Shino, no one wants to collect your bugs! Especially not in this heat"
"But Kiba, I bought spare nets with me." Shino spoke in his don't-mess-with-me voice and held up a couple of butterfly nets that he had hidden under his coat.
"Um, thanks Shino what are we collecting" Naruto took one of the nets that Shino brandished at him. Sasuke and Kiba took one reluctantly.
"Hmn, the butterfly"
"Which butterfly, there's millions out here today!?"
"There will be two teams. If you bring me a butterfly I'll tell you what species it is. The more species your team finds adds to your score points. Think of it as a game. Think of it as fun"
"Fun!? My idea of fun is not chasing butterflies!?" an annoyed Uchiha snapped.
"Don't want to do it? Well tough luck, as soon as you took the net you agreed to play and follow my rules. The rules of the game require you to catch a butterfly" getting creeped out by Shino, Sasuke 'Hn'-ed and walked into the flower field to catch a butterfly. "Sasuke! Wait for me" Naruto ran after him.
"Kiba-kun? What are we…?"
"Come on Hinata. Akamaru" Kiba handed Hinata a net and pulled her along into the flowered field. Akamaru ran merrily behind them.
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"Ha, this is fun ne Sasuke?" Naruto was running around chasing a butterfly with the net flowing behind his head. "Hn"
"Are you not having fun?" Sasuke was lying on his back flowers half hiding him from view. "Chasing butterflies is not my idea of fun" he was quite contented watching Naruto catch all the butterflies for him.
"I caught it! I caught it!" Naruto cheered and brought the net up to show the butterfly that he had caught. He opened the net and it flew out before landing on his head. "Shall we go tell Shino now?"
"Why do we have to go back up there?"
"Sasuke you're starting to sound like Shikamaru"
"I didn't want to play this game in the first place"
"Whatever this is fun, I'm going to win with or without you" Naruto grinned and got to his feet, "I'll be back soon" The butterfly clung on to a strand of blonde hair as Naruto ran over to the tree where Shino sat.
"I found one, do we win now?" Shino prised the worn out butterfly out of the blonde's hair. "Naruto, the aim of the game is to find the butterflies and keep them in one piece"
"So are we winning?"
"Currently yes. If Uchiha Sasuke does not present one specimen to me your team forfeits"
"No, I will win. Sasuke!" Forgetting where the raven was laying Naruto charged back to the area he had previously been and ended up tripping over the comfortable figure.
"Naruto! Get off, can't you watch where you're walking!?"
"Sasuke you need to catch something otherwise we'll lose!"
"So?"
"Move! Move! Move!" Naruto pulled at him and forced him to stand up. "Was he specific as to what I had to catch?"
"Just one specimen"
"Hn, I've found the perfect specimen"
"Where? I don't see any butterflies. You have to make some noise so they come out of hiding, then you have to search for them. That's how I found mine"
"Oh but I don't need to make noise or search for them I have already found my butterfly"
"Huh? Sasuke why are you looking at me like that!? Put that net down, you could hurt me with it!?" Naruto started to back away slowly but seeing Sasuke raise the net he broke into a run. "No, Sasuke! Stop"
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"Uchiha Sasuke, I see you have finally caught…something"
"Hn, great I've done my bit. You may need a new net"
"Grr Sasuke! Let me out!" Sasuke turned round and Shino saw the big bulge in the butterfly net. Naruto was struggling to get out and making Sasuke wince as the wooden handle cut into his shoulder.
"Shino-kun, we've caught some more and- Na-Na-Naruto-kun!" Hinata appeared; she had a flower in her hair and a couple of butterflies floating around her head. She looked panicked when she saw the captured Naruto.
"Haha, Naruto you got caught haha" Kiba barked with laughter also with butterflies flying around him.
"Grr Shut up and get me out!" There was a ripping sound as Naruto fell through the bottom. He unravelled out onto the grass. Sasuke handed the net back to Shino who glanced at it with disgust.
"Dobe get up" A hand was offered and Naruto was helped up. "Ow, that hurt"
"Naruto. You owe me a new net" Shino was angry, if his tone wasn't a give away then the bugs congregating around his head were.
Naruto's eyes darted from Shino to Sasuke. "That's it you get back here!" Sasuke gave one last smirk before dashing off deeper into the flower field. Naruto followed in pursuit. As he ran his opened jacket fluttered in the breeze.
"Naruto-kun really does look like a butterfly in the distance. Doesn't he?" Hinata smiled as their figures faded.
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A\N: This story is getting harder to keep people interested. Well here was a cute little fluffy moment there XD hope you enjoyed it!
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