A/N: Sorry for the delay people, was on a holliday. Not much else to say just read the chapter, down below I'll give you all a line-up of the themes for the upcoming chapters. I'll try to hurry up with updating, probably one chapter a week or so seeing how school is starting for me again...Meh...Well enjoy it anyway!
Chapter 21: Drinking Sake With The Devil! Demon Style!
"...Why am I going to regret doing this?" Gaara asked.
"Because he will beat the shit out of you when he finds out and thinks this is for real..." Naruto replied grinning.
"Well I don't mean it...You just wanted to see if she was able to punch trough my sand defense..." Gaara replied.
"That, or if she likes you." Naruto said grinning.
"Can't you come up with another prank? I mean one that doesn't include me risk getting another fangirl." Gaara asked.
"Hmmm...Nope." Naruto said after gaving it half a second of tought.
"...I'm not going to do this...I've had enough kissing for one day so I'm not just going to try and hit on her like that and risk that." Gaara said.
"You kissed someone today!" Naruto exclaimed suprised.
"Ow that's right...you don't know..." Gaara said and looked away.
"With who? Come on tell me...Was it someone at the movie set?" Naruto said as he leered at Gaara.
"Yes..." Gaara replied.
"Oooooow! I know! You made out with Hime, didn't you." Naruto said grinning.
"No..." Gaara replied annoyed.
"Tell...meeee..." Naruto said as he glared at Gaara.
"I'm not going trough with this...What if she falls for my natural charms?" Gaara said ignoring Naruto question about who he kissed and what not.
"Your natural charms...? Hey! weait one second! You are trying to change the subject here, aren't you!" Naruto yelled and pointed acusingly at Gaara.
"Yes my natural charms, what else do you call it when woman start a fanclub about you when you aren't do anything at all?" Gaara asked.
"You got a point there...Now! you go down there and use those natural charms of yours to see if Sakura-chan falls for them!" Naruto said and knocked Gaara of the sand of cloud.
"Huh? Where did he land?" Naruto wondered as he looked over the edges of the cloud to see Gaara anywhere beneath him.
"I have a better idea..." Naruto heard from behind him.
"Ah! Aaaaaah!" Naruto screamed as he was flying upside down trough the streets of Konoha. Gaara had bounded Naruto's legs together with his sand while hanging him down from his cloud and exceeding the speed of sound seemed like a much more fun idea to him.
"Come on people move! Unless you want me to knock against you!" Naruto said as people were passing him by so fast that most of them were only a blurr to him.
"Hey this is much more fun, Isn't it Naruto?" Gaara asked as he looked behind his cloud.
"As long as you try to make a move on Sakura-chan after this, I'll not beg for mercy!" Naruto replied.
"Hmmm...We'll see about that." Gaara said as he faced back forward.
"What in the hell are you planning this time!" Naruto asked as he avoided knocking into a couple.
"You'll find out..." Gaara replied as he slowly began to decrease speed. Naruto now was able to take better notice of his surroundings.
"This is...THE HOTSPRING DISTRICT!" Naruto exclaimed and then noticed Gaara was nearing above one of the hot springs there.
Naruto quickly found himself above the woman's bath, where Gaara suddenly dropped him in to. He landed in the water with a huge splash and quickly came back to the surface.
"...God damn him...But I will not beg for mercy." Naruto muttered as he climbed out of the water. He then noticed he wasn't exactly alone, as he stared in to a lot of blushing young woman.
"Er...This isn't what it looks like..." Naruto brought out, followed by a large amount of screaming from the woman.
Naruto was soon over thrown by the woman that blinded him with their hands and tried to bring him out of the water. He struggled against the womans' grasps though, since he was lying comfortable, yet totally uncomfortable.
"You pervert! Stop that!" One of the woman yelled.
"Ah! He touched me!" Another yelled.
"Sorry, I dropped my friend in here? Mind if I take him back?" Gaara asked as he hovered above the woman's bath. All the girls looked up and saw Gaara hanging over the edge of his cloud of sand with his eyes closed.
"Well you aren't atleast peeking at us." One of the woman said.
"That's because I don't need to really peek." Gaara replied. The woman looked confused at Gaara for a few seconds.
"Well take your friend out of here! And make sure he doesn't peek and you don't either!" The lady holding Naruto yelled.
"What's the big deal anyway? It's not like I haven't seen any of this before..." Naruto muttered as Gaara sand wrapped around his waist and eyes, pulling him up towards the sand cloud.
