What If
Chapter 7: The Typical Traditional Ceremony
"Naruto and Company has arrived!" Naruto slammed the door open.
"At last you…" Neji replied but was trailed off when he saw the Uchiha with Haku and Naruto, "came. Hey, good morning." He raised a hand smiled at them.
Haku looked at the Hyuuga and smiled. "Good morning, Hyuuga-kun!" he did his usual wave and morning smile at the Proud Hyuuga.
"Hi." Neji managed to say and smiled weakly. "Well, at least the three of you are not late. Hatake-sensei's still not in." he said and bowed. "Better be going to my seat then." He excused and walked towards his seat, beside Shino.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Hey, what's wrong with White Eyes?" he asked his brother.
Haku shrugged. "Dunno, why don't you go ask him?" Haku suggested. "I mean, he might tell if it's you." He said.
Naruto looked at his brother with an eyebrow raised out of confusion. "Whadd'ya mean by 'If it is me'?" he placed his hands on his hips.
Haku looked at the ceiling innocently and twiddled his fingers. "Well, just go ask him, now go." He smiled at his brother and pushed him gently.
"You're really weird lately, Brother." Naruto side commented while being pushed. "Fine, I'll go ask White Eyes."
Haku nodded with a smile. Well, it's better than to fall for your brother.
He's not your real brother! You're just brothers by what Iruka said! A voice said at the back of his head.
Haku's heart thumped. You've got a point, but still.
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"Neji?" concerned blue orbs blocked the Hyuuga's view from the blackboard.
"N-Naruto?" startled he backed away a little from his seat.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Yup that's my name, but I was just wondering…" the blond blinked his eyes for a while. "Is something wrong?" he asked the Hyuuga Prodigy.
"Why do you ask?" Neji recovered and sat nicely at his seat. "Of course I am alright, nothing's wrong." He placed his arms on his table and ducked his head on them. "Excuse me for a while, but I will just take a nap."
Naruto looked confusedly at Shino. "What's gotten into him? Was he like that a while ago?" he asked the silent Abumare.
Shino shook his head slowly and shrugged. "He was bouncing like a little kid awhile ago…when the three of you weren't around." He said in his low voice. "I have never seen Neji like that before."
Naruto nodded. "Hmm, yup, pretty weird." He crossed his arms. "Man, why are all the geniuses acting so weird lately." He looked irate and pissed.
Shino looked at the blond through his shades. "What do you mean all the geniuses are acting weird?" he asked the blond flatly.
"Except for you, you're already weird." Naruto sighed. "Well, you see, Nii-san's also acting weird lately…I mean, it just happened last night while we were eating. He suddenly acted like ummm…like he was avoiding eye contact with me." He said sadly.
"Maybe he sensed that you're having sore eyes." Shino replied.
"Impossible? Do I have sore eyes! Nope, I don't have one! My eyes were not even itchy!" he grinned at Shino.
Shino sweat dropped and smirked a little. "Well, maybe he's not feeling very well." He reasoned out.
"Well, maybe you're right, you and Neji are the only ones who can read what's in my brother's mind." He sighed and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Anyways, see you, Bug-boy!" he waved and sat at Haku's previous seat.
"Naruto-kun…anno…" Haku gave Naruto a very unsure smile.
"You're sitting at my place at the back! I want to sit next to Sakura-chan!" he grinned at his brother. "Well, like what Sensei said, Sasuke's not a noisy one and it'll be good for you to know him better, nii-san!" Naruto gave his brother a thumb's up and a wink.
Haku sweat dropped and glanced at Naruto's place. He noticed Sasuke staring outside the window and was sighing then he looked again at his brother. "Uhh…Naruto-kun…you already know that I am near sighted, right?" he reminded Naruto who nodded enthusiastically, "well, being too far from the board and being near sighted, that would cause me too much trouble."
"That's why Iruka-sensei bought you that eye glasses, right!" The blond perked. "Now, quit explaining and just sit beside Sasuke!" he patted his brother.
