A/N: YO SUP HOMIES!
I will never do that again.
This chapter is dedicated to: DarkAngel2098, X. rainbow-queen-of-earth.X, Katarina Wolffe, muffinqueen16, Corentin, yunaluna95, StarVamp, SparkDazzleDuez, Nibinokwe, night dae, I'mInCharge-GodHelpUsAll (your name makes me LMFAO), nakimina, Waymirec, bright-rebellious, and AnimeCrazed121.
Chapter 34: Lunch
It's been three days since The Fifth Element arrived at Kona Farms. Renji was starting to look like he was going to have an anxiety attack at any second as the date for their next concert steadily approached.
Meanwhile, The Fifth Element and co were having a heyday. (get it? Heyday...Hay?)
There was a cry of disgust from the apple orchard.
"Ugh, look at this! It's totally rotten!" Itachi cried holding up an apple that was dripping juices and coloured a sickly grey colour.
"Okay, that's disgusting Itachi." Azimora cried, backing away from him just in case he threw it.
"Remind me again why we're picking rotten apples off the trees?" Dark cried from a few rows down. He had been staying over at the farm since he arrived with his dad.
"Because they've gone bad and we're going to feed them to the pigs!" Sora called back.
Neji and Tenten meanwhile had formed an apple line and were tossing apples to each other. Neji stood a few feet from their apple basket and was catching the apples Tenten tossed forward before catching them and throwing them carelessly in the basket to be battered around some more.
"AUGH!" The cry of outrage and disgust was impossible to identify, but it made everybody stop.
"Sorry guys," Sora said. "I just put my thumb though a bad apple.
"Oh gross!" Dark laughed.
Neji and Tenten resumed their apple throwing.
"I love your idea, guys." Itachi laughed. "Hey guys, we should make an apple throwing line!"
"Dark and I have done it." Sora stated. "It's no fun with more than two people until you start hurling the apples at each other."
"Who else did it with you?" Tenten asked, throwing another apple in Neji's direction.
"My siblings," Dark replied.
"How many siblings do you have?"
"I have a younger sister, and an older brother..." Dark seemed to consider something else for a moment before shaking his head.
Sora laughed. "I was amazed when your brother joined in."
"So was I." Dark chuckled. "He's usually so uptight, he's boring."
There was a loud whistling noise from the farmhouse on the other side of the orchard.
Everyone sighed with relief knowing that the whistle was what signalled the end of the work for the morning.
"You know what I just noticed, guys?" Shikamaru piped up as they dragged their apple baskets and crates back onto a small pickup truck which Sora could drive, but everyone else pretty much had to walk or ride in the back.
"What have you noticed?" Sasuke asked dully.
"We haven't practiced for the last three days."
Neji blinked a few times. "Crap." He muttered.
"Oh yeah, you guys are in a band." Sora said with realization as she climbed into the truck. Everyone else jumped into every available space they could in the back and rode the rest of the way to the farm.
"What's your band called?" Dark asked, as Sora started the truck.
The band smirked at each other as they tried to think of a way to say it comically.
"The Fifth Element." Azimora said coolly.
"Aw, you ruined it!" Itachi cried.
Azimora grinned. "I know."
"I've heard of you guys." Dark said with a sigh.
"What's with the face?" Neji asked. "You look almost disappointed."
"I have to apologize when I say your music makes me want to curl up and die." Dark sighed.
"WHAT?" Renji cried.
Dark put up his hand to silence them. "But that's only because my sister is obsessed with your music. She plays it almost constantly. I'm sick of listening to it."
The band looked slightly hurt, though they technically understood.
"Well, we've found our first anti-fan." Shikamaru said with a shrug.
"Over-playing is one of the worst killers of music." Itachi sighed.
Dark shrugged. "When I first heard it, I mean, I kind of liked it. But after listening to it constantly for several months, it just got infuriating. Sorry."
"Don't worry about it." Neji sighed.
Tenten could tell the band was just a little bit down after hearing about their first fan bust. She had to admit she was a bit sad herself that there actually was someone out there who didn't like The Fifth Element's music.
"What music DO you like then?" Itachi asked.
"I usually listen to rock and metal." Dark stated.
The truck stopped and everyone piled out of it.
"Don't take it too hard." Sora told the band as they headed back to the house. "Dark has a strict policy to hate everything that's popular."
"Hey!" Dark cried. "I do not!"
"You so do, just admit it."
Dark scoffed and tossed his head.
Sora laughed at him.
"How old are you guys?" Renji asked. "You act like you're kids!"
"We're sixteen," Dark stated,
"And yes, we do act like we're kids." Sora added.
"We're not ready to grow up yet."
Itachi laughed. "Ditto!"
"Yeah, well you're twenty four, Itachi."
"SHH!" Itachi hissed.
"You guys look younger than sixteen." Renji grumbled. "Actually, Sora looks younger than sixteen. Dark looks older."
"Oh THANK you." Dark muttered.
