"The Courting of Uzumaki Naruto"
by the Carpet Shampoo
Author's Commentary: Its as I feared…No one is reading this anymore. Makes me kind of sad…I'll keep this going a little bit longer, but if no ones' reading this, I got other ideas I can work on….You know, if my assumption is correct that no one's reading this, am I just talking to myself? Does that make me crazy? ^^ See what happens when I get no reviews!?
Uh by the way. No one seems to be rooting for Ino x Naruto, so I'm going to have some fun with them for a bit.
Chapter 8: Naruto's first real kiss.
"Ino…why is our date in front of Sasuke's house?"
"What are you talking about silly? It's a picnic!"
"I can see it's a picnic…a picnic in front of Sasuke's house."
"Yeah, uh huh Naruto, now eat your ramen," said Ino, her gaze completely locked on Sasuke's house as she picked up an empty ramen container and handed it to Naruto. Naruto had no idea it was possible, but Ino had managed to eat her ramen faster than Naruto. He was still only about half-way through while her's was gone. The blond haired girl stared out at Sasuke's house.
"Ooh Ooh! Naruto, look! Sasuke's by the window…Omigosh…He's coming out the door! Quick Naruto!"
"Huh? Quick what?" But just then the blond haired boy was cut off as Ino tackled him down to the ground and pressed her lips against his. Naruto barely had time to comprehend what was happening before Ino pulled away again.
"Did Sasuke see? Does he look jealous?" Ino struggled to see for a moment before she squealed with excitement. "Ooh, Naruto, he looks so jealous! Ooh I just knew he liked me, I just knew it!" Naruto sat up and stared at her. This was far, far worse than his date with Sakura.
"Uh, Ino…I think I'm gonna head home now, okay?"
"That's nice Naruto."
"Yeah…I gotta go make-out with Shikamaru."
"That's great Naruto."
"Yeah, and Gaara and me were gonna have hot sex."
"Uh huh, that's nice Naruto."
"Yeah, Sasuke was going to join us." Ino turned around.
"What about Sasuke?"
"Uh…isn't that him in the upstairs window?" Ino jumped up and began squinting.
"Ooh ooh, where?" Naruto sighed and walked away.
Iruka sighed and leaned up against Kakashi.
"Damn, I'm out 200 yen…I bet Gai that Shino would have the worst time trying to be romantic with Naruto, but sheesh – no one could ever beat this!"
"In the world of ninja's, I've seen some pretty un-romantic couples, but this one takes the cake."
"Uchiha Itachi would be more romantic…" Iruka joked.
"What about Orochimaru?" The two ninjas looked over at each other and laughed at the thought of Itachi or Orochimaru attempting at being romantic.
Gai sat in the background, watching the whole scene.
"Young love is the most wonderful thing…but you two are getting old, so get a room!"
Naruto arrived later that evening at a small restaurant to find both Shino and Kiba waiting for him. Naruto blinked for a moment, Kiba was scowling, and Shino looked oblivious.
"Why is Shino here…?" Naruto asked cautiously. Kiba scowled even deeper.
"I don't know! He just showed up here and said he was going on a date with you too tonight!" Naruto shrugged. He really didn't see too much of a problem with this.
"Let's just go then, ok?" Naruto stepped forward, placing his body in between the two boys and stepped towards the restaurant.
"I'm sorry sirs…but no dogs are allowed," said a snot-nosed man waiting by the door.
"What dog?" asked Kiba, who happened to be holding Akamaru at the time.
"That dog…" said the man, pointing at Akamaru. Kiba gasped and hugged Akamaru to his chest.
"Akamaru's not a dog, he's family!" The snot-nosed man stared at Kiba for a moment.
"Well…he's violating our no shirt, no shoes, no service policy."
"Well of course he is! What kind of dog wears shirts and shoes?"
"I'm sorry boys, but I'll have to ask you to leave…" The three boys walked away, Kiba still comforting Akamaru, insisting to the dog that it wasn't his fault, that the boys had left cause the restaurant was stupid.
"You know they're not getting away with this right?" Naruto said, "Akamaru's such a well-behaved dog, his table manners are better than mine!"
Kiba nodded; he couldn't really disagree with this.
"So here's the plan guys…" Naruto pulled the boys into a huddle.
A few minutes later, the boys were outside the back door that leads into the kitchen. Lucky for them, the restaurant was pretty small and there was only one chef, two when the place got busy. Outside the door, Akamaru was sniffing intently, along with Kiba.
"Coast is clear…" Kiba said at last. Shino, rather reluctantly handed over a jar filled with bugs to Naruto, wiping at his eye under his glasses as he did so. Naruto grinned and snuck into the kitchen, trying his best to keep absolutely quiet. There was a big pot of something cooking on the stove. Naruto opened the jar and dropped in a handful of bugs. Then he slipped bugs in a whole bunch of plates he saw waiting to be delivered by the waiters. He heard a bark from outside, a signal that the chef was approaching and quickly dumped the rest of the bugs on the floor before running out of there, just barely avoiding being caught.
"Let's get out of here, quick!" Naruto hissed as the first sound of a woman's scream came from inside the restaurant.
Uchiha Itachi sat over his desk, pondering what ways he could torture his little brother next. Naturally, as good minions do, his minions had kept him updated on the happenings of Konoha village.
And just recently, Itachi had caught wind of a very unusual contest…
Author's Commentary: Woot! 3 dates in one chapter! Sorry, I felt like the plot was dragging. The pace quickens, the plot thickens and all that jazz. Stay tuned for…Shikamaru's date! That is…if its not too troublesome for him to get up.