Sighing in defeat Haku gave his brother a smile. "Very well, master, thee shall sit at thou previous seat." He gave a bow.
"Quit that! You're annoying me!" Naruto laughed.
"If I am annoying you, then why are you laughing?" the long haired boy gave a mocking smile. "Fine, fine, fine, I'll take my seat now." He walked towards the back and sat beside Sasuke. "So nice to be your seatmate for today, Uchiha-san." He gave a gentle smile on the blushing Uchiha.
Sasuke nodded shakily at Haku and replied. "S-So glad to be next to you, too, Class Representative." He ducked his head.
Haku stared at the Uchiha for a while and laughed gently. "Uchiha-san, you're kind of funny." He patted the Uchiha's head. "Wow, you're hair is so soft and silky! Kuchi, kuchi!" he took a lock of Sasuke's hair and twirled it.
"Aria, Uzumaki won't be sitting behind me?" Kiba raised an eyebrow at Haku.
"He said that he wanted to be with Haruno-san that's why he took my place." Haku let go of Sasuke's hair and shrugged at the Dog-lover. "Anyways, it's just for today, tomorrow, I'll be back in front, I know Naruto cant take being too close at the teacher's table." He glanced at his brother.
"Ohh, I see." Kiba placed his bag beside his table and sat down to his seat. "Well, that's just great, I can copy from you!" he said with an evil smirk.
The sliding door opened and revealed a jumpy pink haired girl. "Good morning, everybody!" she greeted with a salute. "Am' I late?" she asked
A notebook was gently whacked on her head and she looked above. "No, just in time." Said their teacher to her. "Okay, take your seat, Haruno." Kakashi gazed at his class and blinked for a while. "Is there something new in this class?" he asked suddenly out of the blue then he looked at Naruto. "Isn't your brother supposed to be in that seat, Naruto?"
"Yeah, why are you next to me?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Well, nothing, I just want to be next to Sakura-chan!" he grinned at his teacher and friend.
"Maa, maa, just as long as that you're comfortable I won't decline you." Kakashi headed to his seat and opened his notebook. "Alright roll call! Abumare?"
So after an hour the bell has rung.
"That's where we will end today." Kakashi said with his lazy tone. "I'll see you later in homeroom, kids." He smiled and announced. "Recess." And there he went out.
Naruto stretched in his seat. "Aaaah, that's why I hate Kakashi-sensei's subject! It's so boring!" he declared and then looked at the back. He saw Sasuke and Haku chatting like they've known each other for a long time. While looking at the two, Naruto felt something inside of him, something very unfamiliar with him. I wish that Sasuke would talk to me like that… and there he shook his head with shocking fear clearly on his face. God, what's happening to me?
"Oi, Naruto, are you alright?" a nudge at his shoulder pulled him back to reality. "You looked so scared yet surprised. Is something bothering you?"
"Gaara…uhh…no nothing's wrong, I am all a-o-k!" he gave a weird smile and a thumb's up.
"You don't look so good, Naruto, something bothering you?" Kiba suddenly slapped him at the back. "Yo, perk up, best friend!" he gave the blond a cheesy smile. "Are you going to eat or are you going to eat?"
"Kiba, you're giving me choices where I can not choose because it's the same!" Naruto hit the other boy's head. "Fine, I' am going to eat. Where's Hinata-chan and the others?" he asked.
"Already at the eating place, waiting for the rest of us." Kiba thrust a thumb down wards. "Now come on, we don't want the others waiting, ne?" he said. "Oi, Haku, Hyuuga! Come on!"
Neji picked himself up from his seat and dragged himself out the door.
"Huh, oh, we're coming." Haku replied back as Kiba nodded and dragged Naruto out together with Gaara. "Well, let's go, Uchiha-kun." He stood up from his seat. "We don't want the guys to be waiting, ne?"
"A-Are you sure that it's alright if I come with?" Sasuke asked the long raven haired boy who gave him an eyebrow raise. "I-I mean, are you sure that you want me to come?"