Sora laughed at him again.
The group walked into the house, but Dark stopped dead in his tracks at the door, blocking everyone else's entrance.
"What are YOU doing here?" He cried, pointing his finger.
There was a laugh from in the house. "He's been here for the last half hour, Dark."
"Dark, if you don't mind...move." Sora told him.
"Sorry."
He moved and everyone else walked into the house. One thing was apparent after a few seconds. Someone was here that wasn't here this morning. He had longish dark hair that partially hung over his left eye, and a bored expression on his face. He looked quite similar to Dark apart from the clothes: He wore lighter colours; more specifically a white shirt and jeans.
"Wow Dark, is that your brother you mentioned earlier?" Renji laughed.
"Speak of the devil, I know." Dark muttered. "How the hell did you get here?"
"Did you see my bike parked out front?" Dark's brother asked.
"You're kidding right? Karakura to here? That must've taken you hours!" Sora cried.
"It took me three hours." Dark's brother stated.
"All right, all right, you can tell your story while we eat." Samitor said bringing food to the table.
Everyone sat down, but Dark couldn't stop staring at his brother as if he couldn't believe that he was here in the first place.
"If you're wondering why I even bothered to spend three hours on a bike just to get here," Dark's brother began, "it's because I couldn't concentrate with the racket Rukia is making these days."
"Tou-freaking-ché." Dark muttered.
"That's not nice, guys." Dark's father chuckled.
"I hope you guys don't mean our music?" Itachi interjected.
Dark's brother's eyes went across every face at the table. Tenten almost laughed as realization seemed to dawn on the tough faced man.
"Wonderful." He muttered and dug into his food.
They ate in silence for a few more seconds.
"How can you spend three hours on a bike anyway?" Tenten asked in the silence.
Dark and his father snorted into their food as if they knew something everyone else did.
"Three hours on a bike is nothing compared to what he did on Christmas last year, eh, Byakuya?" Dark said with a grin.
Dark's brother, now known as Byakuya, smirked slightly before continuing to eat.
"Uh oh, what did he do?" Temari laughed.
"He goes to university in Suna, you see," Dark began the tale.
"Seriously, not this again." Byakuya muttered.
"Christmas is a big deal in my family, all right?" Dark continued, ignoring his brother. "So when he got out for Christmas holidays, he tried to take a plane back to Karakura for Christmas. Unfortunately because of a very unfortunate happening involving a very bad storm which happened to kill all the airplanes, he couldn't get back to Karakura."
"Oh that sucks!" Naruto cried.
Byakuya continued to ignore the story going on.
"Heck, he even called to say the planes were down. Then he said he was going to come home for Christmas no matter what he had to do." Dark sniggered. "So he freaking packs a bag, complete with tent and sleeping bag, and freaking WALKS from Suna to Karakura."
"NO WAY!" Temari cried.
Sora was dying with uncontrollable laughter. "Why didn't I hear about this?"
"He shows up on our doorstep a week later." Dark finished. "It freaked all of us out."
"And he got there in time?" Renji asked.
"Yeah, two days before Christmas eve."
Tenten stared at Byakuya. He seriously looked like he was about to have an aneurism. Or something similar to that.
"So, how's the bus been going, Yamato?" Renji piped up after several seconds of forks scraping plates.
"We've pulled the engine out and we're trying to see just what happened to it." Yamato explained.
"Please tell me no one put sugar in our gas tank." Itachi cried suddenly.
A few people who knew exactly what sugar did to a gas tank looked up in horror. The short list included Neji, Azimora, Byakuya and Sora.
"Thankfully, no." Yamato sighed.
"What does sugar do to a gas tank?" Naruto asked.
"Don't even start, Byakuya." Dark cried just as Byakuya opened his mouth. Tenten almost laughed at the death glare Dark was given by his brother.
"I'm not too great at giving a good explanation as to what sugar does to a gas tank." Yamato stated.
"It kills the engine, right?" Sora asked.
"It does way more than kill the engine." Azimora cried. "It slaughters it!"
"Byakuya, I do believe you have a big explanation as to why that happens." Dark's dad stated.
"Unfortunately, Dark doesn't want me to speak." Byakuya said in a monotone, putting more food in his mouth.
"Well I wouldn't mind hearing the explanation." Yamato stated. Then he shot a look at Kakashi. "Kakashi! Book away!"
Kakashi looked up. "But I'm mid chapter!"
Samitor showed him no mercy. She snatched the book from his hands and took it away.
Kakashi muttered something inaudible and continued eating his meal.
"Oh fine, give your long winded explanation, Byakuya." Dark sighed.
"Do you have sibling rivalry or something?" Temari laughed.
"Nah," Sora piped up. "Byakuya's just smarter than him and Dark hates it."
"HEY!" Dark cried. Byakuya smirked.
"I do have to say though, little brothers are awesome." Itachi said as he messed up Sasuke's hair.
"Itachi!" Sasuke cuffed Itachi across the side of the head.