"Because it just is! And I highly doubt you DID see any of this!" All the woman yelled.
"You...said something else about being used to something like this back at the studio, you know..." Gaara stated.
"That's because I know Hime and I don't know these woman." Naruto replied nodding. Gaara let out a sigh and pulled Naruto back up onto the cloud.
"Hope you enjoy your bath." Gaara said to the woman before drifting off with Naruto on his cloud.
"God, why do all the men have to be perverts..." One of the woman complained.
"Yeah, it's such a shame...Those two were actually pretty cute for their age." Another replied nodding.
"Yeah...Let's give them a special surprise next time those two try to peek." A woman replied and all of them started an evil laughter.
"Wow...Looks like Naruto did it again..." Jiraiya whispered, who was sitting behind a innocent looking bush. Shino, who was busy drawing as usual, straightened his shades with his non drawing hand.
"I find it kind of weird that Naruto is suddenly getting all this attention." Shino replied.
"Yeah, I'm kind of jealous too...But it does create these handy situations." Jiraiya said grinning pervertedly as he continued looking at the girls.
"Not exactly what I meant..." Shino said and let out a slight nearly unhearable cough.
Meanwhile, Gaara and Naruto had covered quite some distance away from the hot springs already.
"Well, now it's your turn." Naruto said grinning.
"...Actually I could still try to make you give up." Gaara said.
"Hehe, No you can't...Besides you promised that if I wouldn't admit defeat by you then you'd do it." Naruto replied grinning.
"...Fine then, it's not like she's interested in me anyway." Gaara agreed. They floated around for some time and finally found her walking towards her home. A certain pink haired kunoichi, who actually had trained some today, was quite tired.
"Alright, she needs to go around the corner here...You go there." Naruto said and pointed the aforementioned corner out to Gaara.
"Fine..." Gaara said and dispersed into sand and regathered himself down on the ground, around said corner. Sakura passed by him, not noticing that he was standing there, and Gaara opened his eyes.
"Sakura..." Gaara said with a calm voice. Sakura halted at hearing her name and slowly turned around find the red haired boy from sand staring at her.
"Ga-Gaara-kun...What is it?" Sakura asked a bit nervous, since she was pretty damn scared of Gaara anyway.
"I need to talk to you..." Gaara stated.
"Huh...? S-sure, what do you want?" Sakura asked. Gaara pinned her down against the wall and was only a few inches away from her face.
"I only have one chance to say this, since today your boyfriend isn't around...I want you..." Gaara said. Sakura turned blood red in her face and looked away.
"It doesn't matter if you want me...I...I like Lee-san!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Then...You absolutely...don't...like me?" Gaara asked as he drew his face closer towards hers.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Sakura screamed, wrestled her way out of Gaara's position and ran off. Gaara landed down on the ground with a sigh.
"...Thank god." Gaara said.
"Hehehe...That was fun to see." Naruto said grinning.
"You just be grateful she didn't like me..." Gaara stated.
"Hehehe...Well I'd be long gone if she did like you." Naruto said grinning and rubbed the back of his head.
"I'd hunt you down and kill you..." Gaara stated.
"Well, It was just a guess anyway. However now we need to find another way to pass time..." Naruto said and sat down next to Gaara.
"Naruto-niisan!" Naruto and Gaara heard being yelled and looked down the street to see Kisune rushing towards them. Gaara jumped up and then quickly moved back.
"I have a letter for you! The mailman said it's urgent!" Kisune said and handed a letter over to Naruto.
"Urgent mail for me?" Naruto asked as he opened the letter.
"Yeah, and he also asked me to deliver this letter to Gaara-kun since he couldn't find him...So where is Gaa-" Kisune said and then noticed Gaara standing a few feet away from her with a sort of scared expression.
"Oh! There you are! You have a letter too, you know!" Kisune said as she jumped in front of Gaara, making him back out a bit.
"What is it, come on, here take it." Kisune said and stretched her arms out to hand Gaara the letter over. Gaara quickly took it and still tried to keep his distance from her.
"What is it? Are you embarrassed to see me?" Kisune against and Gaara's eyes widened.
"Embarrassed to see you...? Why would he be that?" Naruto looked questioningly at the two.
"He didn't tell you, did he? The fact that Gaara-kun and I were there ones that..." Kisune said and then Gaara's sand shut her mouth and pulled her closer towards him.
