While I am typing this, I am suffering from the flu. Yes, icky, nasty business. Sigh, will you review? It might help me out. Also, don't own House, but I love the show. (correct my fashion if I'm wrong. I won't blame you if you flame me this chapter. I didn't start getting into fashion until just recently and Harajuku is starting to become appealing.)
Filler chapter!
Song: I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred
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Ch.34: Confusion (Blame it On the Sugar)
A pleasant sigh was heard in the air. Megumi smiled as the sun continued to shine on the world, enjoying the simple pleasure of being alive for another day. A breeze blew across her skin and she shivered, the waning warmth of summer was to be replaced by fall and she sighed. 'Summer vacation went by so fast and now we have to go back to school.'
"Megumi, get your ass over here!"
Megumi shook her head. "Coming, Temari!"
Temari watched her cousin run over and smile. "Whassup?" She rolled her eyes. "Remember, we need to get our schedules."
"Oh yeah…" Temari shook her head and lightly bopped her cousin's head. "Baka."
Temari ignored the colorful expletives from her cousin and settled to watch the hall when she spotted him. She saw his dazzling smile and blushed before waving shyly back, biting her lip between her teeth. Shikamaru wound his arms around her waist and pecked her lips. "Hey."
"Hey," she replied shyly.
Megumi's face fell. "Ew!!! PDA!" she screamed. "Hide me, Gaara! Temari's being gross," she said hiding behind Gaara. Gaara sent his sister a questioning glance. 'She had sugar in her cereal,' she mouthed and Gaara nodded in understanding. How a few tablespoons of sugar could reduce his normally levelheaded cousin into a 5-yr-old child was beyond him and he stood there in his silence.
Megumi clutched Gaara's shirt as she hid behind him when she felt a familiar presence behind her. "Hi guys!!!" she exclaimed as she waved her hand rapidly.
Sakura smiled uneasily. 'I probably should've warned her about the cereal this morning,' she thought with a grimace when she noticed the halls split and a familiar head of hair appear. "Sasuke-kun!!"
Sasuke looked up and smiled as he felt Sakura hug him. "Hey."
"I missed you," she whispered. "What took you so long?"
"Well…" A raven-haired boy popped out from behind Sasuke. "Hey chicken-hair, who's the hag?"
Sakura felt a tic mark appear on her head, an eyebrow twitching dangerously. "Sasuke…who's this?" she gritted out. Suddenly, the whole group appeared and the new boy started naming them all.
"Shy freak. Dickless. Bun-head. Pineapple head. Transsexual"-this one hit a nerve with Neji-"Ugly. Cross-dresser"—that one made Gaara glare—"And Emo-Goth," he finished with a cheerful smile.
Sakura sent a look to Sasuke who simply sighed. "Guys, this is my cousin, Sai." Before anyone could ask, Sasuke continued. "He was homeschooled until last year where he attended Anbu Academy." Naruto's eyes widened. "That's like, one of the best schools in the country."
"Why the hell'd he come here?" glared Temari, still pissed about the 'ugly' crack.
Sasuke sighed. "Well, he had a little 'incident' and his parents thought it would be good to send him here." Sai snorted. "I couldn't help it. That man-whore had it coming to him."
They could only stare at him when they heard another friend. "Hey guys!"
They turned. "Hey Ino."
Sai blinked before pushing past them all. He held Ino's hand, brushing his lips against her fingers, eliciting a bright blush from the girl. "Hey beautiful."
Sharingan, FFG along with Gaara stood in shock, wondering what just happened. Sasuke scratched his head. "Well, he's never done that before."
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Our friends sat in the classroom waiting for their ever-late sensei. Never mind, it was the first day; that's just how Kakashi did his work. In a way, he was like the Gregory House of the school, he could get away with a lot more than anyone else could.
Megumi sat with her friends in the area near Sasuke's desk, carefully guarding Sakura from her ever-present fanboy club. She let her eyes wander, when she spotted something. "Sasuke, your hair's still long."
Sasuke blinked, not expecting that from the girl. He lifted a hand and held out a hair for inspection before letting it fall, feeling it brush against his shoulders. "Not only that, it's straight!" she exclaimed. This made everyone in the group stop and look at him. He shrugged.
"I didn't notice. I think I'll get it cut again. I only kept it long for the video shooting. Maybe this weekend…" he trailed off. Naruto nodded sagely before noticing something.
