Author's Note: Yet another update. :) Hopefully this chapter is fine; I thought about it for a little while. The strange thing is: the idea came to me as I was randomly surfing the internet. And...I wasn't even thinking about Naruto at the time. -.-'
Well anyway, at least an idea came to me! It's not the best though. But I still hope you enjoy it! Oh, and reviews would be really appreciated!
I know it's stupid how Gaara and Inner G are stuck together by a Chinese finger trap. However: the two boys that gave Temari the trap [check back to "Temari's New Plan" chapter if you don't know what I'm talking about] are...MARTY-STUS! (Male Mary-Sues!) Therefore, they had powers to make the trap much more stronger than average; not even Gaara and Inner G can break free from them. ;) It may not have seemed like the two boys were "Marty-Stus", but they where. They were from a story I wrote but never posted; it was a Death Note fic that parodied Mary-Sue/Marty-Stus. I just threw them in this story for fun.
Anyway, that's the information behind it. I wanted to make that CLEAR: before questions are asked. ^.^
Now...enjoy the chapter~!
Disclaimer: ...Damn, I'd love to own Naruto. But...I don't.
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The Sand Siblings Go On A Road Trip:
Chapter Thirty-two
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"Stop acting like children~!" The platinum blond-haired girl hissed as she helped Gaara hold back Inner G. "It's guys like you that make me THANKFUL I became a lesbian~!"
"Oh zip it, bitch!" The old man snapped as he scowled at her. "You are a USELESS minor character! Nobody cares about your feelings or thoughts! And stop talking like that!"
"STOP TALKING LIKE WHAT~?"
"STOP TALKING IN THAT VOICE! I CAN'T TAKE IT; I HATE FRICKIN' SING-SONG VOICES!"
"Oh...you are so going to get it~!"
Mayhem was definitely unfolding. It didn't help that they were very different people trapped together in a crappy elevator.
Gaara eventually let go of Inner G; and the Mountain Dew-addict charged at the old man with a wild look in his eyes. But that's when the girl with platinum blond hair jumped in the way and pushed him and Gaara away.
"EVERYBODY JUST CALM DOWN!" The little boy eventually yelled hysterically. The four crazy 'freaks' all suddenly dropped what they were doing and stared at him intensely. "DAMN IT! DON'T YOU SEE HOW CRAZY YOU'RE BEING? SUCK IT UP AND JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTHS! SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO REALIZE THE ELEVATOR IS STUCK; AND THEY WILL GET US OUT! IN THE MEANTIME: STFU ALREADY!"
Gaara knew the kid was right. But he was surprised that he actually had the nerve to say that to them. Silently thanking the boy, Gaara grabbed Inner G by the neck and then turned him around to look him in the eyes. This action took him by surprise, and the freaky inner gasped.
"That kid is right. Stop bickering with the annoying girl and old man; it won't get us out of this rough situation." Gaara mentioned. Silence kind of followed after those words. It wasn't bad at all; it was a good silence. "If we are going to get out of here, we have to be quiet and think everything through."
The silence lasted a really long time. It was a little uncomfortable for Gaara; at first he assumed that everyone was going to just get louder and argue with him. But then...he took notice to Inner G's thoughtful expression, the little boy's saddened expression, the platinum blond-haired girl's surprised expression, and the annoying old man's pissed off expression.
"...You're right, man." Inner G murmured before sighing. "I guess we DID take things just a little too far."
"You wanted to murder me." The old man pointed out; his tone sounding a little challenging.
"AND I WOULD HAVE!" Inner G yelled after twirling around and suddenly looking mad as hell. "THIS ISN'T OVER! YOU ARE SO GONNA GET WHAT'S COMING TO YOU BY THE END OF THIS CHAPTER! IF YOU DON'T...I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU NOW!"
Gaara's eyes widened. And it wasn't from the completely awesome threat Inner G yelled. It was because his freaky inner just broke the forth wall again! Damn, if they broke the forth wall anymore, they wouldn't even be able to keep up their acts!
"He just broke the forth wall!" The kid gasped out as a delayed reaction. This caused Gaara and the platinum blond-haired girl to roll their eyes at the exact same time.
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-With Naruto And Yumi-
"I shouldn't have let you talk me into this!" Yumi said bitterly as she sent a glare in Naruto's direction. "It's bitter cold out here in this rain storm! And we didn't even bring an umbrella!"
"Will you be quiet? Jeez, you're a really interesting girl...but I don't even BEGIN to see what Gaara sees in you." Naruto mentioned as he hugged himself and shivered from the rain.
"Gaara obviously sees me for myself!" Yumi explained; a smirk suddenly appearing onto her face, although she was still annoyed with Naruto's stupid actions. "And I see him for himself too; therefore, it all makes since! Honestly, I felt lost before I met him again...it's like he was the missing-"
"You're getting too cliché on me now." Naruto interrupted, suddenly looking extremely blank.
"...Humph..."
Awkward silence kind of followed after that. Even though they bickered a little bit, Naruto and Yumi were actually enjoying it. Somehow, they felt as if a friendship had sparked between them; but they both dismissed those thoughts...because it would WAY too cliché.
The rain was getting pretty thick. The gusty wind raged on violently too; nearly sweeping Yumi and Naruto off their feet a few times. If only the had checked the weather...then they wouldn't have even been out there in the first place! If anyone saw them, they would probably get the wrong idea and think they were attempting suicide!
"Naruto, we can't even SEE through this storm! We're in the middle of North City looking like idiots!" Yumi shouted as she zipped up her forest-green colored hoodie she had thrown on before leaving the hotel room. "Besides, I doubt Gaara and that weird inner of his would even be out there! They obviously would take shelter somewhere!"