"Listen...If you don't tell anyone about that I'll take you out on a date to where ever you want whenever you want...Just DON'T tell anyone...Understood?" Gaara whispered in her ear. Kisune nodded and Gaara let go off her. Naruto shrugged and read his letter.
"Dear Uzumaki Naruto, You are invited to the world's greatest pimp contest...There one of the nine men and woman will be crowned as World's Greatest Pimp of this time...You don't need to bring your men/woman, we've got plenty of them waiting for you. The contest will be held in a town 9 miles southeast of The Hidden Village of Leaf. We expect you to arive here at..." Naruto read out loud.
"It says the same in mine...Looks like the contest is tonight." Gaara stated.
"What! It is! Yeah it is! Damn we've got to get ready!" Naruto yelled.
"...We do?" Gaara asked.
"Whatever happens, I will not lose to you Gaara!" Naruto pointed at his red haired friend and then rushed off.
"...I'll go then as well." Gaara stated and started walking off.
"Oi, Wait up Gaara-kun!" Kisune yelled.
"...Forgot about you." Gaara stated as he stopped.
"When are we going on a date?" Kisune asked cheerful and Gaara's eyes widened.
"Ssssht...Don't say it out loud...We'll go out tomorrow night, ok? Now let me pack my stuff for the trip to that town." Gaara whispered.
"Ne, Gaara-kun...You plan on going to the contest in those clothes?" Kisune asked. Gaara stopped and stared blankly at her, wondering why she was asking.
"I thought so, You were going in just that, weren't you?" Kisune asked.
"...Why wouldn't I?" Gaara asked.
"Because! With cooler clothes you'll definetely have a better chance of winning!" Kisune said cheerful.
"Er..." Gaara said "Why the heck am I going anyway...Ow yeah...I'm bored to death..."
"Come on! I'll go get you some of Naruto's clothes and I think he wouldn't mind if I used some of his money to buy you clothes!" Kisune said and pulled Gaara along with her as they rushed off.
"Actually I think he would mind..." Gaara whispered as Kisune continued to pull him along.
A while later, Naruto had found the building where the contest would be held.
"...There aren't really a lot of people." Naruto stated as he counted the people.
"1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8 Including me...Where the heck is Gaara?" Naruto wondered as he searched for his red haired friend.
"Here..." Gaara stated from behind him, making Naruto jump up.
"Damn it, why won't you quit doing that?" Naruto asked.
"...Because I like it." Gaara stated. Naruto then took a closer look on Gaara's clothes.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Naruto pointed out the obvious.
"Go blame your sister who wanted to use me as a dress-up doll..." Gaara replied.
"Wha-----t! You don't mean she took off ALL of your clothes now do you!" Naruto yelled pointing acusingly at Gaara.
"What! Ofcourse not! I would neverallow such a thing!" Gaara yelled.
"You'd better not!" Naruto yelled back and they then noticed they were being stared at by the other 7 contestants.
"...Oi, Naruto...Do these guys seem somehow familiar to you?" Gaara asked.
"...Now that you mention it...I kind of feel like we all know eachother..." Naruto said as he gave each and everyone of them a good look. A couple of them narrowed their eyes at the two and then looked back forward. A spotlight hit the stage and shortly after that an announcer headed for the mic that was standing on stage.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for coming on such short notice...Unfortunately, we're not quite reading to start the contest so please enjoy some of our men, woman and drinks while waiting." He announced. Shortly after the announcer left, the floor opened and a large amount of sexually inviting dressed men and woman came out of it.
"Wow..." Naruto and Gaara said as a couple of woman surrounded them and guided them to their designated seats.
Gaara sat down with his arms crossed and didn't really pay that much attention to the woman. He thought something strange was going on, since he felt quite strange ever since he sat down. Naruto on the other hand sat down grinning as he saw the free food and drinks being served, not paying that much attention to the ladies either.
"Huh...Why do I feel Kyuubi's chakra..." Naruto thought as he looked at his hands for a few seconds. He shrug it off as he didn't see any red chakra leaking out, figuring it was his immagination and continued eating.
"Well this is a rather interesting position..." Kyuubi said as he looked around and noticed Naruto below him, gobbling up the food, and the woman around him that could actually see him. All of a sudden, Naruto grabbed his stomach and started cringing in pain.
"Itai itai itai...what the hell...Diarhea at a time like this?" Naruto said as he stood up and rushed to the bathroom.
"Yes...Very interesting..." Kyuubi said and chuckled. He then wrapped a chakra arms around the ladies, who hugged his arms of chakra back.