"Ne, Hinata…something about you seems different. Did you grow taller or something?"
And as soon as those words slipped form his lips, he was sent crashing face-forward into a desk.
"You idiot!" Sakura shouted, "Hinata got a hair cut!" At this, everyone trained their eyes on Hinata's haircut, a short bob that went to the tops of her ears, bangs framing her face. Hinata flushed.
Ino nodded sagely to herself as Hinata went to help Naruto before looking around at everyone. "Hey, what are you guys gonna do after school?"
"Dunno," they answered.
"Wanna hit the mall?"
"Sure. Got nothing better to do," stated Tenten. "What do you think, Neji?"
"Hn. Sure."
Ino nodded when the door slammed open. "Hi everyone. Sorry I'm late. You see, I had to get our new exchange students from the office." Megumi's ears piqued at this statement.
That means…'
Five girls stepped into the room in the school's uniform. "Ohayo," they chorused.
"Guys! You're in this class?!"
Jessica rolled her eyes. "Megumi, we told you we were going to be in your class."
"Oh yeah…Heh heh, my bad," she smiled sheepishly. Kakashi coughed. "Well, if that's over, why don't you introduce yourselves?"
"Jessica."
"Lucy."
"Amber."
"Priscilla."
"Felicity."
"Please take care of us," they chorused.
Kakashi nodded. "Take any of the empty seats and I'll start passing out the schedules."
The class nodded and sat down and Kakashi started passing out the slips of paper. Pretty soon, the stack was gone and the class formed clusters.
"So, what are our classes this year?" asked Temari.
Shikamaru blinked. "Didn't you look on the sheet?"
"Too lazy."
"Looks like you're rubbing off on her, lazy-ass," teased Naruto.
"Troublesome. Well, we're learning English with Kakashi."
Megumi blinked. "English English?"
Shikamaru nodded. "Yeah, we were just doing language arts the last two years. Don't know why they called it English. Must be some computer glitch. Anyway, after that, we have PE with Gai, Art with Kurenai, lunch, Chem. with Orochimaru, Pre-Cal with Genma, and History with Iruka."
Lucy blinked. "Who are these guys? Are they hard or easy?"
Megumi shrugged. "They're okay, bit weird though."
"How?" Felicity asked.
Sakura smiled knowingly. "You'll find out."
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It was the end of class. Nothing much happened. Kakashi had to read his Icha Icha, after all. As the students filed out, Sharingan, FFG, and their friends stayed behind. "Have you guys seen the city yet?" Hinata asked.
The girls turned to each other. "No." Naruto's eyes bugged from their sockets. "Not even Ichiraku?!"
Sasuke sighed. "Of course not, dobe."
"Shut up, teme!"
The exchange students sweatdropped at the display and turned to Megumi. "Are they always like this?"
"Yup. Frankly, I'd be disturbed if they weren't like this."
"Hey, if you guys haven't seen the city yet, why don't you come to the mall with us? We can take you sight-seeing."
Amber shook her head. "Sorry, we still have so much to do, like grocery shopping. Definitely need to do that. The whole no-food business is very bad."
Megumi's eyes widened. "No food, Amber? After all those years of yelling at me for skipping out on lunch? Why, I'm ashamed of your hypocrisy."
Amber's eyes widened, waving her head and hands in denial. "No! It's just—just—just…Gah!"
Megumi chuckled. "Relax, I was just kidding." Amber nodded and took some calming breaths before making a face and wagging a finger at her friend. Temari looked up from the window. "So what have you guys been doing this whole time?"
Priscilla shrugged. "You know, the legal stuff. Form signing, registration, etc."
Tenten nodded, then noticed the clock. "We better go or we'll be late for gym." Her friends nodded and ran out with her. Well, almost.
Kakashi turned the page, getting to the part where the scantily clad nurse was about to take her patient when he noticed the shadow cast overhead. He looked up. "Can I help you, Megumi?"
"Well, Ino suggested that we go to the mall and I was wondering if you wanted to come with us. You don't have to, but I'd really appreciate it if you do," she said, biting her lip as she battled with the small annoying flutters in her body. Why was her body acting like that? It was just Kakashi.
Kakashi sat in his chair, the spine of his book tapping against his chest. After a moment of silence, he stopped and smiled. "Sure. I have nothing to do today, anyway."