Naruto sighed and tuned out to Yumi's shouting. He was getting really tired of it already, and they hadn't even walked a good distance away from the hotel yet! He just continued walking and squinted to attempt to see through the thick rain.
If they ever found Gaara and Inner G, it would be a miracle.
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-With Mr. And Mrs. Haruna-
Mr. And Mrs. Haruna struggled to walk through the rain. It was proving to be a challenge; they hadn't seen a rain storm like that in the entire time of being at the city; which...wasn't long, but they dismissed that realization.
The big problem was: neither could see through it. So they didn't even know where the hell they were going, if they had only memorized the layout of the town from their map, they COULD have been more prepared. But because they were two very stubborn individuals, they would not take shelter; they would continue walking through the rain and hopefully arrive back at the hotel!
"Dear...is that a building?" Mr. Haruna asked suddenly, a spark of hope in his eyes as he pointed.
Surprised by the fact that he had seen something in the rough storm, Mrs. Haruna's eyes widened. But her surprise wore off and she gripped the umbrella a little bit better before squinting to see through her bangs falling to her face. Just like her husband had pointed out, there was, in fact, a building just a half of a block away!
"I do see a building! Oh god, I hope it's the hotel!"
"Let's run for it!"
Mrs. Haruna nodded. And the two took off running as they both held the umbrella. Their feet splashed through the huge rain puddles along the streets and the rain just got a little thicker; but they continued on. They continued on with much sudden determination.
"...Dammit!" The exact same orange-haired Mist kunoichi furrowed her eyebrows together and slightly raised her umbrella up to reveal herself for a dramatic affect that was of no use to anyone. "They're getting away!"
She rolled her eyes and then stood up from behind the dumpster she was hiding behind, just along the side of the rode where the Haruna's were walking by.
"But I won't let them get away for too long! It is time for me to finally avenge my family!"
Suddenly, almost as if on a cue, the gusty winds just got more forceful; and the kunoichi's umbrella flew right out of her weak grasp and was carried to who-the-hell-knows-where. Shocked, the girl stared for a really long time before screeching when the rain started drenching her.
Mr. And Mrs. Haruna arrived at the building, but where very disappointed when the front of it was in full view: it was actually a convenience store that was closed for the night.
They sighed. But then a sudden blood-curdling scream made them jump quite a few inches off the ground.
"I CAN'T GET WET! NOOOOOO! IT WILL RUIN MY HAIR AND MAKEUP!"
"...Uh..." Mrs. Haruna blinked repeatedly and, terrified, slipped a little closer to her husband. "Dear, what was that sound?"
"Hum...I think it was a stupid slutty girl, but I'm not sure. I never was good at figuring out distant sound; remember?"
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-With Kankuro And Temari-
Temari couldn't believe that Naruto and Yumi where walking through North City trying to find Gaara and Inner G in a rain storm. Well..she COULD believe Naruto would do that! But not Yumi; she had always been convinced that the anime fangirl actually had some good logic.
But apparently she didn't.
The Sand kunoichi was actually just a little worried about Gaara though. Inner G? Not much. But Gaara was her little brother and she had strangely become much more worried of him ever since they started the road trip in the first place. Still, she wouldn't let anybody in on that; because it would make her seem like a weakling.
And she was no weakling!
The reason she had trapped Gaara and Inner G together in the first place was because she wanted them to work out their differences, and convince Gaara to suck it up and get used to the Mountain Dew-addict being in his life. The only drawback was: Naruto and Yumi. Temari knew very well that Naruto had a good friendship with her little brother, and she knew that Yumi obviously had strong feelings for him.
No matter what, she would stop Naruto and Yumi from catching up to Gaara and Inner G! ...Even if it meant wandering through the rain with Kankuro.
"Where the hell could Gaara and that inner BE?When I trapped them together and locked them out, I figured they would stay at the hotel; not GO OUT IN THE RAIN!" Temari thought; holding her open fan over her head as she walked along the soaked streets. "Most of the stores are closed by this time...so it shouldn't be too hard to find Naruto and Yumi."
"Temari...can we just go back to the hotel? I-I'm EXHAUSTED..." Kankuro mentioned drearily as he struggled to keep up with Temari's remarkably fast walking pace.
Temari furrowed her eyebrows together and reached over before quickly punching her annoying brother's shoulder. "Shut up already! You can rest once we catch up to Naruto and Yumi!"
"But why do I-"
"Think of this as...punishment for all the stuff you've said in the past about my cooking and Paramore!"
Kankuro rolled his eyes after that, and then started running to keep up with Temari's really fast walking pace. He hated punishments so much; but it seemed like he was being tortured throughout the entire fic anyway.
With those thoughts, Kankuro didn't even realize that he had once again broken the forth wall.
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-Back Inside The Hotel's (crappy) Elevator:
Back inside the elevator, everything was finally silent. But it wasn't comforting or awkward silence. The silence was very tense; it was so tense that every time Gaara would take a glance at the little boy, his eye would twitch.
Gaara was standing up while leaning against the wall, he was occasionally taking glances at the little boy, but eventually stopped after his eye had twitched a total of three hundred times in ten minutes. The little boy was just that annoying to look at.
Inner G was sitting on the floor and resting his head against the wall. He was so thirsty for some Mountain Dew that he started having mental pictures of the soda fizzing in a seductive way; one would think it was pretty much like a wet dream for him if they didn't know any better.
The 'annoying' little boy was pacing the elevator. He knew that his over-protective, high-strung parents were probably having panic attacks at that moment, but he had never been stuck in an elevator before...so he had no idea of what to do.
The girl with platinum blond hair was standing flat against the wall. She had her eyes closed and was counting as high as she could count. She found that counting really relaxed her; she LOVED math after all. And so far: she was up to 'fifteen-hundred'.