Haku gave a warm smile. "Of course I am sure, I won't be inviting you if I am not, ne?"
"Well, come on, come on! I know someone who will start complaining if we delay their recess." Haku pushed Sasuke outside the room.
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"Where in hell are Haku and Neji?" Temari was tapping her foot on the ground. "Argh, I promise if the both of them are not here in 5 minutes we're eating without them!" she declared and looked at the gang.
"Cant we just eat without them?" Kiba questioned. "It's not like they're going to get mad at us if we will eat without them." He continued and received a glare from the blond girl.
"No! We shall wait for them! It's our tradition to eat together!" she said. "Oh, here comes Neji!" she gave a wave.
"But yesterday, we start eating without Kankuro while you and Gaara were late, so how come we can not eat without Haku?" Kiba protested.
"Aaah, gomen, gomen we're late." Haku came in view rescuing Temari. "Oh, I brought Uchiha-kun with me." He said with a smile. "So that means…"
"The Traditional Ceremony!" the whole gang chorused.
"Oh, Kabuto is also here!" Temari hugged Kabuto's arm and Kabuto earned a glare from Gaara.
"Kimimaro, Jirobou, Kidoumaru, Sakon, Ukon and Tayuya are also here!" Lee pointed out.
"Wow, it's been a long time since we've done the ceremony." Sakura clapped her hands. "And it was Gaara, Temari and Kankuro who were the ones that time." She smiled. "Don't worry; the Traditional Ceremony is not that hard." She gave the new comers with a warm smile.
"Be sure about what you're saying, you stupid looking pink haired, forehead monster." Tayuya slid her stare from the cherry blossom tree to Sakura.
"What did you say?" Sakura balled her fist and was ready to strangle Tayuya to death but Ino and Hinata restrained her.
"Tayuya, is that how a normal girl talk?" A guy with two dots just above the eyebrows reminded her. "Do sound more like a normal girl will you?" he looked at Tayuya.
"Tche, I am not a normal girl, if you only know." She mumbled and looked away. "Will you just quit reminding me, Kimamro?" she glared suddenly at the guy.
"Quit that, Kimimaro, Tayuya." Kabuto gave a glare at the two. "Please?" and there he smiled.
Tayuya looked away and Kimimaro stared with a bored expression on Kabuto and hmphed.
Silence filled the gang for a short while, but Ino bravely spoke up. "A-Anyway, for the traditional ceremony." She said with a smile.
Suddenly the others were taken back to reality. "Oh, right the ceremony." Haku scratched his head. "Well, it's just easy actually." He repeated what Sakura ended then looked at Tayuya who was watching him. He gulped and gave a smile. "Anyways, you will just answer the questions we'll be asking."
"Eh? But last time you made us look for something!" Kakuro blurted.
"Hey, Naruto and Kiba were the ones who gave you those troublesome tests, if you remember." Shikamaru reminded him. "And it's also our tradition to take turns about giving tests in this Ceremonial Tradition."
"Traditional Ceremony, Shikamaru, Traditional Ceremony. The T first before the C." Chouji corrected his best friend.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Whatever, it's just troublesome. They're both the same in meaning anyways."
Haku sighed and gave everybody a smile. "So, anyways, shall we do the ceremony while eating?" he suggested.
"Agreed!" Kiba and Naruto chorused and dug in their food. "So, Haku, you start!"
Haku looked at the eight new comers. "Well, since I am the first one, hmm…just answer this simple question truthfully." He smiled his usual smile. "If Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos are in the South Eastern part of Asia where is Japan located?"
The other gang gave Haku a very unbelievable look. "How could you give them a very easy question?" they chorused.
"Well, I told you that I am going to give them a simple question, right?" he looked at the gang with a mocking smile.
"Japan is located at the east of Asia." The eight chorused.
"Are you trying to mock us, Onna-man?" Tayuya glared at Haku who was not affected by the glare.
