Ah, and now we get to the chapter that I really didn't want to write, out of pure laziness. I knew I had to get some of Naruto's P.O.V in soon since I've been switching from Neji and Sasuke so much, but I'm so lazy and didn't really have the motivation to do this. So it shows, and this really becomes just a filler chapter until I can get back to the mainstream plot.

Ramen-Ou – Yeah, there's going to be A LOT of OOC in this fic. All in good fun. : )

Chapter 5: Shot Down

Ugh, that was completely unfair of Sasuke. Naruto sat on a desk and pouted. He had such a smug look as he was leading Neji out. Chances were good he'd only take him to his place for show and then send him away. Yes, that is probably what he would do. Naruto kept reassuring himself of this to put his mind at ease. He didn't like the thought of his Sasuke giving attention to someone else.

But that was the whole purpose of Sasuke's actions: to make Naruto jealous and spiteful. And it was working. Naruto 'hmphed' and crossed his arms. He couldn't give in so easily. He had to think of a way to get back at Sasuke for making him feel this way.

Naruto growled under his breath. He wasn't going to let that bitter nin win this. He could never live it down if he gave in so easily now. He was Naruto! He could do this! He had to just bite down on his jealousy and carry on, and make an even more dastardly plan than Sasuke….except it was Sasuke who usually came up with the most workable ones.

Naruto jumped down from the desk and shuffled out of the room, deep in thought. He had come this far. Why did they even fight anyway? If Sasuke would only back down… The blonde sighed. His koi made it obvious that he was going to have to be dragged down forcefully, and he would fight tooth and nail to come out on top in this dispute.

It was over such a silly reason anyway. Naruto had heard of some ramen convention traveling around to villages where the restaurant owners could swap recipes and gather with others in the trade. It was a wonderful business gathering, but Naruto saw it simply as an all-you-can-eat ramen fest. He had begged and pestered his boyfriend to come with him for a week before it arrived. Even then, Sasuke did not give in easily. Eventually he did break, and said he'd meet Naruto at the festival in the afternoon.

Naruto was delighted to have someone to go with and said he'd be there. That was before he ran into Shikamaru and Chouji who had been looking for the fox-nin in order for a master to assist them with a prank they were planning. Shikamaru had thought out all the details, being the strategist and all, and spent most of the time napping under a shady tree while Chouji and Naruto set up the prank.

Their target was the girls. Shikamaru claimed he had a bone to pick with them for something, but wouldn't go into details. Naruto became so wrapped up in the excitement of doing a new prank that he didn't watch the time. Needless to say, it worked perfectly. The three boys had silently trailed the girls to a part of the river that broke off into a small pool.

While the girls were busy swimming and talking, Naruto had snuck down and switched all their clothes with the ones that Chouji had made. They slowly left, sniggering in anticipation of the reaction. The boys didn't have long to wait, because soon a shrill scream cut through the silence of the forest.

Sakura came running out of the trees, brandishing an 'I love Naruto' across the front of her dress. She whacked Naruto in the back of the head and demanded the meaning of the vandalism on her clothing. The blonde nin could hardly hold back a laugh as Sakura all of a sudden twitched and began to scratch. The scratching became more frantic, and she turned her furious eyes to the three, demanding an explanation. Ino also came rushing out of the trees followed by Tenten, and both were scratching wildly.

Naruto hi-fived Chouji, commending him for lining the clothing so well with poison ivy. At that point, all three boys had to run for their lives. It was worth the beating, and the three returned to the village laughing that the girls would be scratching for at least a week more.

In all this excitement, Naruto noticed that the sun was beginning to set. His eyes widened in horrified realization that he had forgotten something, and quickly said goodbye to Shikamaru and Chouji. He had bolted to Sasuke's house, where he was met by the ill-tempered prodigy.

Sasuke was not happy to have been stood up, and the mere fact that it was at a ramen convention made it all the more insulting. He said he had waited there all afternoon among the restaurant owners and crazy obsessed people. Even worse, he had been seen by Lee and a few other nin, which meant that word spread pretty fast that the great Sasuke was hanging out with losers at some noodle festival.

Naruto had tried to cheer up his koibito with the story about the prank, but Sasuke was unimpressed and had kicked him out. Naruto thought Sasuke was totally overreacting; after all, he didn't do it on purpose and he had a good reason: he had to help Shikamaru and Chouji so their prank was a success. His boyfriend still would not listen to reason and completely ignored Naruto.

This angered the fox-child, and he resolved that he was not going to apologize if Sasuke was going to be an ass about it. And so the fight had begun, and had just become more and more nasty with the attacks. And now Sasuke had hit an absolute low and had taken Neji back to his place and left Naruto stew over that.

Well, Naruto was not going to sit around and let Sasuke win. He would do something about it and get back at his koibito. He couldn't think of anything to best what Sasuke had just done though. Naruto was jealous, and was at a point where he had actually considered giving up. No, that just wouldn't do.

The nin walked around in deep thought. Well, if he couldn't do anything better, he would at least have to take away Sasuke's means of attack. It was the only thing he could think of doing. Sasuke would just have to deal with the fact that Naruto did not give in easily. He was going to win this fight, or die trying.

And so ends the most boring chapter I've had to write thus far. Hopefully things will get more interesting soon.