And between all this, the old man had his cellphone out and was randomly viewing some different wallpapers he downloaded onto it; trying to find a new wallpaper for the phone.
...Everyone wanted to get the hell OUT of that elevator. And Gaara started feeling just a little claustrophobic again.
"Fifteen-hundred...six-UGH~! I love math, but even I'm getting sick of this counting~!" The girl said in disgust as she slumped down to the floor and brought her knees close to her; hugging them. "When will we ever get out of here~?"
"I don't know. It could be a LONG time..." The little boy spoke up as he stopped pacing. "Think about it: we're five freaks inside a small cheep elevator. It was so predictable that this would happen!"
"Actually, this wouldn't have happened at all if I had expected Temari's sudden attack." Gaara mentioned, sighing afterward and resting his head against the wall.
"That's the problem, man. She's so hot and sneaky..." Inner G commented for seemingly no reason at all. Gaara chose to ignore that comment.
Inner G opened his eyes and then sent a glare in the little boy's direction before randomly looking around the room; that's when he set his gaze on a certain object and zeroed in on it.
...The annoying old man's cellphone!
Yes, they could use his cellphone and call for help! Since the inner was positive that Gaara's cellphone was back in the hotel room, the girl with platinum blond hair was too stupid to bring one, and the little boy obviously didn't even know what it felt like to have a cellphone. The old man's cellphone was the ONLY cellphone available!
"Hey man," Gaara blinked and then glanced at Inner G. "That old bastard over there as a CELLPHONE! We can use that to call someone and get us out of this elevator of hell!"
Yes...the old man did have a cellphone. How could Inner G have JUST noticed that? Gaara sighed after realizing that and then Inner G got up off the floor and smirked with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"What are you planning?" Gaara asked uneasily.
"...We're kind of stuck together. But...if we epically work together, we can get that cellphone from 'em and get HELP!"
Gaara just blinked repeatedly, but on the inside; he was mentally considering whether to work together with him or not.
It was a tough choice. But in the end, he decided to help him.
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-With Naruto And Yumi-
Both Naruto and Yumi were completely drenched and trudging through North City to search for Gaara and Inner G. But their search was getting nowhere; they checked ten closed stands, another more expense hotel, an ice cream parlor, a shady-looking bar, and an empty lot.
But Gaara and Inner G weren't in any of those places.
"Naruto, I'm going to kill you when we find Gaara and what's-his-name!" Yumi declared through gritted teeth as she got a good grip on her hood over her head.
"Threats won't help us find them! And Yumi, stop saying things like that!"
"What am I supposed to say? Gaara could be ANYWHERE in this huge city!"
"I know...and I'm just as worried and unhealthily paranoid just like you!"
The two continued to argue. Most of their arguing was totally unnecessary back and forth dialogue, so it was skipped without a second thought. Then they arrived back at the parking space just outside of the city, that's when Yumi slipped in a huge puddle and fell into Naruto.
Naruto, however, had gasped and caught her. Even though...he wanted her to slip and hopefully break her neck; that way, she wouldn't be able to rant and ramble about everything. But he caught her anyway and got a good grip around her waist.
"Yumi! Be more careful!"
Yumi scowled and then made eye contact with him. The eye contact was rather violent. "I'm fine, Naruto! I just slipped!"
"But you should be more careful!"
"...I-I know. ...This is why I HATE gravity; all it does is torture ME! Like all the times the Sand Sibling's RV would make a rough vibration and sling me around!"
"...You're ranting again...pfft! Some 'romantic scene' turned out to be..."
"YOU WANTED THIS TO BE A ROMANTIC SCENE? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU IMPLYING?"
Naruto just stayed quiet.
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-With The Haruna's-
"SO STAND IN THE RAIN! STAND YOUR GROUND! STAND UP WHEN IT'S ALL CRASHING DOWN! YOU STAND THROUGH THE PAIN! YOU WON'T DROWN! AND ONE DAY, WHAT'S LOST CAN BE FOUND! YOU STAND IN THE RAIN!"
Mrs. Haruna could only cringe visibly and turn ghostly pale as her husband's freaking terrible singing hit her eardrums and abused them. She really didn't know WHY he was even singing in the first place; because he was a really terrible singer.
Hearing aid or no hearing aid. But Mrs. Haruna figured that she would be the one to need one after suffering through his singing.
"SHE WON'T MAKE A SOUND~! ALONE IN THIS FIGHT WITH HERSELF AND THE FEARS WHISPERING! IF SHE STANDS, SHE FALLS DOWN!"
However, Mrs. Haruna felt like the song was...somehow fitting the situation. Eh...somewhat at least.
"SHE WANTS TO BE FOOOUND! THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH EVERYTHING SHE'S RUNNING FROM-"
"Dear...WHY are you singing?" Mrs. Haruna finally asked as she looked over at her husband, who was way too into the song.
"...I thought it would fit the situation!" Mr. Haruna replied, he was smiling like a complete idiot. "You see: we are trudging through a heavy rainstorm...and...in the lyrics: it's about-"
"Uh...let's just continue our hopeless search for the hotel." Mrs. Haruna mentioned; a brief sweatdrop appearing on her head as she looked away.
Mr. Haruna blinked repeatedly and then shrugged his shoulders before trying to catch up to his creeped out wife.
Meanwhile, the Mist kunoichi that was pretty much stalking them slipped out from behind a nearby streetlight. Her skin was even paler than before and she had a disgusted expression on her face while rubbing her abused ears.
"OMFG! MY EARS! THAT AWFUL SINGING! HE JUST MURDERED A CATCHY SONG!" The kunoichi thought in horror as her ears actually started to bleed.
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-With Temari And Kankuro-
Kankuro and Temari had slipped into a nearby alley; there were a few rooftops from other buildings over it, so they were out of the rain at least.