Haku shook his head and scratched the back of his head. "No I am not mocking you or belittling you, I just ran out of questions." He honestly answered. "Anyways, I hand the second question to Hyuuga-kun."
"Very well, let's continue." He said after swallowing his food. "Okay, whoever answer this question then…you have my respect." He said and received a weird look from the others. "What? Do I have something on my face?" he asked the group who shook their heads and shrugged. "Okay, here goes…Who's the author of the book "Inheritance" ?" he stared at the eight.
Sasuke, Kabuto, Tayuya and Kimimaro answered in chorused. "Christopher Paulini."
"Well, that proves that we will not be the only bookworms here." Neji looked at Shino and Haku. He looked back at the four, staring at them with a calculating look. His stare was locked on the young Uchiha then the stare was turned to a glare. Che, why did I ever tell them that whoever answers my question rightly will have my respect? "Okay, I hand the third question to Naruto." He said and ate his recess.
Naruto swallowed his food then stared happily at the eight. "Wow, you eight look smart. I guess this question wont be hard for you." He pulled a smile. "Okay here I go…" he took a deep breath and raised a finger. "Who is the hero of Shadow Hearts: Covenant? I want the whole name!" and all dropped to the ground comically. "What? Was that hard?" he blinked innocently like a kid.
"Naruto! Cant you think of other things than video games?" Sakura shook him hard and hit his head.
"Waaaaaaaa, Sakura-chan hit me, again!" he nursed his bump.
"Well, you ask useless questions!" she reasoned out.
"Nii-san didn't give any rules about giving the questions." Naruto answered back. "Anyways, does anybody know the answer?" he stared at the eight.
"Well that's easy!" Kidoumaru, Jiroubu, Ukon and Sakkon chorused. "Yuri Volte Hyuga is the hero of Shadow Hearts: Covenant." They proudly answered and gave a peace sign.
Naruto and Kiba clapped. "Congrats! Looks like we're not the only ones who play video games here, Kiba." Naruto gave a thumb's up. "Okay, the floor is now open for Kiba's question." He politely pointed at Kiba then dug in again on his food.
"Okay, how many Tri-ace characters will you meet in Radiata Stories?" he asked the eight. "And will you name them?" he smiled.
"There are four." Ukon answered and Kiba nodded.
"First is Lenneth Valkyrie from Valkyrie Profile." Sakkon named one and Kiba nodded again.
"Second is Lezard Valeth, also from Valkyrie Profile." Jiroubu answered.
"Third is Gabriel Celesta from Star Ocean 2 and a special appearance in Valkyrie Profile's Seraphic Gate." Kidoumaru replied.
"And the fourth was Ethereal Queen, also found in Valkyrie Profile's Seraphic gate." Ukon ended.
"Woohoo, they truly are video games dedicated!" Kiba whistled and gave them a round of applause. "Okay, I am done; I leave the questioning to Brow less." He thrust a thumb to Gaara then joined Naruto in eating their recess.
"I'll give you a yes or no question." He said lowly. "Each of you are going to answer different questions." He said.
"Wont that be taking too long, Gaara?" Kankuro questioned.
"Got a problem with it?" Gaara glared at his brother who shook his head and looked away. "Okay, for Kimimaro…" he paused for a while and Kimamaro looked at him, "have you ever been food poisoned?" he asked seriously and the others dropped on the floor comically. "What?" Gaara looked at his friends with a questioned look.
"Wow, I never thought Gaara-kun could think that way." Haku gave an amused smile. "I thought you'd ask something more serious or something hard." He continued.
"Well, it's a yes or no answer only." He said then looked at Kimamaro. "So, what's the answer?"
Kimimaro rolled his eyes and answered, "Yes."
"Would you like to tell us the story?" Gaara questioned again.
"No." Kimamaro replied coldly.
"Okay, for Kabuto." He gave a venomous tone and glare at the said person. "Will you ever give up your life for the one you love or serve?"
"Yes." Kabuto replied with slight nervousness.
