Jealousy Over a Demon
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(pairings) NejiNaru, SasuNaru, and tiny hints of others
(disclaimer) Don't own it, NEVER will… (sulks) I really wanna own an Uchiha (preferably Itachi-kun!!) I have money and I'm REALLY willing to buy!!!
(story notes) Naruto is currently 15 years old so everyone else is around that age. Tsunade is the Hokage here, and Sasuke NEVER left Konoha for the Sound… (I really didn't want to cope with that problem… (shudders) complicated! Everyone is also a chuunin but they don't seem to wear those vests. It is also getting close to winter this time of year.
(warnings) This IS a Yaoi and if you don't know what it means… well… it looks like you haven't been completely through the Naruto section. There may be some spoilers, but I haven't decided yet. Characters may be OOC. INO and a little Sakura bashing..
(summary) After spending a night at the Hyuuga estate, Naruto starts to pay more attention to Neji. In the meantime, a certain dark-hared avenger is getting jealous!
(genre) Romance/Humor Angst later on
(writing codes) ('blah blah'thoughts)
------------------(Italics-flashbacks)
------------------((blah POV)Change of POV or setting)
(rating) (PG-13) MAY go up in later chapters.
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EEP! Four months have passed since I've updated! So many things are happening in my life, and it's just overwhelming. Not to mention the huge writer's block I've been pounded on with. So sorry for those who had to wait so long for this… Well these are enough pitiful excuses for now.
TINY SPOILERS UP TO CHAPTER 205 IN THE MANGA…
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Chapter 8-The Morning Meeting and Mission
(3rd Person POV)
The next morning the members of team seven sat on a bridge. For the first time they sat quietly, not muttering a word. Was it because of the moon that was still visible in the sky or was it because two out of the three teammates were snoozing? The world may never know. Sasuke sat in the darkness trying to finalize all mental plans of operation S.C.R.E.W. D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. (Sasuke Creates a Really Exciting Way to Demolish Extra Slutty Things Involving Naruto and Yabbermouth) He glanced up at Naruto in curiosity.
'He's a bit too quiet right now. Well since he's asleep it sort of makes sense. So anyways back to the plan. First I should-"
"OH Sasuke! I do… I do… I do! You do too?! I can not believe it! Oh and I have the best news ever! I'm pregnant with twins! What should we name them? Sasuke Jr.? Or how about a merging of our names like Sasura? I know that you being first is important so you can get the first part of the name!"
The Uchiha stared at Sakura in disbelief and horror. She was practically screaming out her thoughts out to the world. In a matter of moments everything that the poor teen heard quickly turned X-rated, which was too much for him to handle.
'What the fuck is she dreaming about?! You know… ugh just forget it. I don't EVER want to know.' he thought, inching over near Naruto hoping the thoughts of him would drown out the pink-haired girl's screams. About an hour or so later, the sun finally rose and if you looked at the dirt road on the sides of the bridge you would see all sorts of lines, numbers, and stick figures carved into the ground. According to Sasuke, they were important battle 'plans'. A certain girl who had just woken up and walked over to see what was going on, they were something else.
"Sasuke-kun? You make art? I think it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL!"
He gave a small 'hn' before kicking the dirt around to erase his 'art'. Was she blind?! How can stick figures in dirt be 'beautiful art'. Sasuke then turned around when hearing a small groan. Naruto had just woken up and for some strange reason he had some sort of nightcap that looked like a cross between a walrus and bear resting crookedly on his head. It wasn't even on an hour ago!
'Cute,' he thought silently to himself. Naruto sat up and blinked at his surroundings. The cap fluttered to the floor and he soon noticed that eyes were being directed at him. The silence felt awkward.
"Sasuke? Sakura? Can we go get some ramen?! I'm starving!"
It would be a very long morning for team seven as they headed toward the ramen bar feeling hungry themselves.
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(Neji's place)
Neji woke up early and felt rather stressed. What was he exactly doing last night? He went to sleep abnormally early at nine and felt this groggy? The thought of nine immediately brought back the thoughts of Naruto and the 'nine tails'.
'That's right… he's the nine tails. Or at least that's what the books say. Books ARE always correct. But then again that book wasn't a real book. It was a 'picture' book. Picture books have colorful talking bears and spiders. They were also friendly bears and spiders and I KNOW that bears and spiders aren't friendly. Especially the guy with the webs from the Sound that nearly beat me to death,' he mentally stressed to himself.