But both looked pretty bad: Temari's hair was soaked and falling out of it's four pigtails, her cloaks her sticking to her skin, and she was pretty sure that she had a few mud stains on her clothes after a car had driven by and splashed some mud on her and her weird brother.
In comparison, Kankuro probably looked a LOT worse than her. His newly-sewed hat was shredded and stuck to his clothes, his hair was drenched and still dripping rainwater like a leaky faucet, his "facepaint" was completely washed off and a little was smeared around his cheeks, his clothes were beginning to stick to his skin, and he was very sure he had lost his shoes a while ago after the same young woman who wanted Gaara to strip for her (Check back to the chapter: New Friends And Heartbreak for the information behind that, INCASE you've forgotten) drove by like a bat out of hell and splashed mud on them.
"Kankuro, I'm going to try and call Yumi on her cellphone." Temari mentioned as she gestured to her phone. "While I do that, make yourself look a little DECENT so you won't frighten anybody with that homeless look you have going on..."
Kankuro rolled his eyes at that and murmured some stuff incoherently before wringing out his soaked hair. Before Temari could even look back at her cellphone, some music started playing from seemingly nowhere:
Ano hi boku no kokoro wa oto mo naku kuzure satta...
Kowarete saken demo keshi sare nai kioku to...
Kurayami ga hitomi no naka he to nagare komu...
Mou iro sae mie nai ashita he to shizumu...
Kankuro blankly looked around, and then realized that the cellphone was ringing. Temari realized that too and quickly snapped herself out of a daze from the 'amazing' song to answer the phone.
"What a Blood+ fangirl Temari is. She just HAS to have that opening song as her ringtone too?" Kankuro thought as he rolled his eyes.
Before the song could continue, Temari answered the phone. She held the phone to her ear and then her eyes widened as she heard a battle cry on the other line!
"Hello? HELLO? WHO THE HELL IS THIS?" Temari screamed in panic.
"That'll take care of things-TEMARI! YAY~! YOU ANSWERED!" Matsuri's voice said on the other line.
"MATSURI? Why are you calling me?"
"B-because I TRIED to call Gaara, but I had no answer! A-and then I...OUCH! I FELL OVER SOMETHING! Anyway, I tried to call Kankuro: no answer! So now...I have to tell you something!"
"Okay. But how's everything going in the village?"
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-In The Sand-
Matsuri's eyes widened in a comical fashion and she felt the need to fall to the floor. But she kept her balance, and she scoffed at Temari's question.
"HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING? IT'S LIKE HELL BACK HERE! ...For ME at least!" Matsuri screamed; now waving the phone around wildly as she talked/screamed into it. "You have NO idea what I've been through! It all started when Kankuro called us several days ago and mentioned that he and Gaara were in 'jail'~! Me and Baki assumed that they were in trouble; and arranged funeral plans! B-b-but then-ACK! SARI, STOP BITING MY ANKLE! And...and...and then Baki discovered a secret stash of REALLY strong alcohol! He drank a lot and got so wasted that he offered some to other villagers AND they got totally wasted too! They partied...they partied like ANIMALS and nearly destroyed you guys' house! I'M SO SORRY, TEMARI! TELL GAARA THAT IT WASN'T MY FAULT!"
God, Matsuri knew that the explanation was the longest, run-together one she had ever achieved in her life. But hopefully Temari was able to understand her. She stared at her phone in suspense, waiting for the older kunoichi's reply.
But she didn't hear what she wanted.
"So how are things going?"
"WHAT? I just told you!"
"I barely understood what the hell you were randomly spouting off! Can you calmly explain everything again? And...who got wasted?"
"BAKI AND MOST OF THE VILLAGERS DID! UGH! I'M HANGING UP; NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME ANYWAY BECAUSE I'M A 'USELESS' FILLER CHARACTER WITH AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION FOR GAARA!"
With that said, Matsuri pressed a button and slammed her phone down before stuffing it back in her vest pocket.
The "useless filler character" then sighed and turned around to exam the aftermath of Baki and the villager's party. When she had explained that they "nearly" destroyed the house, they actually had destroyed the house. What was left of the sibling's home was just the walls and roof. She stood outside on the porch and shuddered at the memory of how the inside looked.
On the inside, furniture was overturned and destroyed...beer cans and pizza boxes littered the floors, the stereo system was beat up, the main bathroom's bathtub was inside the kitchen, and Matsuri was pretty damn sure that one of her random friends, Suki, took apart some of the water pipes under the house.
But where was Baki and everyone else?
Matsuri had collected everyone (with the help of a wheelbarrow she had in her home's basement) and dumped them off at their respected homes. She was certain they would all wake up with major hangovers and no clue as to how they ended up there. So she quickly and frantically wrote down notes that explained all that happened and stuck them to their foreheads.
Now that she had interfered with the party, took everyone home (except a drunk Sari who was lying on the porch; wrapping herself around Matsuri's ankle) she knew that she HAD to fix and straighten up the house before the trio returned back. If they saw their home in it's current state...eh...Matsuri shuddered to think about what would happen.
"Temari obviously didn't believe me...I guess that's for the best. But I have to fix this place up before they RETURN!"
And, scanning the home, Matsuri knew it would take a long time to fix and straighten up the house. Her life was so not fair at that moment...
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-Back With Temari And Kankuro-
Temari stared at her phone in shock.
"Kankuro...let's go back to the hotel."
Kankuro wasn't listening to Temari at first, after he looked up he blinked when he realized what she just said. "Uh...why? I thought we were searching for Yumi and Naruto...?"
"We were. But...I have a feeling that SOMEWHERE in an obvious location, Inner Gaara is attempting to take an annoying old man's cellphone," Temari sighed before continuing. "And he's failing."
