I updated…a month later. I won't be holding ya back so here's the story!
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Jaded Sakura Blossoms
Chapter 7: Naruto, Lord of the Dance
By: Wings (of Chaos)
"And liiiiift…aaaand hooooold. Good, good, keep her in the air noooow bring her dooooown," Ms. Fujiko finished as the music stopped. Sasuke and Sakura bowed while Naruto clapped furiously. Kakashi looked up from his book and grunted. He didn't watch their performance but he caught some of it. He didn't expect them to be the best dancers throughout Konoha but they did fairly well. Yet, he wanted to watch the next performance: Naruto and Sakura. Naruto wasn't known for his…gracefulness but it would be an interesting dance.
When Naruto was done with his enthusiastic clapping and Sasuke moved to the sides, the fox boy stepped forward.
"Are you ready?" the instructor asked.
"Whenever you are," Naruto said with eager confidence.
The music began. Naruto combined the toe pointing from the day before and ballet stepped to Sakura. He stretched his arms and fluttered gracefully to the pink haired girl. Sakura had to stop herself at Naruto's…enthusiasm to dance. Delicately, the fox boy grasped her hand and twirled. Then he walked her around into a tight circle.
"Now, Naruto, lift her in the air. Oh, oh, don't forget to bend your knees," the teacher instructed quickly.
Bending, his knees he clasped his hands on Sakura's waist then lifter her into the air. Sakura prayed that Naruto wouldn't drop her.
"Okay, twirl, Naruto, on your toes! On your toes!" Ms Fujiko yelled, "Nooow doooown."
The music stopped. Naruto and Sakura bowed while Sasuke clapped.
"Good job, Team 7. That was very lovely. We will work more on this and other things." Ms. Fujiko announced, "I'll see you tomorrow bright and early!"
Kakashi waved merrily to the dance instructor and ushered the teenagers out. "I am very impressed with your dancing today. It will eventually improve and will prove to very useful in battle."
"Yeah, yeah, can we go now?" Naruto whined impatiently. Tonight was the officially night of the Team 7 ramen tradition.
The gray haired jounin sighed, "Yes you may all go. I expect all of you to be here by 6."
"Why? You are never here on time anyway," the fox haired boy said matter-of-factly.
"Just come at 6," Kakashi sighed and with a cloud of thick smoke he was gone.
Once their teacher was gone, Naruto took Sasuke's and Sakura's hands and pulled them to the Ichiraku.
*~*Ichiraku*~*
The little ramen stand was busy as usual. With tired ninja teams and other sorts of business. Especially one team: Neji's team.
Neji rubbed his gut. It still hurt from that mornings battle. His arms had little scrapes and dried blood around them. He slurped his ramen slowly and chewed at a slow pace.
TenTen cast a worried glance at her comrade. "Are you okay?" she asked again. Neji didn't answer but kept eating quietly. The concerned was about to ask again but Lee put a hand on hers, signaling this wasn't the time. The girl sighed and looked dejectedly at her cold ramen. She wasn't hungry anymore.
A loud commotion at the entrance of the small restaurant caught everybody's attention. Naruto was here.
"Team 7 is here!" he announced practically to the whole world. The small restaurant went silent. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and turned elsewhere. His eyes laid on an annoyed Neji. The two glared at each other but didn't say anything, now wasn't the time.
Naruto continued his entrance with much enthusiasm, "My good man," he said to the amused cook, "Will you seat us in your bestest seats?"
The cook stared blankly at the hyperactive boy, "Go seat your own damn self," he said then turned back to cooking his orders. Naruto pursed his lips; he was expecting the best of services because they were the Team 7.
"This service is not tolerated. I will-"
Sakura cut him off, "Naruto! Just go find a place to sit!"
Meekly, Naruto scampered off to a table and plopped himself in the chair. Sakura and Sasuke, soon followed.
Lee caught a glimpse of pink hair and followed the exotic wisps to a green eyed beautiful angel.
"Oh, what have my eyes seen? A beautiful angel no less," Lee muttered to himself. TenTen caught what he was saying and prayed that he didn't make a fool of himself. She followed his line of vision to the pink haired girl chatting with her other two comrades.
"Lee?"
"Oh, her pink hair soft as silk. Her green eyes are like emeralds from the greatest treasure."
"Lee…"
"Her skin is as pure as snow yet so enchanting. Her laughter, oh what sweet beautiful laughter that sounds like bells."
"Lee!"
"What!?" Lee snapped. He was broken from his lovely trance.
"Please don't spout poetry in public. It's very rude considering your object of affection is a mere 15 feet from you."
"So, close yet so far away…" Lee groaned.
TenTen rolled her eyes and observed Lee's object of affection. Sakura that was the girl's name. She remembered her being teased relentlessly about her big forehead and such.
Keeping her gaze trained on the pink haired girl. She noticed that the black haired boy, Sasuke, lightly kissed her on the cheek. TenTen nodded in understanding, so Sakura had a boyfriend.
"Lee?" TenTen shook his arm trying to get his attention, "I think Sakura has a boyfriend."
"Sakura, what a wonderful name for such a wonderful…what?" Lee stopped in the middle of his poem/rant. He looked over to Sakura and noticed that Sasuke and Sakura were closer then usual.
"Oh woe is me. But fear not, Sakura, my love, I will be waiting for you!" Lee proclaimed loudly. Some patrons looked at the heavily eyebrowed boy then turned back to their meals.
The girl sighed and looked at Neji but found the chair empty. She searched frantically for the boy but figured it was pointless. Neji left some coins on the table obviously paying for his meal. TenTen sighed, 'So I'm stuck with Lee…'
"What are we doing here?" Sasuke hissed.
"It's the officially Team 7 ramen tradition starting tonight," Sakura whispered back. Sasuke's brow furrowed.
"When did this happened?"
"This morning."
"Oh," was the simple reply, "But why do we have to do this?"
"Let Naruto have his fun. We never really eat ramen with him anyway," Sakura tried to convince.
"Fine," Sasuke grumped then pecked Sakura on the cheek. The girl blushed a little.
"Awwww," Naruto cooed, "You guys are so kyute!"
"Naruto, can it," Sasuke said in a menacing tone.
"But it is so kyute!" Naruto's voice cracked when he couldn't make his voice go any higher.
Sakura sighed and hoped their food would come eventually. Ramen always shut up Naruto. Few seconds' later three steaming hot bowls of ramen were presented.
"Ooooh! Ramen!" Naruto exclaimed digging in.
The trio ate silently, except for Naruto, who'd chatted until they had to parted ways and wait till tomorrow.
Just so everyone knows, love triangles take a while to start up kind of so be patient. You know how Neji is, he's like Bastard Sasuke so keep that in mind. Anyway, you gotta love Lee's poetry…great stuff. Taa Taa for now…I might have a chapter up eventually. Don't quote me on that.