Neji went through his usual morning procedures that included the half-hour hair brushing process before glancing back into the Naruto manga. Maybe he was just delusional last night due to the Uchiha's evil idea of interrupting him and Naruto. To reassure himself, he flipped through the book and saw the same thing he saw last night. Frustrated with the truth again, he opened the 'picture book' up to the copyright page. A few words were in tiny print in the corner of the page
"Naruto copyrighted by Masashi Kishimoto is a work of NONFICTION. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely intentional… Every copyright in large print above is completely untrue and its purpose is to mainly keep the author/artist out of trouble. All rights reserved. Fate doesn't seem to know what it's doing anymore… This Kishimoto guy seems to have a twisted mind…" /1/
Just when Neji was ready to get out of his room for some food, his door was knocked down… hard. He began to get the chills, suspecting what was going to happen. A guy shrouded by smoke, stood in a freaky pose until the air was finally cleared. Of course it was no other than Lee's older clone; in other words Gai-sensei, to be more respectful of course. The poor teen standing next to his fallen door that now possessed a huge crack, couldn't resist twitching. The sight before him was normal to see but even after four years he could never get over the fact that his teacher did such nasty and creepy things.
A few moments after the smoke cleared, Gai finally moved before flashing his trademark smile with the sparkle at the end.
"What are you doing here knocking down my door with your dramatic entrance?"
"Well Neji, what are you doing here being lazy and not attending your Konoha duties?! I am ashamed of you!" Gai scolded as he was about to do his signature punch.
"You better not punch me like you do with Lee and then cry about youth afterwards."
"… Neji did you know that we have a mission today? Didn't Tenten tell you?"
"No she didn't….." 'Sheesh…I wonder how upset she is. She always enjoys informing me about anything she thinks of.'
"Well hurry so we can get going!" Once again, Gai flashed his sparkly grin.
Neji shuddered and muttered, "Whatever."
(Ten Minutes later)
Team….errs….Gai is currently working on their D level mission, planting seeds. Gai and Lee were busily planting the seeds and grinning at each other like maniacs. Although the tension between Neji and Tenten was quite thick. The weapon-using girl was doing what she was supposed to do and mentally refused to look at her teammate. She couldn't handle the fact that her biggest crush was into…other guys. Neji wasn't used to the silence and peace coming from the girl and it drove him nuts. Sure he wished that she would stay quiet every once in a while…but why now?! So much for being careful with what you wish for.
"Tenten…"
"…"
"Tenten…" he spoke, this time a bit louder.
"…"
"TENTEN!" he yelled a bit too loud. Gai and Lee even turned their heads in curiosity at the boy who never raised his voice unless he was in battle. They quickly then turned back around, continuing to go on with the mission.
"Gai-sensei? Why did Neji-san yell out Tenten-san's name?"
"A lover's quarrel must be in between them… OH the beauty of the love and the angst of youth!" the teacher replied before crying into his arms with Lee.
"What is wrong with them?" the Hyuuga said to the open space ever so softly. He turned around and walked over to Tenten. Sure his heart leaned a little…well actually a lot more to Naruto than her, but he didn't want her to avoid him for the rest of her life. "Tenten, can you at least say something?"
"…"
"Can you at least tell me why you're so upset?"
"Neji-kun…I always cheer for you no matter the situation since you're a prodigy… but… as you would say… my destiny doesn't include you, does it?" she spoke out feeling her heart crack with every second.
"I… I guess not," Neji said as he noticed that he and his teammate had just finished their side of the field. Before he was able to say anymore, the green twins interrupted him.
"Neji, Tenten. Have you both finished your sides of the field?" Gai asked while Lee was catching falling leaves as a challenge for Sakura's love.
"Hai."
"Hai…" the female whispered looking upset.
"Hmm… looks like the argument between the both of you hasn't been settled, but don't worry! I see a bright future for the both of you together! I guarantee it!" the teacher said, receiving a questioning look from Neji.
Tenten sighed and muttered a small 'sure' before putting up a fake smile. Neji couldn't believe how wrong his sensei could be. After a few moments of pondering and sighing, the team walked back to return the mission report. As soon as they were paid, Gai's senses twitched unexpectedly. His childhood rival was nearby… and was very close.
"Kakashi."
"What about Sakura-chan's sensei?" Lee asked, feeling light and fluttery just thinking about the girl.