"Do you have already someone to serve or love?" he gave a dangerous stare and voice.
"Y-Yes, I do." He said nervously.
"Will you name that someone?" the red questioned again.
"No." Kabuto shook his head and hid behind Temari.
"Gaara! You're scaring him!" Temari puffed her cheeks and gave a glare at Gaara. Gaara also puffed his cheeks and gave a puppy hurt looking face.
"Anyways, for Tayuya." He turned his looks to Tayuya. Tayuya gave him an equal look. "Are you afraid of ghosts or death?" he asked her.
"No." she answered equally.
"Why?" Gaara asked.
"Hey, I thought this is a yes or no answer portion?" she snapped back.
"She uses her hot headedness and brain." Gaara concluded. "Okay, for the twins." He looked at Ukon and Sakkon. "Do you know each other's secrets?" he asked the twins.
"Yes." Ukon answered.
"No." Sakkon replied back.
"It looks like they have complications with each other." He concluded.
"Well, Ukon is a real secretive guy. That's why I don't know if I know him very well." Sakkon explained and grinned at his twin.
"Okay, Jiroubu." He stared at the said guy. "Are you childhood friends with Ukkon, Sakkon, Kidoumaru and Tayuya?" he asked.
"Yes." He answered the question.
"That's enough for you. Uchiha." He gave a tone which he never used to the others. "Are you a scholar or an honor student in your previous school?" he threw the questions out.
"Yes." Sasuke ducked his head and fidgeted.
"No doubt." Gaara nodded his head. "One of the nerdy types I presume?"
Sasuke stared then shook his head. "No." he said then ducked his head. "One of the loners." He mumbled that he was the only one who could here.
"Last question, reserved for Kidoumaru." He looked at the guy who was having a dumb expression. "Will you ever stop giving weird faces?" he asked.
"No." he gave a proud answer.
"Well, that's all for me, that's enough. I leave the questioning to Chouji." He said and leaned on the cherry blossom tree.
"I never thought Gaara would ever give very dumb questions." Kankuro whispered to Teamri.
"Yup, I never thought so, too." She whispered back. "He did change very much."
Chouji stared at the new comers. "Ech, well this is my favorite question. Do the eight of you eat anything?" he asked.
"No I don't." Tayuya replied coldly.
"Sometimes." Jiroubu answered.
"Not sure about it." Ukon and Sakkon chorused.
"Foods that I only know which are appealing to my taste." Kabuto replied with a smile.
"I don't usually eat." Kimamaro replied bluntly.
"Hmm…all what Tayuya's eating are the only foods I also eat." Kidoumaru replied happily.
"Maybe." Sasuke replied.
"Wow, many of you doesn't know the value of food, that's for sure." He said as he ate his chips. "Okay, Shino, take them away."
"What is the Abumare's specialty?" Shino asked in his mono toned voice.
"The Abumare clan's famous about how can they manipulate insects." Sasuke replied.
Shino nodded in agreement. "Sakura." He looked at the said girl and nodded.
"Yoshi! This question will be asked by the both of us!" Sakura and Ino chorused. "Okay, who is prettier?" they chorused and looked at Naruto.
"Sakura or Ino?" Naruto gave the choices.
"Ino." Kimimaro answered.
"Sakura." Kabuto answered.
"Sakura." Jiroubu answered. "She looks like a candy."
"Ino." Ukon answered.
"Sakura." Sakkon replied.
"None." Tayuya said bluntly.
"Both?" Sasuke replied.
"Tayuya." Kidoumaru replied while gazing at Tayuya.
"Shut the f up!" Tayuya kicked Kidoumaru squared on the face.
"Okay, Sakura-chan, you got 3-4 votes and Ino you got 2-3 votes." Naruto showed the score board. "For the explanations, Kimimaro and Ukon voted for Ino and Kabuto, Jiroubu and Sakkon voted for Sakura-chan therefore there are 2: 3 sure votes on the both of you then Tayuya voted for none then Kidoumaru voted for Tayuya, which she earned a one point and Sasuke voted for both with a question mark at the end." Naruto explained like a teacher with matching lab coat and a geeky glass.
