Chapter seven: Grocery Shopping
I apologize. When I wrote this I had had too much sugar and was not my self.
Temari-mirai strolled through the grocery store, humming happily to herself, while Naruto, Kiba-mirai, Kankurou, Shino-mirai, and both Neji's trudged grumpily behind her. Each had their own cart which she slowly filled as they went down each aisle. With sixteen times two people to feed, Tsunade had allowed her to place the bill on the Hokage's tab so she could buy food for everyone. She might as well stock up on stuff while it was free for her. She was also in a good mood since this was Day 3 of her brothers' and Naruto-mirai's mission. They would be coming home later in the afternoon.
Naruto had actually volunteered for this job because he wanted to make sure the older Temari got the ramen he wanted. Kiba-mirai wanted to get special dog food for Akamaru (since it was free for them), but Temari-mirai told him she didn't have a dog so she wasn't carrying dog food around. Kankurou...well, let's just say Kankurou-mirai wasn't with in threatening distance and leave it at that. Neji flat out refused when she asked him, but through her incredible ways of persuasion Temari-mirai convinced him to come too. Neji-mirai came because Temari-mirai threatened to throw away his favorite of Gaara-mirai's videogames (she knew Gaara didn't like that game anyway, so he wouldn't care). Shino-mirai, the only practical one of the bunch knew that he was over that house almost every day and ate the food there. So it was only logical that he helped every once and a while.
"Temari! Ramen!!" Naruto cried from behind her. An hour of shopping, no ramen yet.
"The ramen is at the other end of the store!" Temari-mirai yelled back. "I promise I'll let you get what ever you want when we get there." (a/n: hehe Temari shops like my mom . down one aisle, up the next, down the next, up....is received death glares ok shutting up)
Aisle 5:
Temari led them into Aisle 5 (party supplies, cake mixes, candy my second favorite aisle in Food Lion) and stopped. And stared. The boys behind her stopped and looked around her to see what she was looking at. Sasuke-mirai and Lee-mirai were down by the candy section. This in itself was not strange it was the fact that they were doing some weird super-exaggerated 'stealth' moves. It appeared as though they didn't want to be seen doing whatever it was they were doing, which was, buying candy.
"We must hurry, Sasuke-kun!" Lee-mirai was saying as Sasuke-mirai was (sneakily) putting candy in their cart. "If Gai-sensei catches me buying this stuff it could be the worse!"
"I know. I just don't want anyone to see me here." Sasuke-mirai muttered. "Everyone else would laugh if they knew how much I like candy."
"Sasuke-kun, thanks for doing this with me." Lee-mirai got all teary eyed and hugged Sasuke-mirai who looked harassed.
"Knock it off!!" Sasuke-mirai said. At that moment he looked up and saw Temari-mirai and the boys staring at them. If he were anyone else in another situation he would have thought that 'this was a Kodak moment'. Temari-mirai's face didn't seem to know which expression to go to: amused, confused, and thoroughly disgusted. It was just stuck somewhere in the middle. Kankurou and Naruto's mouths were dropped as far as they could go and their eyes were as big as saucers. Kankurou's hood had gone crooked and was hanging at an odd angle. Neji-mirai and Neji's were in the exact same position: arms hanging limply at their sides, their heads tilted in confusion and their left eyebrow lifted. Kiba-mirai looked like he was going to die from holding back his laughter. Shino-mirai remained the same. Except his eyebrows had disappeared under his leaf band and his glasses had slipped slightly down his nose. "NNNNNNNOOOOO!!!!!" Sasuke-mirai pushed Lee-mirai off him and took off with the cart. Lee-mirai turned to look at what freaked him out. He saw them and jumped up and ran after Sasuke-mirai
"I'm sorry Gai-sensei!!!!"
The seven nins stared after them not sure of what to do. Well, Kiba-mirai knew what to do.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" Kiba-mirai sat down and let out his contained laughter. "That was the funniest thing I've ever seen!!!"
"Um...lets move on." Temari said. She finished this aisle as fast as she could and moved on to the next.
Aisle 8 (6 was just bread, 7 was womanly products where none of the boys would enter):
Naruto glared at the sign, indicating that they were in aisle eight (dairy products and eggs) as if it was the sign's fault that the aisle didn't contain ramen. At the other end of the aisle sat one of those BJ's sample people, with a sample of melted cheese you dip chips in.
While Temari was looking though eggs checking to see that none were broken and doing the complicated math to find how many eggs they needed, the boys watched as Sakura came around the corner, had a sample, asked for another, but the sample person said no. Sakura looked disappointed and continued down the aisle, exiting though the break in the fridge things. Then Ino came around the corner, asked for a sample, thanked the person and continued on, also exiting though the break. Then Shikamaru came around the corner asked for a sample, thanked the person and did the same. Then Hinata came around the corner, but before she could ask for a sample, Shino-mirai called 'her' over.
"Um...yes, Shino-kun?" She asked
"It's not nice to rip off the store by eating all the samples, Choji," Shino-mirai said in his monotone. 'Hinata's' eyes widened and she turned and ran away. Choji-mirai poofed back into himself before turning the corner and disappearing.
"Go Shino," Kiba cheered sarcastically, "saver of samples in local grocery stores."
Temari-mirai, missing the whole thing, finally got the right amount and placed them in the carts and told them to move on.
Aisle 9 (coffee, tea, and....):
"RAMEN!!!!!" the other boys held their ears as Naruto cried happily and ran to the ramen display. Being five years advanced there were tons of new flavors and poor Naruto could only stare and drool. "I don't know what to choose!" he said to Temari-mirai.
"Get a bunch then," she said then muttered to herself, "coffee for Gaara..."
They got the ramen, and the coffee and in the next and last aisle, ice cream. How ever at the end of the last aisle was the display of Funny Cards For All Occasions, and Temari-mirai had to stand in front of it and read every single one. Then went to the check out, where they meet hurricane-rider's best guy friend Dayel who starts up a friendly conversation with Temari-mirai while the boys put all the food in bags and waited.
After putting the bill on Tsunade's tab and saying good bye to Dayel, Temari-mirai led the food-ridden boy back to her house. They met Gaara at the door looking slightly amused. Actually, Temari-mirai could tell he was amused, the others thought he looked the same.
"Why are you only carrying the cereal?" he asked.
"I'm not," she said, handing him the three bags she was carrying. "You are." She opened the door for the boys and walked in, leaving Gaara standing there staring at her.
The seven boys walked into the kitchen and put all their bags down. They were about to leave when Temari-mirai cleared her throat and smiled at them. The past nins looked confused, but the three future nins sighed and stared unloading the bags onto the counter. After the food was put away, Naruto made his ramen, and Neji-mirai stormed home to relieve the built up frustration by pounding a dummy with his Jyuukenhou. Kankurou, feeling as though he must tell someone his experience, sat down next to his brother and sister (who had just come downstairs) and told them, with some interventions from Naruto.
I have nothing to say but R&R