He expected a smile, maybe even a thank you, but he didn't expect her to fling herself on him in a hug, effectively knocking the wind out of him.
"Thank you, sensei!" she smiled. She quickly got off him, gave a quick bow for goodbye and rushed out the door, leaving a flustered Kakashi with a rumpled shirt. He didn't know why he felt flustered, instead, he shook his head and chalked it up as being surprised by her action. 'Though,' he smiled to himself, 'it's best to expect the unexpected with that girl.'
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Afterschool…Sakura dodged the elderly woman to her left as she tried to keep up with Ino. "Pig! Watch where you're going!"
"No time for that!" she yelled.
"Why not?" screamed Tenten.
"Cuz!"
"Cuz why?" shouted Temari as Shikamaru ran near his girlfriend.
"Just cuz!"
Megumi's steps faltered as she realized something. "Ino, are you taking us to another lingerie store?" The group paled, nearly stopping dead in their tracks. Ino continued to move, regardless. "No, that place is closed on Mondays. I'm taking us to a new place. Their stuff is so hot! Hey? Where's Sai?"
Naruto shrugged. "Something about going far away from you and art supplies. Good riddance," he murmured. See, after the Ino/Sai incident that morning, she started chattering on about makeup and clothing and what Sai did to her to a girl in the class and Sai dubbed her a fangirl—a good-looking fangirl, but a fangirl none the less and started to avoid her.
Ino's face fell slightly. "Oh," she said disheartened. Suddenly, she stopped and Sakura skidded to a halt. "We're here," she heard Ino breathe.
Sakura looked up. "Tré Chic."
Ino nodded. "I saw it when they were just getting the store set up and decided to come back later, but I decided to bring you guys with me. Let's go inside."
Megumi looked up and sighed. 'Sometimes, I think Kiba and Shino are doing the smart thing. Maybe I should go with them next time they decide to play video games instead of going with Ino.'
When she stepped inside, she was half-expecting a girl with a fake smile and reeking of perfume to come and offer some assistance, but was shocked. It was completely different from what she had thought. The music blaring from the speakers was all the latest alternative music with some 80's hits in the mix. Lining half the racks were things from other countries. Megumi's eyes honed on the black clothing from France. 'I love the French,' she thought holding out a black skirt.
After a while (which seemed like forever to the guys), the girls stepped away from the racks and into the dressing room, the guys disappearing after them.
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Kakashi tapped his fingers on the arm of the chair under him as Neji rested his head on his hand as the others let their heads loll over the backs of the chairs. He yawned and scanned the room for the twelfth time that day. They sat in front of a long, raised platform as lights hung from above with a curtain at the back. It reminded him of those fashion runways you see on t.v. and magazines, but after a while, it was just another boring room and he settled to sigh.
"How long have we been here?"
Sasuke blinked and looked at his watch. "About an hour," he said, bored out of his wits. After this, he'd have a little talk with Sakura about how long he'd wait for her to dress before dragging her out himself. He could still remember how he got pulled into this little mess.
flashback
"Sasuke-kun…"
Sasuke turned around to see the beryl pools that belonged to none other than his girlfriend. "Ready to go?" he asked.
She shook her head. "Ino found something in the back and she told me to tell you to tell the guys to go to the backroom."
"Why?"
"Something about models and background music."
"Hn."
"Will you do it?"
"Hn."
"Please Sasuke-kun?"
"Hn."
"Please? For me?" she pleaded. He took one look at her and sighed. She just had to pout.
"Aa."
"Thank you Sasuke-kun!"
end flashback
And as promised, he called the guys together and asked about the backroom and the manager lead them past a curtain into the back and here they were.
Five minutes of absolute boredom passed before Neji stood up abruptly. "I'm going to get the girls. They're taking too long and I'm sick of—"
Whatever he was going to say was interrupted by an 80's classic, famous for its eccentric lyrics. Kakashi balked.
'Oh god, not this song.'
I'm Too Sexy For My Love
Too Sexy For My Love
Love's Going To Leave
Ino came out from behind the curtain and began walking down the platform. She wore a white halter-top and a pair of jeans with a pair of white sandals. She stopped at the end and placed a hand on her hip as she turned to the side before walking down the runaway and disappearing behind the curtain again.
The guys were confused. Why was Ino walking down a runway like a model and what was with the music? Then they saw Hinata come out. What the hell was going on?!