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-Back Inside The Hotel's Elevator-
"SHE SAYS WE'VE GOT TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WE GOT! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE MAKE IT OR NOT! WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S A LOT, FOR LOVE! WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT!"
Gaara just put his free hand over his face and attempted to tune out to his crazy inner's singing.
"WHOOOOA! WE'RE HALFWAY THERE! WHOOOOA-OH! LIVIN' ON A PRAYER! TAKE MY HAND, WE'LL MAKE IT I SWEAR! WHOOOOA-OH! LIVIN' ON A PRAYER! LIVIN' ON A PRAYER!"
The girl with platinum blond hair had shuffled to the elevator's corner and was attempting to not be embarrassed by the fact she was a part of the rough and odd situation. The little boy was bobbing his head and making a little bit of a beat for the song; he obviously liked it.
Inner G stopped right in the middle of singing the rest and then smirked as he noticed the old man was staring at him with an expression that pretty much screamed: "what the hell have you been drinking?" The inner just knew that he would crack under his epic singing. He got a little closer and chuckled evilly.
"Give meh the cellphone or I'll start singing some songs by Metallica..." Inner G coolly said as he gestured to the cellphone the old man was holding.
He just got a glare in response. And then Gaara sighed and grabbed Inner G's neck; pulling him back over.
"Can you just shut up? You've sung Livin' On A Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, Lay Down, AND We Will Rock You in almost an hour..." Gaara pointed out. "I wasn't really expecting a one-man concert..."
"FREAK SHOW is more like it..." The old man mentioned matter-of-factly as Inner G gave him a glare.
"Okay...that's IT!" Inner G yelled, pointing indignantly at the old man. "DID SOMEONE SHOVE A STICK UP YOUR ASS OR SOMETHING? WHY DO YOU JUST HAVE TO BASH ME?"
"Because..." The old man briefly sneered and then stuffed his cellphone back into his coat pocket. "My life has been filled with nothing but depression. I can't remember a time I was ever truly happy...and then when I turned seventeen I realized something: my life was nothing but a depressing time paradox. The only way I could truly have some happiness was by torturing other people around me; annoying them and making them completely pissed at me. Just like how I do my wife, who hopefully has died by her cancer by now!"
Inner G didn't really pay attention to the story. He started to crack his knuckles as he glared at the man. "Any fool who pisses meh off, GETS IT. I don't care about your story, I'm going to bash you in a more VIOLENT manner!"
"Well bring it on then!" The old man taunted. "You've got some pretty brave talk, but you can't possibly have the courage to get me!"
"Hey~! Will you both just stop this~?" The girl platinum blond-haired girl snapped from the elevator's corner.
"Shut up. This is my fight!" Inner G hissed. The minute he said that, the eleven year old boy promptly ran over to the elevator doors and frantically tried to pry them open; to no avail.
Gaara watched the "stand-off" between his weird inner and the old man. He watched it with widened eyes. He knew he had to do something! He had to do something before Inner G did something really drastic! But what could he possibly do to stop them?
Inner G charged at the old man to throw a punch, causing the girl to gasp. But then Gaara quickly extended his hand to grab Inner G's neck.
...He was too late that time. Inner G had nearly hit the old man with his spontaneous (yet epic) punch; but the old man dodged and he just hit the elevator's wall. This caused the elevator to shake a little bit; adnd Gaara stumbled forward, catching himself before he hit Inner G.
"See? You're just not fast enough to get me!" The old man taunted as he crossed his arms and shot him a smug smirk.
The little boy whirled around and then glared at the old man before pointing. "Hey you big jerk, I wouldn't be convinced that this weird Mountain Dew-addict can't hurt you! I'M on his side!"
"Actually, I'm on his side to~." The platinum blond-haired girl mentioned as she got up and put her hands on her hips. "He might be strange, but almost everyone in North City is strange; we're all the same~!"
Gaara nodded as he listened to what the little boy and the freaking annoying girl was saying. He then crossed his arms and gave the old man a glare. "Actually, I'm on the inner's side too."
This stunned the old man. He didn't lose his impassive look, but was a little worried on the inside. It wasn't no longer one against one, it was four against one! He never had been outnumbered before, it felt too intimidating.
Inner G turned around and smirked at everyone. He barely knew the annoying boy and the odd girl with a stupid hair color, but he felt like he was somehow getting used to them.
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-Elsewhere-
Naruto and Yumi shivered and hugged themselves as they sat on the couch of Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro's RV. After realizing that they would probably never find Gaara and Inner G, they took shelter inside the RV; Naruto had remembered that he had a spare key and used it to get inside.
Naruto was drenched and he had his headband next to him on the couch drying out, and his clothes were pretty much stuck to his skin. Yumi was in the same shape, but she was wring out her hair and keeping a good grasp on her purple hoodie's zipper; because she was wearing a white t-shirt underneath.
"Any idea when the storm will clear up, Yumi? We can't stay in the RV forever..."
Yumi sighed and then turned around, she pulled back the curtains to the window and looked out at the heavy rain coming down. It didn't seem like it would EVER end, and it fell and splattered against the window in an almost hypnotizing way.
"It doesn't look like it'll stop soon. We're just going to have to wait it out." Yumi said before sighing. She walked over to the kitchen and a tiny smile made it's way onto her face. "Uh...are you hungry or something? Mom teaches me various recipes..."
Naruto blinked. "Do you know any recipes for ramen?"
"Actually, I do. I see the necessary ingredients in here..."
Naruto smiled and got up. Yumi blinked repeatedly as he nodded. She took that as a sign that she should fix some food before they both starved to death.
"I'll...fix us some ramen then."
"Thanks, Yumi! Y'know, you're not really all that bad of a person like I assumed! I see why Gaara likes you now..."
At first, Yumi was flattered by that. ...Until Naruto said the "like I assumed" part. Then she narrowed her eyes as she reached over onto the counter and grabbed two bowls.