Everybody clapped in amazement to Naruto. "We never thought that you could explain things like that, Naruto." Kiba said in amazement.
"Are you insulting me or are you insulting me?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"I am not insulting you, I am mocking you!" the Inuzuka replied then laughed.
"Hmm…well, congrats Sakura, the new comers think that you're prettier than me." Ino offered a hand to Sakura and smiled.
Sakura took the hand also with a smile. "Thank you, don't worry, you're also pretty Ino." She commented.
"Anyways, Hinata-chan, we leave to you the questioning." Both of the girls looked at the shy Hyuuga. Then they noticed the girl staring at the new comers. "Hinata-chan?"
"Aaaah, gomen, I was thinking…sorry I didn't hear you." She blushed and looked at the new comers. "Umm…where is Zaku-san?" she asked shyly.
"Oh, he joined Kin and Dosu because he felt more comfortable with them. That's what he said to us." Kabuto answered since, Zaku was his and Temari's classmate.
"Ah, ok. Ummm...Ten-Ten, I leave it to you." She bowed politely at Ten-Ten.
"Alright, then, what do you prefer when it comes to weapons?" she asked them.
"My bones." Kimimaru answered and earned weird faces from the others.
"A flute." Tayuya replied.
"Spidy's web made out of chakra!" Kidoumaru answered happily which he earned a disgusted looks from Sakura and Ino. "What? Webs are the best!"
"My bare hands and be sure to know where the vital points are in the body for a success victory." Kabuto raised a finger with a smile.
"The soil or earth." Jiroubu replied.
"The both of us are already enough." Sakkon and Ukkon chorused.
"Anything that I can throw and my bare fist would be enough…I guess." Sasuke replied to Ten-Ten.
Ten-Ten blinked then she smiled. "Unusual yet unique!" she exclaimed. "Lee, please?" she looked at the bowl cut haired boy.
"Sure thing Ten-chan!" Lee saluted and posed the Nice Guy Pose and everybody looked at him dumbfounded and sweat dropped. "Anyways, do you think that Gai-sensei's teachings are great?" he asked happily.
The eight gave voided stare. "I'll take that as a yes!" Lee proclaimed. "Don't you think that he's the best?" he asked again and still the voided stare.
"Okay, okay, Lee-kun, that would be enough for them, maybe, Nara-kun can end the ceremony for the last question." Haku suggested.
"Great thinking, Haku-san!" Lee gave him a thumb's up and a wink, Haku on the other hand sighed in relief. "Shikamaru-kun, I leave the last questions to you!" he said.
Shikamaru sat up from his position. "That would be troublesome." He mumbled and scratched his head. "Well, did you enjoy the Traditional Ceremony?" he asked.
Kimimaro and Tayuya shook their heads. Kidoumaru, Sakkon, Kabuto and Jiroubu nodded. Sasuke and Ukkon shrugged.
"Okay, I second the ceremony." Shikamaru proclaimed.
"Yay, and now you eight are full pledged one of us!" Sakura threw petals of flowers over the eight. "And now, you can sit with anybody you feel like sitting with because you eight look like outcasts at that place." She said and laughed. "Sasuke-kun, would you like to sit with us?" she offered.
Sasuke bowed politely. "I am with Naruto." He said and walked towards Naruto's place.
Sasuke sat at Naruto's left while Kiba on Naruto's side. "Ah, Sasuke!" Naruto slapped Sasuke's back proudly. "Welcome to our club!" he said with a grin.
"Thanks." Sasuke replied. "Umm…Naruto…" Sasuke beckoned Naruto, Naruto leaned and Sasuke whispered in his ear.
Gaara, Haku and Neji were glaring at the two.