Neji was leaning against a wall, waiting for any orders to go home or something. Tenten was on an opposite wall staring out the window, making her feel even more depressed. The teens were dead quiet before hearing some sort of conversation in the Hokage's office.
"Kakashi, you and your team were supposed to be heading out to the Sand a couple of hours ago. What are you doing here?" Tsunade asked not knowing that there were some eavesdroppers.
"I have a request."
"Oh? And what is it?"
"Can you send a few ANBU with us to accompany our mission?"
"ANBU? Isn't that a bit drastic for just guarding a building for a while? Your team is strong, especially with the brat."
"I need some help from the ANBU because of Naruto."
"…explain"
"There have been reports that the Akatsuki was spotted in the Sand yesterday. They're probably after Naruto again and we have no idea how strong they have become. And I'm having some suspicions that Itachi will be with his partner there. Nothing would stop Sasuke from taking revenge and he'd be seriously hurt again."
"I see…but the ANBU usually don't accompany ninjas on missions and it is not yet confirmed that the Akatsuki is really in the Sand. I can't send them out without a confirmation of a threat. I'm sorry but there's noth-"
"Excuse me for interrupting Hokage-sama, but how about sending my team along instead of using up some ANBU. My team probably EXCEEDS Kakashi's," Gai interrupted as his team was seen through the door. He then flashed his trademark smile, giving the leaf's leader the chills. He glanced at his rival for a reply.
"Hmm? What did you just say?" Kakashi asked, closing the book he just pulled out when Gai came in.
'Ooo! Trying to be cool all the time!' the green dressed man thought shaking a fist.
"I'll allow it, if Kakashi's ok with the decision. How about it Kakashi, do you want Tenten's team to tag along?"
"I can't get ANBU then?" the Hokage just shook her head, "I have no other choice than to take the offer."
Lee started bouncing around in happiness knowing that Sakura-'chan' would be there. In the meantime the rest of the team remained quiet knowing who was there. Without saying anything everyone left to the bridge where team seven was supposed to be located at. When they arrived no one was there; all they saw were squiggles and lines carved in the dirt. Tenten, feeling a bit more like her old self saw something carved into the ground that made her eyes bulge.
"Ahh Neji… Neji… Neji-kun? I think you should see this," the girl said, stuttering in disbelief. Neji walked over and immediately saw what she was so nervous about. In big capitalized letters were the words: OP: S.C.R.E.W. D.E.S.T.I.N.Y.
"Hmm…Uchiha must have done this, wherever he is."
Before the both of them could say any more, Lee came over with Gai and then Kakashi slowly following behind, burying his head in his book. They all had no idea as to where team seven would be.
"This is your entire fault Kakashi. If only you actually came on time, we wouldn't be in this mess. You should be more like me, the responsible person I am!" Gai boasted confidently.
"If I came on time your team wouldn't even be here. And if I were more like you, I'd kill myself." the gray-haired teacher said bluntly.
"Maybe they're out for breakfast at the ramen shop?" Neji suggested flatly. The teachers just shrugged and traveled back into the village with their students slugging behind.
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(Ichiraku Ramen Shop)
The three students in team seven quickly ordered their food as soon as they arrived. The mission at that point didn't seem to matter any more. Sakura sat down having some serious thoughts about what she was going to do to stop Ino and ruin her new arising fan club.
Sasuke still had his thoughts about operation: S.C.R.E.W. D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. He glanced at Naruto and saw the boy playing with his chopsticks. He snapped them apart and stuck them in his mouth. He then innocently pulled and pushed the sticks, sucking them every now and then. The poor Uchiha couldn't help but feel aroused by the act and his little 'friend' down under was noticeably sticking out.
"What are YOU looking at bastard?" Naruto said, waiting for Sakura's angry retort but nothing was heard. She apparently was still in her 'lala' land.
"Nothing you would know about."
After a long pause Naruto finally shot back a lame retort. "Damn your smart ass talk-"
Before he could finish what he was about to say, a bowl of ramen was placed in front of him and soon, the rest of the team. All thoughts in Naruto's head were soon replaced by the wonders of noodles and miso flavored soup.
Sakura merely took a few sips of the soup before continuing to fantasize the most perverse things.
Sasuke poked his bowl with the wooden chopsticks. And poked. And poked again. The cube of noodles sunk down and floated back up bringing a few bubbles along. A look of disgust crossed his face and he soon slid the bowl over to Naruto. He wasn't really hungry anyways…
"Here dobe, you can have it."