"So...You girls ever had someone with the most stamina ever immagineable?" Kyuubi asked grinning.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, four heads were sticking out of the door.
"Excellent...Looks like the digestive is already working on Naruto-kun." Itachi said.
"Hehehe...This will be easy." Kisame said and snickered.
"The demon-chakra extraction seats work perfectly." Deidara stated.
"Ofcourse it does, I made it." Sasori replied.
"Alright...Since the Kyuubi is our first target...Who is going to capture it?" Itachi asked.
"I guess there is only one way to settle this..." Kisame said.
"Yes...That's right..." Sasori added.
"Rock! Paper! Siccors!" All four of them said. They repeated it a couple of times due to the fact that they all continued to have the same.
"Woohoo! Art team beats Killer team!" Deidara cheered.
"Crap on you two..." Kisame replied.
"Damn...And here I thought I had an advantage with my Sharingan." Itachi stated.
"Now, who out of us two will go get him..." Sasori said and they continued doing rock paper siccors.
"Just go together!" Itachi and Kisame exclaimed after being annoyed by them and kicked them out of the kitchen.
"Geez...fine..." Deidara said as he dusted himself off. Both of them headed towards Kyuubi's table.
"Kyuubi! We have come to capture your chakra essence!" They both yelled and pointed at Kyuubi.
"Say girls...Did you know that I was the one who did the voices of Itchy and Scratchy on the Simpsons show?" Kyuubi asked and looked at the two Akatsuki members.
"...Is he talking to us?" Sasori asked Deidara in a soft tone.
"...Why would he mention it and then look at us?" Deidara asked in return.
"Here, I'll show you..." Kyuubi said and all of a sudden, red chakra strings were attached to Deidara and Sasori.
"What the...!" They both exclaimed.
"They fight fight fight, They fight fight fight...The Sasori and Deidara sho---w!" Kyuubi said in a extremely high voice.
"Hey Sasori. Hey Deidara. Look what I made Sasori..." Kyuubi said and made Deidara open his hand palm.
"Aw what a cute little birdie...Makes me wanna kiss it." Kyuubi said and motioned Sasori in kissing positoin in front of the bird. The bird then exploded and Kyuubi started laughing with a high pitched voice.
"Hahahaha! You fell for it!" Kyuubi said as he made Deidara point and laugh at Sasori.
"Ow yeah, well take this you bastard!" Kyuubi said and made Sasori stab Deidara.
"Ah! You fiend...Here take this!" Kyuubi said and made Deidara stab Sasori. They continued stabbing eachother for a short while until Kyuubi let go off them.
"See girls, that was me." Kyuubi said as Sasori and Deidara dropped down on the floor and crawled back into the kitchen.
"Too...Too strong...Need...Medic..." They both stated and a random Akatsuki medic-nin came and heal them.
"Well Kisame...You devour chakra...So go do your thing." Itachi stated as he looked at Kisame.
"...Don't tell me you're scared because of this? Oh well...Time for me to finish the job then I guess." Kisame said and got up. He calmly walked towards Kyuubi's table and pointed Samehada at him.
"I'll enjoy devouring your chakra." Kisame stated.
"You know girls, I know that woman like a man that can cook...And it just so happens that I'm a master cheff...Shall I tell you what my specialty is?" Kyuubi asked grinning.
"Your chakra is mine, fox!" Kisame exclaimed as he launched himself at Kyuubi.
"It's Shark...fin...soup..." Kyuubi said and glared at Kisame. Kisame flinched, stopped his attack and rushed back to the kitchen.
"He wants to turn me into soup!" Kisame exclaimed frightened and hid in the corner of the kitchen.
"...You guys are really pathetic...My turn, I guess..." Itachi stated as he watched Kisame sucking his thumb and rocking back and forth. Itachi also calmly walked up to Kyuubi and stood still in front of him.
"Kyuubi-san, I'd like to have your chakra...Would you please come with me." Itachi said. Kisame, Sasori and Deidara looked at Itachi from inside the kitchen and sweatdropped at what he said.
"Ow...This one actually has manners...Too bad I don't give my chakra to people freely...Or to wusses." Kyuubi stated.
"Then you leave me no choice...I'll take it by force." Itachi said.
"Ow...And how do you plan to do that?" Kyuubi asked as he narrowed his eyes at Itachi.
"Mangekyou..." Itachi said.