"...LIKE YOU ASSUMED? What are you implying, Naruto?"
Once again, Naruto just shut his mouth and causally grabbed a nearby magazine before frantically flipping through the pages. But he did smile when he had confirmed that Yumi wasn't all that bad.
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-In The Hotel's Elevator-
The old man pondered what he would do to counter the teens and kid. If he cussed them out again, it wouldn't help anyone; and would just be back fired. But if we were to resort to violence, it would also backfire. For all he knew, they could actually be pretty strong.
"Are you too scared, old man?" Inner G taunted before smirking. "I knew you wouldn't-"
"Don't say that. He could be plotting something." Gaara mentioned; holding his hand in front of Inner G to stop him from moving.
"But man-"
"Carefully watch his movements." Gaara glanced at a confused Inner G and nodded. "He's obviously some kind of psycho..."
The girl with platinum blond hair rolled her eyes at that, and then went back to glaring at the old man. Her glares were actually really good, and it made the old man EXTREMELY uncomfortable. His eyes twitched under the glare and tried to resist it; but the girl continued to glare.
"I think he's going to crack under her glare..." Gaara thought, inwardly smirking at the girl's seemingly only ability to glare. "But how long can she possibly keep it up?"
The old man's eyes twitched again. And the girl with platinum blond hair placed her hands on her hips; still keeping eye contact and expertly glaring.
Seconds passed...minutes passed...eventually, a good seven minutes had passed. Gaara was impressed the girl had kept up the glare so long, and the little boy grinned when he noticed the old man completely twitch. It seemed like he would give up at that rate!
"THAT'S IT! I DESPISE GLARES SO MUCH!" The old man started panting and then scowled at the platinum blond-haired girl. "AND YOU: YOU STOP GLARING AT ME, BITCH! IT'S TOO AGONIZING!"
"I'll stop when you stop being a complete jackass to us~!" The girl mentioned, crossing her arms. Inner G had randomly stepped in afterward, and added to the moment by nodding; agreeing with her words.
"Well I WON'T! I have no other purpose in life anyway! IF FATE HADN'T HAVE MADE ME STUCK IN THIS CRAPPY EXCUSE FOR AN ELEVATOR, I WOULDN'T BE UPSET! IT DOESN'T HELP THAT YOU'RE GLARING AND TALKING IN A SING-SONG VOICE!"
"Why don't you shut up and wait for someone to come get us out~?" The platinum blond-haired girl snapped angrily, staring him down.
That was it. The old man officially lost it. Even though he already had quite a lot of mental problems already, this was the moment he completely lost it all. He groaned from the girl's annoying natural sing-song voice, and charged forward for a punch; his over-sized brown coat dramatically blew around and everything.
"AH~!" The platinum blond-haired girl shut her eyes tightly, awaiting the punch.
But somehow, the old man had miscalculated his random/spontaneous attack. He had thrown the punch in Inner G's direction. Inner G's eyes widened as the punch came close to him. He knew he couldn't dodge because if he moved, he would bring Gaara in the punch's way; because the trap was still binding them together.
His time to decide how to react was cut short. The crazy old man had punched his right cheek; below his eye. And it wasn't a weak hit either, it hurt like hell! Gaara and the little boy gasped as the girl cautiously opened her eyes.
"OH MY GOD~!" The platinum blond-haired girl screeched as she stared at Inner G; his right cheek beginning to turn a little darker. "Why did you take that punch? We-we're only strangers~!"
"He didn't take the punch, bitch! I accidentally got him instead..." The old man explained; looking annoyed as he rubbed his now-sore knuckles. "But I am kind of glad I got 'em too. Tch...his shitty singing was getting on my nerves anyway."
Inner G flinched and then continued to rub his cheek. He murmured some curses, and something about needing Mountain Dew to heal the injury. Gaara stared in shock, but then looked back over at the old man, scowling at his actions.
"Okay, that was uncalled for. You will get back for doing that, you know..." Gaara mentioned.
"I'd like to see what you mean-"
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard. It shook the elevator a little, but everyone was able to remain on their feet that time.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?" The little boy asked in surprise.
Once again, another bang was heard. Then there was a series of loud kicking and slamming sounds. Everyone was stunned, then a very loud thump followed. At long last, the top of the elevator gave in, and the top fell to the middle of the floor (everyone dodged it of course), and then someone gasped. Temari then fell from the hole and into Inner G.
Gaara, the girl with platinum blond hair, and the little boy stared with widened eyes. "...What is GOING ON?"
Inner G's eyes widened as he just put together what happened: someone had apparently busted through the top of the elevator, and Temari fell into his arms. Wait...Temari fell into HIM and he had firm grip around her waist with one arm? Inner G blinked repeatedly and looked straight into a surprised Temari's eyes. And felt a hot blush creeping up to his face. Gaara rolled his eyes at that.
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?" The old man bitterly asked.
Temari rolled her eyes and then furrowed her eyebrows together as she stared at Inner G.
"Temari? What...how did you find you get in here?" Gaara asked; staring in surprise.
"I can explain all the details later! Right now, let's just get you OUT of here!" Temari mentioned as she slipped out of Inner G's surprisingly comfortable hold. "Look, I'm sorry I trapped you guys together in the first place, okay? BEFORE questions are asked: I only did that because I wanted you to settle your differences with Inner Gaara, Gaara..."
"I wonder if I could ever get that gorgeous Temari to call meh 'Inner G'..." Inner G randomly thought as she stared at Temari's face. "I bet it would sound VERY sexy comin' from her..."
Temari wanted to question why Inner G was dreamily staring at her, but she just narrowed her eyes strangely and then glanced up at the top of the elevator.