"Really Sasuke-bastard? You've actually done something decent just now. Well, arigatou!"
And with that Naruto turned his attention back to the steaming bowl. Sasuke suddenly felt pissed, very pissed. It seems like his oh-so-called 'kiss' he had shared with the boy was long forgotten already… damn the Hyuuga.
Over thirty minutes had passed and Naruto finished his six bowls, Sasuke's, and even Sakura's. He was then working on his ninth bowl, as Sasuke was staring at the piled up bowls in awe.
It was quite strange how Naruto could eat so much and be so thin and irresistibly cute.
Everything was calm and all you could hear were slurps and a few 'Ahh's but even that was quite soothing. It was like this for a while until-
"OHAYOU, SAKURA-CHAN!"
"Lee-san? Uhh…ohayou…what are you doing here?" Sakura asked, feeling that the boy could possibly be stalking her.
"You can ask your sensei," he replied as Gai walked in, suddenly giving the team chills. Kakashi then walked in making the team go from getting freaked out and going full out force angry.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI! You're late!" Sakura and Naruto yelled simultaneously, "AND what are THEY doing here?!"
"Hmm? Oh. They're just going to accompany us on our mission. Try to get comfy, because we have a long mission ahead of us," the silver haired jounin replied flipping another page of the book. Tenten and Neji soon arrived and Sasuke took a great notice of that.
Neji saw the Uchiha glaring fiercely at him as if saying 'You better keep away from him while I'm here.' All the Hyuuga did in reply was smirk.
"IIIE!" Naruto yelled, holding a piece of paper in front of him. The horrid receipt had finally come, "Ahh… Sasuke, do you want to pay the bill?"
Unfortunately the bill was quite high and the Uchiha didn't bring much money with him. Neji saw the bill, smirked, and paid it all off. (plus tip)
"Ne, arigatou Neji!" Naruto chirped out happily.
"You're welcome, Naruto."
Sasuke saw the whole thing. He didn't like it at all… 'Just when I didn't have much money with me, the damn Hyuuga takes advantage of it. And he's going to STAY with us on some freakishly LONG mission… bah!'
"So much for Operation: S.C.R.E.W. D.E.S.T.I.N.Y., huh?" Neji said, smirking at Sasuke. The Uchiha's eyes widened as he heard thE distinct words, "I'll be making sure that it isn't going to be a success."
"If you interfere with my time with him, I'll do the same with yours."
"We'll see…"
Naruto then came out of no where and started tugging on the two teens' arms.
"COME ON! We have a mission to complete!" And with that team seven and team…Gai headed out of Konoha to journey to the Sand.
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(path between the Sand and Leaf - nighttime)
By the end of the day, not much progress was made when traveling to the Sand. Gai brought only 4 tents for him and his students but team seven only brought blankets. It was soon decided that there would be two people to every tent, because of Gai's 'sharing is caring' youth speech.
"Is everyone ready to tell us your partners?" Gai asked glancing at Kakashi to see if he was paying attention. He wasn't. "I don't want any funny stuff to happen in the tents I brought. Remember youth is the best thing you could ever have, so try to preserve it as much as possible."
"Aww, come on. Don't listen to him. Just go ahead and fuck each other like rabid bunnies," the gray haired jounin commented blankly as he put away his book. A disgusted look crossed the girl's faces while Lee felt as if he was about to faint. Naruto had a light blush while Neji and Sasuke glared at each other.
"Kakashi… my rival… ARE YOU CRAZY?! Our students are still filled with youth and you seem to want them to throw it all away."
"Nonsense. They're fifteen and sixteen. It's the perfect age to go have their first intercourse."
"BE QUIET ABOUT THAT! They still are the v-word you know."
"Virgins?"
"BE QUIET!!!"
After a while the students decided to ignore their teachers. Tenten knew that Neji would be trying his hardest to be with Naruto and so would Sasuke… Lee was definitely not an option for her. Sakura would be fine.
Lee was begging Sakura-'chan' to be his 'tent mate' but was seriously not succeeding. She refused to say yes unless asked by Sasuke-'kun'.
"Sakura-chan! Please! You don't have to worry about me doing anything stupid!"
"No."
"Sakura-CHAAAAAAN!"
"No."