I'm Too Sexy For My Shirt
Too Sexy For My Shirt
So Sexy It Hurts
And I'm Too Sexy For Milan
Too Sexy For Milan
New York And Japan
Hinata was dressed in Harajuku fashion. She wore a pair of ski goggles on her head with a white dress, black jacket, pink polka-dotted white stockings, black boots with orange laces, a banana purse, and red and purple ribbons on her arms and neck. She had determination on her face as she walked, stopping at the end to bend her knee and place a hand on her hip before walking back and disappearing behind the curtain.
I'm Too Sexy For Your Party I'm A Model, Ya Know What I Mean
Too Sexy For Your Party
No Way I'm Disco Dancing
And I Do My Little Turn On The Catwalk
Yeah On The Catwalk
On The Catwalk Yeah
I Do My Little Turn On The Catwalk
Tenten came out dressed in a pair of khaki pants, an orange tank top, and a white jacket, a pair of sunglasses on her head. She stopped at the end of the runway, turned slightly to the side, rested her right hand on her hip, and posed like that before disappearing like the rest of the girls.
I'm Too Sexy For My Car
Too Sexy For My Car
Too Sexy By Far
And I'm Too Sexy For My Hat
Too Sexy For My Hat
What Ya Think About That
Sakura came out wearing a pair of white pants and a pink low-neck shirt under a white open blazer with white boots. She stopped at the end of the runway, sticking out her hip and placing a hand on it and bent her leg, causing her to lean forward. She smirked and cast her hat into Sasuke's lap before going behind the curtain.
I'm A Model, Ya Know What I Mean Too Sexy For My
And I Do My Little Turn On The Catwalk
Yeah On The Catwalk
On The Catwalk Yeah
I Shake My Little Tush On The Catwalk
Too Sexy For My
Too Sexy For My
Temari came out in a lavender dress that went to her ankles and left her shoulders bare, a pair of heels in a matching color adorning her feet. Her hair was down and she turned her body, keeping her eyes forward as she left her hands at the sides before disappearing behind the curtain.
I'm A Model, Ya Know What I Mean
And I Do My Little Turn On The Catwalk
Yeah On The Catwalk
Yeah On The Catwalk Yeah
I Shake My Little Tush On The Catwalk
I'm Too Sexy For My Cat
Too Sexy For My Cat
Poor Pussy
Poor Pussy Cat
I'm Too Sexy For My Love
Too Sexy For My Love
Love's Going To Leave Me
Megumi stepped onto the runway, looking past the blinding lights as she struggled to keep the wry smile off her face. She wore red lipstick, a sleeveless black top under a black jacket. She had a long black skirt with a long cut in the side and a pair of short black boots.
Kakashi saw her strike a pose and watched her turn around to see…
'Are those…fishnets?'
He stared up the girl who gave him a mischievous smile before walking halfway down the runway before wrapping her lips around a maraschino cherry, winking and disappearing.
And I'm Too Sexy for This Song
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"Oh my god! That was so fun!" exclaimed Tenten.
Sakura nodded in agreement. "Man, Hinata. Did you see Neji? He looked like he was going to have heart attack when you went up there!"
Hinata chuckled. "Yeah, but did you see—"
"Hinata!"
Hinata looked up from her friends to see her boyfriend. He rushed forward and helped her with her bags, which earned him a kiss. When they came up for air, they were both blushing.
"Dobe."
Naruto whipped his head around. "Shut up, teme!" Sasuke simply shrugged and Neji cocked an eyebrow. "So which one of you planned the fashion show?"
Tenten shot her thumb to the blonde behind her. "Ino did."
Sasuke looked at her. "Why?"
She rolled her eyes. "Cuz I thought it'd be fun. Besides, wasn't it fun seeing all your girlfriends dressed up in hot clothes?" Shit, she got them there. Refusing to answer her, they helped their girlfriends with their bags, following the ecstatic platinum blonde in front.
Kakashi stared at his friends/students and then at the girl next to him. He had wanted to say this for a long time because well, it was just killing him. "Hey Megumi…"
She looked up, the red lipstick now long gone. "Yes?"
A long silence stretched between them as he struggled to word it. He silently gave up subtlety and decided to be blunt. "What was with the fishnets?"
She smiled wryly. "Blame it on the sugar," she said before walking ahead, leaving Kakashi wholly confused for the second time that day.