She had a feeling that Gaara (plus everyone else) was still confused about what was going on. So she decided to just come out already and explain what she was doing, and how she arrived there in the first place.
So she did just that.
"I see you're still lost...I'll just explain what's happening! You see, Naruto and Yumi were trying to interfere with my plan; so I dragged Kankuro with me around the city to find them and stop them...but then we got drenched and ended up in an alley, when I decided to give up on finding them and head back to the hotel." Temari suddenly scowled and grabbed both Gaara and Inner by their shirts and brought them close to her face. "NOW HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET STUCK IN THIS ELEVATOR?"
"It's a very, very strange story..." Gaara said matter-of-factly.
"...On second thought, tell me later." Temari murmured. She then sighed and released her grips; even though Inner G didn't want it to be ended so soon. "Right now, let's get out. KANKURO!"
Everyone looked up, and they saw Kankuro leaning over the hole while grinning. Nobody knew WHY he was grinning, because he was a very weird guy. Oddly, even though she had encountered him before, the platinum blond-haired girl blinked repeatedly upon seeing him.
But that was an OBVIOUS reaction that anyone would have had after seeing Kankuro.
"Come on! Let's get out of this crappy elevator already!" Kankuro shouted to them. "Oh, and the hot girl with platinum blond hair can come too! And bring the kid too; me and Temari encountered his parents pacing the first floor of the hotel in total panic!"
"Oh this is just great! I'm so gonna get grounded when I get back to mom and dad..." The little boy complained for seemingly no reason at all.
Then, everyone ignored the useless little boy. Temari grabbed his hand and then jumped up through the hole ninja-style. Then Gaara and Inner G followed suit. Lastly, the platinum blond-haired girl jumped up weakly and Kankuro grabbed her hand and pulled her up out of the elevator.
Now that everyone was out, Temari sighed with relief and the little boy stretched his limp arms. Then, they both glanced at each other before staring at their surroundings.
"So...how did this happen to you?" Temari asked in a hopeless attempt at making conversation.
The little boy sighed. And everyone else did as he started explaining everything. "Well... ...we all entered the elevator, and things were going fine until an argument broke out between that red-haired Mountain Dew-addict and the swearing old man; then I pressed the elevator button and the elevator started going up to my floor."
"But that's when everything went completely WRONG..." Gaara added, running his hands through his hair. "The completely crappy elevator just stopped working. We were trapped in there for a long time; and it didn't help that the old man was cussing us out and bashing us like there was no tomorrow. After a series of odd events, a fight broke out between us all...that's when I realized that my inner wasn't really too bad of a person."
Inner G had been listening intensely to the explanation while he rubbed over the terrible-looking bruise that had formed on his cheek. When he heard the last statement, he nearly gasped from surprise and his cat-like pupils once again turned to narrow slits. Kankuro noticed that, and found himself wondering why Inner G had a few brief cat characteristics.
"WHAT? Are you saying that 'ya accept meh now, man?" Inner G questioned as he started shaking. Kankuro sweatdropped after witnessing that. "I KNEW 'YA WOULD LEARN TO ACCEPT MEH!"
"Calm down~." The platinum blond-haired girl mumbled as she gave Inner G an annoyed look.
"Listen," Gaara sighed and then looked into Inner G's desperate eyes. "Maybe you aren't completely bad, but it will be a while before I truly accept you."
"I'll be waitin' then! Just take your time, man!" Inner G replied as he waved his hand dismissively.
...Well he ATTEMPTED to wave his hand dismissively. But he had absentmindedly tried to wave the hand that was trapped in the evil Chinese finger trap. It tightened in response to the action and Gaara and Inner G winced from it. It was at that moment that Temari realized they were still trapped.
"Oh that's right...it's all over now, and I suppose my plan did kind of succeed in a way. I'll get you guys out of the trap right now!"
Quickly, Temari whipped out a kunai that the Mist kunoichi (the orange-haired one who was stalking the Haruna's) dropped when she encountered her. The wind mistress took the kunai and slashed through the trap; it got sliced open and fell off the two's fingers before falling off the elevator and down the shaft. Gaara and Inner stared at their fingers and then brought their hands back to their sides.
"It was THAT EASY, huh?" Inner G murmured before furrowing his eyebrows together and glancing away. "Damn it, I could have just bit the thing off with my fangs!"
"About that...why do you have fangs again?" Kankuro randomly asked, as he had suddenly become interested in his little brother's freaky inner. "I think that's a little weird."
Inner G muttered a random sarcastic comment to that. And the platinum blond-haired girl facepalmed.
"Can we all just get out of this elevator shaft now~?"
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-Shortly-
Everyone had left the elevator shaft. What they did was all hang onto Temari's fan and then fly down the shaft to the hotel's first floor. Once everyone arrived at the hotel's first floor (the check-in area), Inner G asked how Temari and Kankuro were able to even get to them since the elevator was stuck. ...That's when they mentioned (and gestured to!) that they took the stairs. Gaara, Inner G, the little boy, and the platinum blond-haired girl all sweatdropped as if they were inside an anime: because they never even knew that the hotel had freaking STAIRS and not just a crappy elevator!
The little boy had also been "reunited" with his paranoid parents. Everyone was amazed by how much the little boy was the spitting image of his father, but barely looked like his mother. Anyway, the boy's parents grounded him for not telling them he was stepping out to the library, and then thanked the teens...and older teens for watching out for him in the elevator and some other cliché crap like that. Then they...left for the stairs.
The platinum blond-haired girl left them as well. She noticed that the rain had let up just a little, so she left the hotel quickly to do some late-night shopping at what very few stores stayed open twenty four hours. But before she left, Gaara and Inner G thanked her for what she did to help them in the elevator. She didn't know how to reply to that, so she smiled a tiny bit and nodded.