The table laughed.
"So what does sugar do to a gas tank?" Naruto asked again.
"Turns the gas into syrup and clogs everything." Byakuya stated. "It's worse with diesel engines."
"Wow, I expected a lesson, complete with diagrams." Dark muttered.
"I study physics. Not chemistry." Byakuya stated.
Dark coughed. "The viscosity of syrup-"
"Shut up." Byakuya growled. Dark immediately went silent as if this had been a threat, though Byakuya hadn't even made eye contact. He didn't even sound that threatening in the first place.
"What sort of physics do you study?" Shikamaru asked as if he was completely interested.
"Oh Shikamaru," Temari laughed.
"Pretty much everything." Byakuya stated.
"I think he's determined to be the next big scientist." Dark stated.
"You were pretty big on the sciences in high school, weren't you Shikamaru?" Neji asked. "You had science homework every night."
Shikamaru smirked and rolled his eyes.
"Before he was a guitarist, he was a genius." Sasuke muttered.
A few people around the table laughed.
"He's still a genius." Renji pointed out.
"Touché," Sasuke muttered.
"May the mass times acceleration be with you." Shikamaru said smugly.
Byakuya laughed. He was the only one who got it.
"PAHAHAHAHAHA!" Neji laughed half a second later. "I get it."
"What?" Naruto asked.
"Force equals mass times acceleration." Neji explained easily.
The people who knew Star Wars like the backs of their hands laughed. The others just chuckled.
"I love Star Wars." Sora sighed after finishing her laughing fit.
"Neji, remember the time we played Star Wars with Kiba?" Itachi asked.
Neji laughed. "Yes."
"Anakin, there's a problem with the left forward thrusters!" Naruto cried.
Neji immediately put on his Obi-Wan voice. "Naruto, silence. You are disturbing the Midi-Chlorians."
The Star Wars nerds burst out laughing.
"Besides, you didn't even quote me right." Neji continued. He cleared his throat. "Anakin, there seems to be a malfunction with the left forward thrusters."
Sora and Dark laughed.
"Are you trying to be Obi-Wan?" Dark cried.
"I am Obi-Wan." Neji said, but at the same time, most of the group chorused 'He is Obi-Wan', causing very humorous sound to form in the kitchen.
Sora laughed.
"What happened to Obi-Wan anyway?" Dark murmured.
"He went poof." Sora said simply, "Then he became a disembodied voice."
Cue Star Wars nerd laughter.
"You guys are a riot." Ryonue laughed.
"What did I tell you?" Renji said with a shrug. "And believe me. You haven't seen anything yet. If you want a good laugh, watch them on stage."
"Sooner than you think." Dark muttered. For once, he made peaceful eye contact with his brother for a moment.
"Why? What's up?" Naruto asked in his loud voice that had been silenced by Neji-Wan for several minutes.
"Rukia's dragging us with her." Dark sighed.
"Us?"
"Byakuya and I." Dark continued. "Everyone but our parents."
"Don't look so down." Dark's dad stated.
Byakuya muttered something inaudible and continued eating.
"Oh yeah, Karakura..." Sasuke said scratching his chin.
"Tell you what, we'll do something awesome on stage." Itachi said leaning back in his chair. "It's Halloween so, we can do our Halloween special, eh guys?"
"And pull another Amaterasu?" Neji snorted.
"Well, WHY NOT?" Itachi cried.
"Funny thing..." Dark muttered. "Karakura at Halloween is probably the best time to go."
"Why? What happens?" Itachi asked.
All at once, Dark and Byakuya started chuckling. Sora began to giggle, and Dark's dad started shaking his head.
"Four words." Dark held up four fingers. "City. Wide. Laser Tag."
"What?" Neji looked at Dark incredulously.
"It's a yearly tradition. It used to be with sticks, but now we're using lasers. It's safer that way." Dark stated.
"And? What's that tradition?"
Dark and Byakuya did the peaceful eye contact thing again.
"Why spoil the fun?" Dark asked. "You'll see."
The first thing Tenten thought upon seeing the smug looks on everyone's faces was that when they got to Karakura, they were in for hell. And a lot of it.
Personally, Tenten was excited.
"It better be worth the wait." Itachi grumbled.
"Trust me." Sora stated. "It will be."
A/N: Ah, this was a great chapter! It was funny because every time I tried to write the phrase "Dark sighed" Microsoft Word would always tell me to write it as "Dark side". Get it? hahaha...
So, you now know the Cameo! It's the Kuchiki family! And if Byakuya seems out of character, I have an excuse for that: Byakuya is hilarious. So, I brought that hilarious with him to put it in the story.
I'll bet you're excited for Karakura now! Believe me, so am I. Hehe.
This is SilverEyeShinobi and her paperclip bracelet signing off!
P.S.
SilverEyeShinobi is not responsible for disappearing paperclips because everyone now wants to wear a paperclip bracelet. But paperclip bracelets are FREAKING AWESOME!
Peace.