"Hey Sakura, do you want to share a tent with me?" Tenten asked as she came over to where the pink-haired girl was.
"Ehh," Sakura shot a glance towards Sasuke, "Alright then…"
Tenten made an apology to Lee and explained why she had to do it. The boy just sighed and waited for anyone to ask him to be their tent partner. Meanwhile, a couple of feet away, Sasuke and Neji were having a talk about who was going to get Naruto.
"So Uchiha, I doubt that you're going to surrender your night with Naruto easily."
"Same goes for you."
"Hmph. So how are we going to decide this?"
"How about you just surrender this entire battle to me?"
"Don't be stupid Uchiha."
"Have any other ideas then genius?"
"Hmm…-"
"Neji! Sasuke! What are you two talking about?" Naruto chirped, coming over to where the prodigies were.
"Who'd our tent partners would be." Sasuke replied.
"Ahh… ok. I guess you two want to be together then. I won't bother you anymore. Guess I'll have to ask Lee now." the blonde said softly walking away.
"NO!" the 'prodigies' yelled out at the same time. Unfortunately, Naruto didn't hear and so the both of them ended up being together in a small tent when they could've been with the cutest little blonde.
"Uchiha, this is all your fucking fault."
"Whatever."
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/1/ I am not bashing him, NEJI IS! Kishimoto is nearly god in my opinion so I don't intend to ever bash this person.
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I'm so sorry for getting this out so late. (again) The author's block is slowly wearing off. And if you think I'm losing my touch, I'm sorry. All inspirations for this story have been worn away.
Review, and maybe some helpful suggestions?
Continue? Discontinue? Good? Bad?
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Cookie6: Hehe. Anybody would even me!
Maliciously Creative: (pokes at Itachi "plushie") YAY! I got another Itachi now, the REAL one too! (since I could count this as an update) Gosh your reviews get better each and every time! I fell out my chair laughing!
Chi: (poke)
Itachi:…WHAT'S with everyone poking me!
Chi: (pokes Itachi's eyes)
Itachi: ARGH! You poked my eyes! What?! My-my sharingan is gone?! No!
Chi: OMG. You natural eye color is… purple?! Cool! It matches your nails!
Itachi:(tries to reactivate sharingan) NO! You fucking woman! Now I'm weak! Killing my friend was a waste now!
Sasuke Plushie: (comes out of nowhere) There you are! Now I can… beat… the shit….. y-y-YOU'RE EYES ARE PURPLE?! That means… NO MORE SHARINGAN! (cracks knuckles) I will finally kill my older brother!
Chi: Oooh… things getting a bit graphic. Heehee!
chibified kitsunes: Now I feel guilty for updating late. I'm glad that it was longer and you liked it though! (cough) I hope I update a bit faster this time.
D.A: It grosses me out a bit too… (cough) even if I made the chapter. I'm glad you thought it was funny though!
Unsaid: Aww. Don't worry you'd get a NejiNaru, though I'm not sure if it'll come before the SasuNaru alternate ending.
Hikiya: Hmm maybe the NejiNaru ending really will come before the SasuNaru one. Sasuke's a bastard…well I know that Neji thinks so!
Yuen-chan: Hehe… funny review in a few words!
Yaoilover S: Action? Yes there will! Very, very soon. It's just that such and such runs into someone's private time! (yells at Sasuke and Neji)
Yu: Was it really that funny? Well I guess I'll continue with more surprising humor.
Moonsong k'Shallia: Well if you think everyone's fine I'll keep it that way. As for Sakura and Ino……err… I'm not really sure about them.
nejinaru Fan: I'm SO sorry for updating late! Agh! I feel horrible! Oh and the good stuff for Neji and Naruto is coming soon!
Letta: The gambling scene, eh? Thanks! And about Neji, he's coming… I can promise you that!
Naruto's-Lost-Love: Aww! That's so nice! Wow, I thought that the reviews would've stopped by the time you read it. (munches on gift cookie) Thanks for taking your time to review!
Donna Kitsune: Yes, the lack of NejiNaru fics is saddening but I hope this fic could at least help inspire others to write more. As for beta-editing, it's ok, I've already gotten one. Thanks. (and for reviewing too!)
Momochi Zabuza: Wow! I'm quite flattered about what you said. I'm so speechless, I barely know how to reply to your review.
quaebah24: I feel so bad for making Sasu-kun that way…GAAH! And the whole dairy thing, I had no idea.