"In the world of Tsukuyomi...I control time, space and even the mass of objects..." Itachi said and stabbed Kyuubi in his eyes.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU LITTLE BRAT! FIRST TAKING ME AWAY FROM MY WOMAN AND THEN YOU POKE ME IN THE EYE? FEEL MY WRATH!" Kyuubi yelled as he started chasing Itachi around with a katana that appeared in his mouth.
Meanwhile in the realworld, Naruto came back from the rest room. Just on that moment, Itachi was thrown in the air by Kyuubi's power and send flying towards him. With much noise and things getting knocked over, Itachi landed on top of Naruto and both of them tumbled over the other 3 Akatsuki members. The noise caught everyone's attention.
"Akatsuki!" A person yelled and pointed at the pile that consisted of Naruto and the Akatsuki members. Eight people got up and took fighting positions. Naruto crawled away from the pile and gathered up with the others.
"Crap...We can't take those guys on..." One of them stated.
"Together we might stand a chance." A girl said.
"Who exactly are they?" Gaara asked as he pointed at the pile of Akatsuki members. Everyone, aside from Naruto and Gaara dropped down to the floor.
"You don't know them!" One of the people asked.
"...No, why should I know them?" Gaara asked.
"You have a demon inside you like the rest of us, right?" A girl asked.
"Yeah..." Gaara replied.
"They are after it for supreme power and such." The girl said.
"Ow...So what do we do?" Gaara asked.
"These guy's aren't just chumps! We should run!" Naruto exclaimed.
"I thought you would be the last person to say that." Gaara stated.
"No, the blonde boy is right...We have no idea of their power and if we don't leave now they'll have us all at once." A guy said. The otherd nodded and agreed, so they started running away.
"Oi, Perverted Fox, it's time to go." Shukaku said.
"Hah, like those four can harm us...Besides I want to stay here with these ladies." Kyuubi said grinning.
"I never you liked 'those' kind of girls..." Shukaku said grinning.
"What do you mean with..." Kyuubi said as he looked down towards the girl who were now covered in smoke.
"They are men! Aaaaaaaaaaah!" Kyuubi screamed and started running.
"Bwhahahahahaha! My revenge is sweet!" Shukaku exclaimed as he quickly followed Kyuubi, the other Youma and the Jinruukichi's.
"That's your doing! Damn you!" Kyuubi exclaimed.
"A little manipulation here and there does wonders, Bwhahahahaha! Serves you right." Shukaku said as they slowly start to fade away.
"Damn it...I guess our fun for today is over..." Kyuubi said as more and more chakra returned to Naruto's body.
"Yeah...But I had my revenge..." Shukaku said as his mouth began to fade away as well.
"Just you wait..." Kyuubi said before they totally faded away. Once outside all of the Jinruukichi's breathed heavily.
"...Well that was...another way to meet people like yourself..." A girl said.
"We'd better hurry before they decide to follow us...I have a feeling we'll all meet together some day soon." A guy said and started to run off.
"Oi! Wait one second! can't we all just go to Konohagakure!" Naruto yelled as the others rushed off.
"So...Those people were the same like you and me?" Gaara asked once everyone was gone.
"I think they were...we should search them out sometime..." Naruto stated, disappointed that he couldn't get to know more people like himself and Gaara.
"Well...Let's head back to Konoha and report this incident." Gaara said. Naruto nodded and the two of them quickly headed back to Konoha.
Meanwhile inside the building, the Akatsuki members sat down on the ground.
"Guys...We know what this means, right?" Itachi asked.
"We all should be ashamed of ourselves that we got our asses handed to us by a tenthousand year old demon with the ultimate chakra?" Deidara asked.
"No...We must do what we do every night..." Itachi said.
"Er...Eat something fancy and expensive and then play go-fish?" Kisame asked.
"No, Kisame...Trying to take over the demons for infinite sex with woman!" Itachi exclaimed and started laughing maniacly.
A/N: Well so much for the chapter, not as long as I thought it would be but whatever. Chapter line up: Shika x Temari, Gaara x Kisune, Neji x Tenten and trough those last two chapters there will also be some love for HinaNaruAya
As far as the whole thing with Gaara and Sakura in this chapter, It's for progress between Gaara and Kisune (and besides that Gaara Sakura is a nice match up so a little of that is always good) Not much else to say aside from that the upcoming three chapters won't be really long, but instead they'll be short and nice. Ow! And after I finish this story, you all can enjoy my next Icha Icha Paradise story! Named for now: Icha Icha Paradise: The Haunted Hotel...But befoer I start working more on that there is still a lot more to work out for this story so...yeah...R&R please!