Naruto's eyes grew. "Oh, right, right, I almost forgot about that because of the ceremony." He said. "Hey, listen, listen!" The blonde announced. "Today, Itachi-niisan, Sasuke's brother, invited us all to their house for dinner. Is everybody coming?" he looked at his friends.
"Hmm…I am vacant after class, sure I'll come!" Ino agreed.
"If Ino will come, then I'll hook too!" Sakura added.
"Well, it's all of us right, then I'll come, I wouldn't waste this day!" Temari cheered. "Kankuro, Gaara you're coming with me!" she pointed at her siblings. Gaara and Kankuro nodded. "Okay, the three of us are coming."
"If Naruto's in, then count me in too!" Kiba also cheered. "Hinata-chan, do you also want to join?" he asked the shy Hyuuga.
"Umm…I-if you insist, okay, I'll come too." She smiled at the Dog lover who blushed. "Uhh…Kiba-kun, are you alright?" she asked concerned.
"If Haku joins, I'll join too." Shino answered.
"Hinata-sama's joining; therefore, I am also included." Neji reasoned out.
"Oohh, really now, Hyuuga-kun." Haku nudged him on the arm then laughed. Neji looked shock and blushed.
"Dinner? Shikamaru let's join them!" Chouji looked at the Lazy Nara.
"Sure, just be sure that there wont be any troublesome things that would happen there." He said while staring at the clouds.
"Tayuya-tachi, you wanna come?" Kabuto looked at the other six who nodded in reply. "Joyful! Temari-san, Kimamaro and the others will also join." He said.
"Really? Then it's all of us! Is that alright, Sasuke?" she asked happily.
"My brother told me to invite all my friends." He said then looked at Naruto and smiled.
Naruto saw the smile and grinned in reply with a thumb's up. Wish that I am the only one he smiles at. Then he shook his head making Sasuke and Kiba raise an eyebrow. "Aaa, Iie, nandemonai." He waved his hand and gave a reassuring laugh.
In the middle of the happy arrangements, Haku and Gaara were staring at Sasuke and Naruto's actions. A burning sensation started to boil inside of Haku and Gaara as they saw that Sasuke and Naruto were getting closer to each other in such a short while, together with Kiba of course.
"Haku…Yo, Haku." Neji waved a hand in front of Haku.
Haku blinked and looked at Neji surprised. "Hyuuga-kun." He said. "Nani, is there something wrong?" he asked sweetly.
Shino shook his head. "Yeah, you started to act so weird and worried for something." He answered. "We're getting concerned here, Haku. That's what Neji wants to tell you." He voiced out what Neji wants to tell.
Blinking again Haku stared at the Abumare for a while then clapped in astonishment. "Wow, Abumare-kun, I never thought that you could voice what Hyuuga-kun's thinking." Then he laughed. "That's cute, it only shows that you really know him." He smiled gently at Shino and Neji.
Shino nodded and brought Neji out of La-La-Land. "Well, if you're worried about Naruto, don't worry; he knows how to take care of himself."
Another clap from Haku. "Wow! That was a long sentence, Abumare-kun."
Shino nodded. "Don't worry, I also worry about Naruto, sometimes." He mumbled. Then he looked at his wrist watch. "It's almost time, we should go back to our class." He picked himself up.
And there the bell rang ending recess.
"See you all later!" Temari waved goodbye and walked together with Kabuto and the others.
"Ten-chan, let's go, it's P.E. time!" Lee bid goodbye and dragged Ten-Ten.
"See you at dismissal!" Ten-Ten shouted as she was being dragged by Lee.
Naruto and Kiba picked themselves up and offered a hand to the nearest person. "Well come on, we should be also getting back." Naruto smiled at Sasuke.
Sasuke took the hand and he was pulled from his sitting position. "Thanks." He thanked Naruto.
"No problem!" Naruto smiled back.
"Hinata-chan, come on!" Kiba offered her a hand and she took it with a smile.
Sasuke offered Haku a hand with a smile, but Haku stared at the offered hand and ignored it, standing for himself and walked towards the building. "Hurry up or Iruka-sensei will scold us for being late." Haku called while walking.