Now that the siblings...and Inner G where together again, they stood there for several seconds before Gaara spoke up.
"If you're here...then where's Naruto and Yumi?"
Temari and Kankuro blinked repeatedly. Actually, they had no idea where they were either. But Temari sighed and then mentioned that they would look for them in the morning; she was way too exhausted from trudging through the rainstorm and climbing up an elevator shaft!
"We should get back to the hotel room..." Inner G mentioned as he put his arms behind his back and stumbled a little for emphasis.
"First, let's tell the hotel's owner about the broken elevator!" Temari said as realization struck. "It will need to be fixed, and that swearing old guy will need to get out of there eventually!"
"OH WHO CARES ABOUT HIM?" Inner G yelled, everyone looked over at him and he received blank looks in response to his crazy arm movements. "LET'S LEAVE 'EM IN THERE! BECAUSE I NEED SOMETHING TO DRINK: MOUNTAIN DEW PREFERABLY!"
"Why is he still so obsessed with Mountain Dew?" Temari thought as she rolled her eyes. She then left her thoughts and placed her hand over her face as she glanced at Inner G from the corner of her eyes. "Let's just tell the owner about the elevator and...get back to the hotel room."
So with that said, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari walked over to the check-in desk. Gaara had to drag Inner G by his neck over; and he attempted to not pay attention the bewildered looks people were giving him. Upon arriving at the desk, they all noticed the same woman there. Her short black hair was still neatly fixed and her eyes showed a friendly look in them. But this time, she was wearing a short-sleeved long magenta-colored dress. Kankuro spotted some shiny jewelery, and a little bit of makeup was on her abnormally-friendly face.
"Hello. Are you all enjoying your stay?" The woman continued to smile, and didn't seem too bothered by the fact that she had never seen Inner G before and was creeped out by the way he looked a lot like Gaara. "Where is the family you're traveling with? And...where's the easily-pissed off blond guy with the odd clothes?"
"We didn't come for a chat," Kankuro replied. "See, the elevator to this hotel stopped working."
"It stopped working and left meh and this awesome man right here TRAPPED inside! It was AWFUL! That crappy elevator is way too small too; I haven't been in a room that small since the 999th time I was reincarnated, and played 7 Minutes In Heaven with some random girl I had a crush on for a century!" Inner G interrupted, pretty much ranting at that point. And everyone except the woman at the check-in desk was staring really blankly at him.
"...The elevator stopped working? Ugh! Not AGAIN!" The woman facepalmed and then glanced away; adverting her gaze from the four. "That has happened SO many times...and the owner won't do anything about it!"
The woman glanced at the four, and noticed their extremely blank expressions. And coughed. "I REALLY am sorry that you got trapped inside it! PLEEEEASE don't sue us or anything! It's not my fault; the owner can be such a cheapskate!"
"We're not going to sue you..." Temari paused and then her face fell as she continued talking. "Because we don't have the money to."
Gaara glanced over at her, and he hated that they had no money and where having to borrow from those two Japanese siblings they keep encountering at the most random times. But at that moment, he was just glad to be out of the elevator and free from Inner G.
Although they had a rough time together inside the elevator, he did silently admit that he realized Inner G wasn't completely bad, and he felt kind of bad that he didn't stop the annoying old man from punching him. Stealing a look at the bruise, Gaara inwardly sighed. Inner G wasn't too bad, but he was still pretty annoying.
Inner G, meanwhile, was smirking as he glanced at Gaara. "It's good to be out of that crappy elevator! But why is my man staring at meh like that? Is he FINALLY beginning to accept meh and suck up his dislike? I HOPE SO! MAYBE I'LL FINALLY get some rockin' Mountain Dew from all this!"
Finally, everything seemed to be "back to normal" for the siblings and their "friends"(?). But still, they were VERY CERTAIN that chaos and mayhem would occur again...very soon! Because it seemed like, no matter what they did/said, they would wreak havoc in any way possible! The road trip was just getting more and more crazy as each day passed...
Continued.
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There. I FINALLY stopped procrastinating and wrote this chapter. :) I am SO GLAD I finally did. But I'm not sure if it's any good...because I think it was just a little rushed. And I could have had just a few more things happen.
However, I did enjoy writing the elevator scenes. :3 Because...oh, IDK, I just love writing chaos I guess. And that's what this entire story is: EXTREME CHAOS.
I know it may have seemed useless for Temari to trap Gaara and Inner G together, but technically her plan DID work out: because Gaara now likes the crazy inner...somewhat now. But of course, he still can't really stand him. ;)
If you're wondering about what became of Naruto and Yumi: they took shelter in the Sand Sib's RV until the storm cleared up. But since the storm never did clear up, they both remained inside the RV for the rest of the night together. But good did become of that: because Naruto kind of realized Yumi wasn't a bad person like "he assumed". *Smirks*
If you're wondering about what became of The Haruna's: they eventually made it back to the hotel in once piece. And then the Mist kunoichi (who's name is for now unknown!) who was stalking them had to go to the local hospital after Mr. Haruna's terrible singing made her fall and break a bone in her leg.
Anyway...I included a few songs in this chapter. ;) The song that was Temari's ringtone was Colors Of The Heartby Uverworld. It was also used as the third opening for the Blood+ anime. And the song Mr. Haruna was singing poorly was Stand In The Rain by Superchick. For some reason, I like that song. And lastly: the song Inner G was singing to annoy the hell out of the old man was Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi. Oh, and BTW, Livin' On A Prayer is one of my favorite songs; I never have understood why, but I actually don't care. :) It just makes me want to dance! And I was actually listening to it while writing the ending of this chapter. ^^'
Oh my god, I'm rambling now...I'll end it here.
I hope this chapter was good and all that. I don't know when the next update will be...because I have to update a few other fics.
Read and review!