Neji walked pass Sasuke and patted Sasuke's shoulder. "Haku wait for us."
Naruto followed his brother with his eyes then he turned to look at Sasuke. Frozen in his position, Naruto ran towards the Uchiha. "Oi, Sasuke, what's wrong?" he peered at Sasuke. "Geck, Sasuke, what's wrong?" he asked again.
"Yo, Naruto, what's wrong with Uchiha?" Kiba followed his best friend. "Oh, I remembered, Haku and the others are already in the class room." Kiba blinked.
"What? Nii-san left us? How could he do that?" Naruto blurted out disagreeing.
"You ask me how? Hmm…he walked from here to there with no turning back." Kiba crossed his arms and nodded. "That's how."
"He hates me."
Naruto and Kiba turned their attention to Sasuke. "What?"
"He hates me now." He said again and fell from his position.
"Sasuke, Sasuke!" Naruto placed his hands on Sasuke's shoulders. "Hey, are you alright?" Kiba joined Naruto on the ground.
"Naruto…" Sasuke looked at Naruto, the dark orbs of the Uchiha pierced Naruto's Sky blue ones. "Naruto…what should I do?" he hugged Naruto. "He hates me now with the reason I don't know."
I am always here, Sasuke. Again, Naruto shook his head. "W-well, I'll try to talk to him then." He said comfortingly. Why do I feel kind of angry towards my brother?
"Hey, who are you talking about?" Kiba gave Naruto a stare saying I-Cant-Believe-You're-Keeping-A-Secret-From-Me-And-I-Though-We're-Best-Friends stare.
"Well…uhh…it's not like that Kiba." Naruto avoided Kiba's stare. "Fine, fine, fine, I'll tell ya! But don't tell anybody, promise us, please! You're the only one we'll be telling about this." He said with a pleading hand.
"Then, try me." Kiba crossed his arms again and stared at Naruto then to Sasuke.
"Well…"
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Ire: Weeeeeeeeee, I've done it! I am done with Chapter 7!
Haku: Ire-sama, long time no see! I've missed you so much!
Zabuza: MEEEE TOOO, IRE! I'VE MISSED YOU SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! –Hugs her tightly-
Ire: Za-Zabuza…Y-You're….K-Killing me! My windpipes!
Zabuza: Oh, so sorry, we just missed you here! Oh Ire you wouldn't know how much we've missed you! Me and Haku were starting to hallucinate that you were talking to us.
Haku: Yeah, I saw him one time, talking to the wall then saying that he was talking to you.
Zabuza: Huh? Well I saw him also, talking to a tree; he thought that the tree was you.
Naruto: Vinscent! –hugs-
Ire: Naru-chan, gomen, I am Ire.
Naruto: Oh, Ire, I've missed you so much!
Sasuke: Yeah, all of us missed you, you jerk.
Ire: Well, I also missed you, so here I am! Back from the grave! And thank you very much readers for reading the last chapter!
Sasuke: Now that she's back and updated, Naruto, can we live the way we were when she was still active.
Naruto: Eh, we're living the way we were still right?
Sasuke: No, you're also hallucinating that Vinscent was talking to you.
Naruto: I am?
Ire: Maa, Maa, well I am here and updating again. Sorry about the long wait people! But please forgive me and do enjoy this chapter!
All: THANK YOU FOR READING AND PLEASE MAKE A REVIEW!
Zabuza: Ooooooooh, we missed you so much!
Haku: Sure did, I also saw him talking to a pil… okay I'll shut up; See you all in the next chapter! –bow- Oh we would like to thank Jo-sama and MellonDrama-sama for reviewing for the last chapter!
Ire: Yeah! Thank you very much, though, thank you for noticing that this story has no real plot, don't worry I am not hurt, it's just the way I am. I understand. XP! And sorry if there would be many, many, many grammar errors for this chapter. I have no intention of proofreading this one. I am too lazy to re-read it.